{"id":1593,"date":"2011-11-23T03:12:29","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T08:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2011-11-23T03:12:29","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T08:12:29","slug":"theale-16-november-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdnhs.org.uk\/blog\/theale-16-november-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Theale – 16 November 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday 16th<\/sup> November, Mick and Jacky Cross led a walk which started and ended at the Fox and Hounds at Sunnyside, Theale. The walk started out around Hosehill Lake, where Wigeon were particularly numerous and a Water Rail was heard making its \u2018squealing pig\u2019 call from deep in the waterside vegetation. Other birds included Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, a few Tufted Ducks and Greylag Geese. The route then led westwards along Bottom Lane towards Sulhampstead. A few Shovelers were spotted on the next gravel pit and a clump of big Parasol Mushrooms were seen in the copse at the side of the road. A footpath led across the fields to the Kennet and Avon Canal. Fieldfares were numerous and a flock of Siskins was moving through the Alders. Blue-green Verdigris Agaric fungi were found in the grass. A few Water Avens plants were in flower beside the canal \u2013 an extraordinary record for November.<\/p>\n