I was thinking it was the end of the fungi season, but when I looked at recent rainfall data, I saw that 26 mm had fallen at Faulconbridge on the 6th August. Would this be enough for some late fungi to appear at Springwood? I travelled up to Springwood and visited Birdwood Gully to find out.
The year before, I had visited Birdwood Gully and found no fungi, but I had found a reasonable number of orchids, and a nice lot of birds, including a Powerful Owl. On this visit, I did find a small amount of fungi, a few orchids and some birds. And despite a lot of looking, I did not spot any Powerful Owls.
First – the fungi.
Clavulinopsis sp.
Pin Mould
Zooming into a section of the above photo –
Phaeoclavulina ochracea
Some of the orchids –
Acianthus fornicatus
Old Greenhood Orchid
And for some of the birds I saw –
Grey Fantail
Brown Gerygone
Thornbill
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Spinebill
I saw quite a few Spinebills along the track.
New Holland Honeyeater
Despite not finding much fungi, and the birds being a bit reluctant to be photographed, I still had a pleasant walk. I was quite a windy day, and a forested valley was a nice place to be in.