First of all getting stuck trying to get to Coppermine Lane (don't trust Sat Navs!!)
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| Bulkeley Hill elevation |
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| Bulkeley Hill route |
Lots of fungi around after some wet weather, including a magnificent Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus). Cool in the shade of the trees but boiling hot in the sun.
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| Fly on fern |
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| Fungi |
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| Fungi |
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| Speckled (ragged) Wood |
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| Chicken of the Woods (closeup) |
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| Chicken of the Woods (closeup) |
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| Chicken of the Woods (closeup) |
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| Earwig |
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| Harvestman |
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| Hoverfly |
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| Bee |
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| Common Earthball |
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| Yellow Stagshorn Fungus |
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| Yellow Stagshorn Fungus |
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| Tawny Grisette |
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| Tawny Grisette |
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| (Possibly Birch) Sawfly Larva |
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| Raw Head |
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| Chicken of the Woods |
Also, hundreds of young pheasant around the Peckforton estate (presumably for shooting). Groups of pheasant would keep bursting out of the undergrowth and scaring us half to death. Here we saw dozens pecking away at what must have been feed put down on an enclosed track.
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| Pheasants |
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