I headed out to Malabar Headland by myself and spent the day out near Boora Point. I was looking for whales, dolphins and peregrines.
I managed to get a few brief glimpses of a single Peregrine Falcon during the afternoon. But neo whales or dolphins. During my visit, the sea was very rough – and that may have been why the whales were keeping underwater or hard to detect. Continue reading
I joined Brian Everingham and party for a walk of the National Parks Association of NSW. We first went down the south end of Lady Carrigton Drive in Royal National Park, then looked for fungi near Bola Creek. We then walked around their Forest Path. On the day, we found a good variety of fungi and orchids.
In the party was Brian, Elaine, Bronwyn, Valerie, Helen, Barbara, Suzanne, Rebecca and myself.
A short way down Lady Carrington Drive, one of the party members spotted this Stinkhorn – Aseroë rubra – Continue reading
I had not visited Blue Gum Reserve for a while, and I was pleasantly surprise with the abundance of fungi that I found in a small area near the main track.
But I first looked in a lower area near to the creek – well off the track. Here I found a big cluster of Gliophorus graminicolor – Continue reading
I visited two reserves on this day, Ferndale Park in the morning and then Blue Gum Reserve in the afternoon. Both are at Chatswood. I had recently been regularly visiting Ferndale Park, so this is an update to the fungi there.
Here is a selection of what I spotted – Continue reading
In the morning, I had visited Sydney Park to see new stinkhorns. In the afternoon, the rain seemed to be easing, to I decided to visit Wolli Creek Regional Park for an update on the fungi. I was hoping to see a lot of new fungi after the recent rain, but the fungi was pretty much the same as what I had observed on my last visit.
Cuphophyllus austropratensis
Clavulinopsis amoena Continue reading
It was raining, but it looked like there may be a few breaks, so I headed to Sydney Park to see if any new stinkhorns were out. When I arrived, I headed down to the gardens near the new toilet block – they had been refreshed recently with wood chips. I found many Stinkhorns – but they were from only two species. I also found some new Birds Nest Fungi.
Pseudocolus fusiformis Continue reading
This was a return visit to check the status of the Parrot Waxcaps, that I had seen earlier, located in rainforest near the Lane Cove River.
My previous visit had been on the 5th of June, and I had only found a single one of the Gliophorus psittacinus group waxcaps then. It was an old specimen. On this visit, I was pleased to find quite a few fresh ones. Continue reading
I was able to join Brian Everingham on a walk he led for the National Parks Association of NSW. I travelled down to Cronulla with Valerie on the train, and then we caught the ferry to Bundeena where we met Brian and the rest of the party – Ken and Elaine. The weather was overcast and there was a strong cold wind. The sea was very rough.
But the weather did not dampen our spirits for the walk down this fantastic section of coast. There was a lot to see. Continue reading
In the afternoon, I made a quick trip to Wolli Creek Regional Park to check their status of the fungi in certain sections of the park.
Here is some that I found –
Hygrocybe sp.
The morning after the Mudlarks Cooks River Bird Survey is often the Greenway Bird Survey. I met the group at Taverners Hill Light Rail Station at 7:30 am.
This survey was fairly quiet – and not that many birds were observed. Perhaps due to the cold morning. Continue reading
