Fungus foray

It was mothing at Perivale Woods this evening but, in between set-up and sun-down, we found time to search for some mushrooms. These were the ones we were after:

Blewits. Very tasty, apparently; and the colour of parma violets. The wood was full of all sorts of other (mostly unknown) species of every shape and colour.

Also a noisy Ring-necked Parakeet pre-roost.


Mothing was rather uneventful with two winter moths being the only Lepidoptera on the wing. More exciting was a Wood Mouse that we found in the 'bee tree'. We poked our heads into the cavity in the trunk, assuming that the bee colony wouldn't be active this late in the year. Imagine our surprise when we discovered the hive was still active...