With it raining so much this Autumn, it's been a good year for fungi - and there are loads around at the moment.
Fungi are really interesting to find and I'm always intrigued by the array of shapes and sizes they come in.
I recently found a whole lot of large fungi around a tree - which was pretty special.
To me, fungi seem to have an air of the fairytale about them and I half expect to see a fairy or pixie hanging about. Not very natural history, I know. (Don't worry I havn't been eating them!)
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Things are hotting up here as we get ready for the new series of Autumnwatch - and I can't wait.
This year, presenter Simon King will be witnessing some truly amazing autumn spectacles and trying to unravel some great wildlife mysteries. Expect small ninja deer in surprising places and a gargantuan conger eel plus a few surprises in between.
In the mean time, I seem to have stumbled across a mystery of my own - which I'm hoping you might be able to help solve.
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When I was a boy messing about on the River Taff (at the weir just near the Millennium Stadium) I remember distinctly finding a tiny eel, but at the time I wasn't sure what it was. It was in fact a juvenile eel called an 'elver'.
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Some animals are just plain cute. So cute in fact that you just want to have one!
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