Everybody go... Ahhhh!

Tamron 150mm - 600mm F5 - 6.3

ISO 1000     428mm   f/6.3    1/250 sec

I have really enjoyed posting shots over the past few days from my visit to Ness Gardens. It has been particularly rewarding because several of the posts have been shared by Ness Gardens and that has really expanded the reach of my blog.

I have however been itching to share some of the pictures of Red Squirrels at the Formby National Trust site. I have well over 100 pictures from my early morning visit so I will share a few of them over the next few days. Narrowing my selection is not easy because there are some cracking shots so hopefully you will come back tomorrow to see more.

I had a lovely time, I arrived early in order to have the place pretty much to myself but the problem with that was that the light wasn't great in the dense woodland but as time went on this improved and with the right settings I think I was able to get some lovely shots of these beautiful and endearing creatures.

Having taken a good number of pictures I wandered off into the dunes and sat for a while enjoying the sun and looking out to sea.  It was a perfect day.

Wonder Wall

The title to today's post is not an homage to Oasis or even Mike Flowers Pops, it refers to this actual wall and the fact that I wonder why there is a random wall in the middle of a forest.

As I wandered through the forest looking for fungi to photograph I came across this tumble down wall or part of a wall which didn't seem to be going anywhere or even enclosing anything. I guess that at some time in the past it was part of an enclosure of some sort and perhaps the forest has grown up and taken over.

I have always like dry stone walls especially when they have a covering of moss. here I like the texture and colours in the shade of the pines.

Pleated Inkcap Fungus

I spotted this tiny little fungus nestled in a shady spot in a bed of moss and I think it is a Pleated Ink Cap. There are so many different varieties of fungi its hard to be certain. I really need to learn a bit more about them don't I so that I can at least identify them with a bit more confidence.

Looking Up!

Back in Delamere Forest, how impressive are these trees with their uniformly straight trunks reaching into the sky...

I love walking in the forest.