12th
February 2017
In January I had visited Catton
Park and checked out the eastern woodland edge, so with a bit of time free I
popped in and checked out the western parts. Of interest were a few plants of
Butcher’s Broom and Oregon Grape that appear to have naturalised. Robert
Maidstone had recently highlighted some galls that he had seen on Box bushes,
so I checked out the areas of Box and found two different galls, Spanioneura
buxi and Monarthropalpus flavus, both species that I’ve not recorded before.
Further round I arrived at the pond, which was covered in a duckweed sp,
either Lemna minor or L. minuta. Fungal highlights included
some nice specimens of Yellow Brain (Tremella
sp, probably T. mesenterica) and
Black Bulgar (Bulgaria inquinans).
There was a bit more birdsong than on my previous visit, but only common
woodland species were seen.
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