A look at our free station-to-station guided walk this past Saturday from #Westerfield to #Woodbridge.

The walk through the lovely Fynn Valley included a stop at the pub in #Tuddenham, a picnic lunch at #Playford, and cake at the church in Little Bealings.

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Utter thrill to find local #chalkstream Tuddenham Mill Stream, tributary of the River Lark, full of dozens of fine Brown Trout, mostly 12, 9 & 6 inches long. This one was sitting downstream of a fallen tree. #chalkstreams #westsuffolk #tuddenham #suffolk #browntrout
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A treat to be welcomed home to the village by a herd of Red Deer.

#Tuddenham #WestSuffolk #Breckland #Brecks #TheBrecks #RedDeer
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Lost for words to describe thrill of discovering that ditch on edge of our village is probably Suffolk's most important chalk stream, 1 of only 2 with breeding Brown Trout (neighbouring tributaries of River Lark). Most of the dozens are c20cm but 2 of 30cm+ #Tuddenham #MySwim 1/6

Here's a selection of macrophytes in Tuddenham Mill Stream: Fool's Watercress (Helosciadium nodiflorum), Watercress (Nasturtium officinale), Alder? roots & Water Starwort (Callitriche sp?). #wildflowerhour #Chalkstreams #WestSuffolk #Tuddenham #tuesdayvibe 6/7

The fungi are beginning to emerge! At Tuddenham spectacular Scaly Sawgill (Neolentinus lepideus)? & on the heath Grisette (Amanita vaginata), Tawny Grisette (Amanita fulva)? & Blusher (Amanita rubescens).
#MyWalk #Fungi #FungusFriday #mycology #mushrooms #Tuddenham #WestSuffolk

In Tuddenham Mill Stream on Monday, a lovely pool of Dace.

A 30 cm trout whizzed by.

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That moment of high anticipation before you launch into #chalkstreams. In #Tuddenham Mill Stream had quality time with a Brown Trout parr. Met 2 #BrookLamprey, 1 upstream of this 1 nest-building
#BrownTrout #WestSuffolk #freshwaterfishes @PondRiverStream #EarthHour #ForNature
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Breckland sunsets never get boring.

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At Tuddenham Heath - Turkeytail?
Cladonia coniocraea lichen?
Some fine Ganodermas (maybe Southern Bracket) on a birch.
One of the magnificent oaks along the woodbank, basking in the evening sun.
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One of the Minnows (?) in Tuddenham Mill Stream's gin clear water seemed completely silver - never seen one looking like that before.

#minnows #freshwaterfishes #Chalkstreams #Tuddenham #WestSuffolk #Brecks #Fens

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Plenty Breckland Speedwell (Veronica praecox) on headland & a Fingered Speedwell (V. triphyllos). None yet in flower. Good to see Winter Stalkball on edge of village. Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) in the Sweet Chestnut coppice #Tuddenham #Breckland #Brecks #WestSuffolk 2/2

Maybe top left is Split Porecrust (Schizpora paradoxa)? Could top right be Peniophora cinerea?
I think the grey lichen is Oak Moss (Evernia prunastri) but what about the yellow one in with it?
Any ideas on the agaric?
#Fungi #FungusFriday #FungiFriday #Tuddenham #WestSuffolk
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Here are some more brackets on willows that have foxed me, though I suppose the top right is Turkeytail?

#Fungi #Fungus #FungusFriday #FungiFriday #RiverLark #Tuddenham #WestSuffolk

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I'm confident that the top left is Willow Bracket (Phellinus igniarius) - and could that be Candlesnuff Fungus dangling from the branch? - but what about the other 3 fungi, all on willows?

#Fungi #Fungus #FungusFriday #FungiFriday #RiverLark #Tuddenham #WestSuffolk

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On the willows along the River Lark could these be Artist's Bracket (Ganoderma applanatum)?

#Fungi #Fungus #FungusFriday #FungiFriday #RiverLark #Tuddenham #WestSuffolk #Suffolk #Breckland

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Mild evening along the River Lark at Heath, still very wet underfoot but a Cetti's Warbler loud in the reeds and a glorious sunset.

Lots of fungi on the trees in the willow carr...

#MyWalk #RiverLark #Tuddenham #CavenhamHeath #WestSuffolk #Suffolk #Breckland
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On some big old Oaks, are these two young Ganodermas - the top one had a powdery brown top about 2 m up the trunk and the bottom one a shiny fawn top at the base of the trunk?

Presumably the dead one is Oak Bracket?

#Tuddenham #WestSuffolk #Fungi #Brecks #FungusFriday

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At Tuddenham Heath Hairy Bracket (Trametes hirsuta) and Birch Woodwart (Hypoxylon multiforme).

But what about the other fungus on the Scots Pine trunk?

#Tuddenham #CavenhamHeath #WestSuffolk #Suffolk #Fungi #Brecks #Breckland #FungiFriday #FungusFriday

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On oak at #Tuddenham Heath a fine Oak Mazegill (Daedalea quercina), Ochre Spreading Tooth (Steccherinum ochraceum) & Waxy Crust (Vuillemania comedens).
Woods still lovely & wet, though a Woodlark singing over adjacent field in the spring warmth. #MyWalk CavenhamHeath #fungi
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Are these young Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius) and Common Mazegill (Datronia Mollis)?

#Fungi #Tuddenham Heath #CavenhamHeath #Suffolk #WestSuffolk #Brecks #Breckland #FungusFriday #FungiFriday

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Gosh fungi are challenging to identify! Are the top two Turkeytail (Trametes versicolor) and the bottom Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa) and Yellowing Curtain Crust (Stereum subtomentosum)?
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On this splendid old oak, could these be Robust Bracket (Fomitiporia robusta/Phellinus robustus)?

And on a different old oak, could this hard pink fungus be a Ganoderma?

#Tuddenham Heath #CavenhamHeath #Fungi #WestSuffolk #Brecks #Breckland #FungusFriday #FungiFriday

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#Tuddenham Heath still wonderfully wet. My 1st Winter Polypore (Lentinus or Polyporus brumalis)? among the willows. Good to see the fox proof fence going up on #CavenhamHeath ready for nesting Stone Curlews when they return.
#MyWalk #fungi #FungusFriday #FungiFriday #Brecks
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#SuffolkSunset: The Drama...

#sunset #sunsets #Tuddenham #WestSuffolk #suffolk #TheBrecks #Breckland #Brecks
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#SuffolkSunset: the gift that keeps on giving.

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I suppose the two left hand images are of Witches Butter (Exidia glandulosa) - maybe also the top right unless it is Jelly Ear?

But perhaps the bottom right on birch is
Warlock's Butter (Exidia plana)

#Fungi #Tuddenham #WestSuffolk

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Another glorious #SuffolkSunset, and Oyster Mushrooms on a venerable Black Poplar (Populus nigra betulifolia) down Sandy Drove.

Plus an unidentified hard, black encrustation - a fungus?

#MyWalk #Tuddenham #WestSuffolk #Brecks #Fungi

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Delighted to find my 9th Puffball sp, Stump Puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme), & Witches' Butter (Exidia glandulosa)? on this mild evening with a hint of spring, avian evensong beginning to ramp up before the Breckland sunset as late as 4.40!
#MyWalk #Tuddenham #Fungi #WestSuffolk

Snow! On our walk between Tuddenham and Herringswell, which are also separated by this gorgeous, characterful row of Beeches.

#MyWalk #beeches #Tuddenham #Herringswell #WestSuffolk #Suffolk #Brecks #TheBrecks #Breckland #EastAnglia #snowing #SnowUK

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