Oooo-er Missus!

Found a fine specimen of the delighfully-named Phallus impudicans at Strumpshaw today: Stinkhorn to you and me! Apart from that: a Kingfisher at its nest-hole on the riverbank, an otter and a Little Egret were the most interesting vertibrates, while there were lots of butterflies and dragonflies making the most of the sunshine...
Also: often heard all over Strump / Buck / Hassingham etc: finally saw a group of Peacocks.
Finally, after a cool six years, my birding chum Martin Reed finally saw one of our Turtles on Wednesday!

Little Egret from Tower Hide

....and in flight

Kingfisher flying towards burrow

Stinkhorn

Common Darter

Brown Hawker

Black-tailed Chaser

Skipper (sp!)

Peacock