Good afternoon everyone

We were very lucky with the weather for our visit to Lake Meadows last Thursday as it poured down the next day!  There was such a beautiful array of colours with the trees dressed for autumn.

There was a conservation area fenced off along the path which was covered in different types of nettles and would be nice in the summer to see what insects are attracted to the flowers that sprout.

Unfortunately the car park is no longer free and a charge of £1.60 gives you 2 hours parking.  There are toilets and a really nice cafe which is not expensive and has a big choice of goodies.

There were a lot of Canada geese on the lake along with Coots, Moorhens and Black headed gulls along with three Cormorants drying off in a tree.

Other birds seen or heard:- Long tailed Tit, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Blue Tit, Robin

Plants seen:- Daisy, Knapweed, Achillea (Yarrow),Mullein, Ox Eye Daisy, Musk Mallow, Giant Redwood Trees, Lombardy Poplar, Horse Chestnut, Red Horse Chestnut, Common Ash, London Plane, Pink Oak, Alder, Hawthorn, Oak, Weeping Willow, Lesser Celandine, Cultivated Primula, White & Red Deadnettle, Groundsel, Spear Thistle, Shepherds Purse, Bristly Ox Tongue, Nipplewort, Pendulous Sedge, Plantain, Common Ragwort, Woody Nightshade & Oxford Ragwort, some of these plants were not in flower. Koromiko (Hebe stricta) which was in flower.

Fungi:- Chicken of the woods, Artists Bracket, Blewitt, Field Mushroom, Ivory Bonnet, Common Ink Cap, Turkey Tail, Hare's Foot Inkcap

Other Wildlife:- Grey Squirrel, Ladybirds & a Bumble Bee.

Best wishes Janet

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