Recent News and Reports
Outdoor Meeting, 4 Dec 2011
Kingsbury Water Park – Broomey Croft
6 members visited the site lead by Lillian Holmes. This 600 acre Country Park is administered by Warwickshire County Council. Our visit to the bird hides was on a bright and cool morning/early afternoon; the visit was completed before cloud and heavy rain set in later in the day. The following is a list of flowering plants and birds that were observed.
Plants in flower (9 species)
| Lamium album | White Deadnettle |
| Heracleum sphondylium | Hogweed |
| Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort |
| Trifolium pratense | Red Clover |
| Silene dioica | Red Campion |
| Rubus fruticosus s.l. | Bramble |
| Lapsana communis | Nipplewort |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
| Bellis perennis | Daisy |
Birds (38 species)
| Pied Wagtail | Mallard | Chaffinch |
| Canada Goose | Magpie | Black Headed Gull |
| Mute Swan | Fieldfare | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
| Tufted Duck | Coot | Blue Tit |
| Great Tit | Gadwall | Shoveller |
| Kingfisher | Teal | House Sparrow |
| Carrion Crow | Dunnock | Great Crested Grebe |
| Wigeon | Robin | Goldeneye |
| Moorhen | Redwing | Jackdaw |
| Wood Pigeon | Jay | Greylag Goose |
| Little Egret | Blackbird | Heron |
| Pheasant | Snipe | Sparrow Hawk |
| Kestrel | Goldfinch |
Outdoor Meeting, 9 Oct 2011
Location: the area close to Streetly Gate, mostly between the road and the railway line (mainly in 0898/0998).
List of fungi recorded (possibly incomplete as yet):
| Amanita muscaria | Fly Agaric |
| Boletus badius | Bay Bolete, Bay-capped Bolete |
| Boletus edulis (B. bulbosus) | Cèpe, Cep, Penny-bun |
| Clitopilus prunulus | The Miller |
| Hypholoma fasciculare | Sulphur Tuft |
| Leccinum scabrum (Boletus scaber, B. scabrus) | Brown Birch Bolete, Shaggy Bolete, Rough-stemmed Bolete |
| Lycoperdon perlatum | Common Puff-ball |
| Paxillus involutus | Brown Roll-rim |
| Russula atropurpurea | Purple Brittle-gill |
| Russula betularum | Birch Brittle-gill |
| Russula ochroleuca | Ochre Brittle-gill, Yellow Russula, Common Ochre Russula |
| Trametes versicolor (Coriolus versicolor, Polystictus versicolor) | Turkey-tail, Many-zoned Polypore, Varicoloured Bracket |
| Xylaria hypoxylon (Xylosphaera h.) | Candle-snuff Fungus |