Scarlet Elf Cap

A good way to find out about local wildlife would seem to be to join the local facebook, dog walkers' group! One week after joining, and I have been told about a few Adder basking sites, and an unusual mushroom seen in the nearby Baddesley Common.
This is a pretty unique species as it is one I can identify from the photos that were posted! so I thought it only right to go and see one for myself. They are fairly numerous in the damp woodland by the look of it.

Baddesley Common is a fairly small remnant New Forest area. Think New Forest without the wildlife! though this is slightly unfair. Woodlark and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker have been recorded here in the last 10 years, and it can be a good migrant spot with Whinchat and Wheatear in particular.

Today was fairly quiet. A Woodcock the highlight, plus two pairs of Stonechat, possibly the last around the village now as my local pair on the west side of the village seem to have gone very elusive.