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Pete Bull's avatar

Brilliant photos from John Scholey - thanks!

Friends of Parkwood Springs have a Fungi Walk on Saturday 4th November - here's what it says on the Facebook page:

Fungi Walk - The recent wet weather will have brought out some lovely fungi for us to show you this Saturday!

Ziggy Senkans from the Sorby Natural History Society, Sheffield will lead the walk. We will search for fungi in a range of habitats - deciduous and coniferous woodland, heath-land and grassland.

Join us on Saturday 4th November at 10.30am. Meet at the Shirecliffe Road car park. We expect to finish at around 12.30pm.

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David Bocking's avatar

Thanks Pete, have added to the listings.

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Jane T's avatar

Gorgeous photos! It’s wonderful to know that there are hares locally - I’ve been learning so much from Bill’s Mother 😉

BTW, the hares would be lying still, not laying still. You can lay eggs, a table, a trap, um, etc. but you lie in bed, in the snow, down etc. (I blame my mum for my grammar nerdiness!)

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David Bocking's avatar

Thanks Susan, you (and your mum) are right of course. I think I preferred laying rather than lying as it feels more active, particularly for a creature like a hare, but it's certainly playing fast and loose with the rules of grammar so I've changed it. And yes, there are plenty of Brown Hares in local fields, and if you trek far enough there are Mountain Hares on our moorlands too.

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Clairefishywatts@gmail.com's avatar

Beautiful photographs and I'm sure you meant SRWT's nature reserve at Woodhouse Washlands, not Wastelands? Dratted auto-correct no doubt.

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David Bocking's avatar

Thanks Claire - yes corrected now!

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