Photos from another walk to Deep Hayes Country Park.

209 grazing Canada Geese. There were a further 29 in a nearby field.

A range of flies feeding on animal dung - see the same flies feeding on fungi below. 

Alder Bracket Fungi growing on a branch overhanging the stream. 

Close-up of the Alder Bracket Fungi.

A slightly blurry photo of a Grey Wagtail. There were two of these feeding and flitting around the concrete waterfall.

A Cladonia species of lichen growing on a stone wall. 

Dryomyzid flies on remnants of Stinkhorn Fungus. This fungus smells like dung or rotting flesh in order to attract flies which feed on the fungus and inadvertently disperse fungal spores to new locations. This looks like the same species feeding on the dog faeces in the photo above. 

A view towards Deep Hayes Country Park from Coalpitford Lane.

A toy balloon littering a tree near Stanley Head.