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MNA Fungi Foray Dibbinsdale 29th Sept 2019

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Sabena Blackbird

The hardy members of the MNA who ventured into a rather wet and squelchy Dibbinsdale for the annual fungi foray were rewarded by a few nice mycological finds. Stump Puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme, Dryads Saddle Polyporus squamosus, King Alfred’s Cake’s Daldinia concentrica, … Continue reading →

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Dibbinsdale, 29th September 2019

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Barbara

It had rained hard all week, and as we gathered outside Bromborough Rake station with members of the MNA for a fungal foray, one or two of the hardier souls trekked down the steep path on a recce to the … Continue reading →

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Dibbinsdale, 21st April 2019

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Barbara

Dibbinsdale, near Bromborough on the Wirral, is the steep valley of the River Dibbin, nowadays called the Dibbinsdale Brook. It is mostly undisturbed woods, containing many distinctive “ancient woodland” plants below the trees, including native Bluebells. There are also wetland … Continue reading →

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Dibbinsdale 26th August 2016

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Sabena Blackbird

Meadow Grasshopper Spent a bit of time this morning in Bodens Hay Meadow patiently trying to photograph the Meadow Grasshoppers Chorthippus parallelus and a few Bumblebees and Solitary Bees that were enjoying the remaining Wildflowers such as Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra … Continue reading →

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Dibbinsdale 31st July 2016

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Sabena Blackbird

A productive morning wander around Dibbinsdale. Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria, Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium, Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides and Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara were found beside the path through the reedbed. A mother Coot was escorting her four squealing youngsters through … Continue reading →

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Dibbinsdale 30th May 2016

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Sabena Blackbird

Six Swifts were screaming overhead in blue skies as I wandered down The Rake towards the Reserve On the now infamous fallen tree trunk on the slope running down from Bromborough Rake Station were a large number of impressive plates … Continue reading →

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Dibbinsdale 3rd April 2016

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Sabena Blackbird

Spring has arrived in Dibbinsdale with the woods filled with birdsong, proclaiming territory and attracting mates for the breeding season ahead. I watched one Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming away on a dead tree and heard a further three drumming elsewhere … Continue reading →

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Dibbinsdale 25th October 2015

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Sabena Blackbird

Honey Fungus A damp, cool Autumnal feel to the air for my morning wander around Dibbinsdale. A nice start with a cluster of Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea on the fallen Beech Tree Fagus sylvatica beside the path sloping down from … Continue reading →

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Dibbinsdale 4th October 2015

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Sabena Blackbird

Clustered Bonnet Despite the weather being dry for the past week I was hopeful to find some Fungi during my morning wander around Dibbinsdale. A mixture of common species to begin with Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon, Porcelain Fungus Oudemansiella mucida, … Continue reading →

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Dibbinsdale 5th September 2015

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Sabena Blackbird

Morning wander around Dibbinsdale, a nice early find was a sticky Beefsteak Fungus Fistulina hepatica. I headed to the area where I found the erupting Common Stinkhorn Phallus impudicus last weekend – no emerged specimen or characteristic smell about though. … Continue reading →

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