Haw Park WoodThirteen members boarded the minibus at the new departure point of the Unitarian Church for today’s annual fungi foray trip. This year the destination was Anglers Country Park where we were joined by Peter who was the greenest of us all, having used his intimate knowledge of local public transport to convey himelf from Huddersfield to Wintersett. We were all greeted with a lovely bright late autumn day as we followed Joan, assisted by Veronica, through the wooded part of Anglers before lunch and into Haw Park Wood afterwards.
We had visited this location last year and had been impressed by the variety of fungi and thought that it merited a return. We were not disappointed. A total of 44 fungi were recorded during the day together with 2 slime moulds and 1 dog lichen. 
Fly Agaric Group The highlight was undoubtedly the vast array of fly agaric seen almost at the end of the day which delighted the entire group - and sent Maddy into raptures!
The bird count of 24 would surely have been greater if the fungi hadn’t occupied us to the extent that we didn’t have time to properly survey both lakes. Alice did her usual excellent recording job and managed to log an amazing 33 plants in flower – not bad for November! A solitary Red Admiral gave us a butterfly record and rounded off a very productive day which stretched an hour over its appointed time, resulting in traffic congestion on our journey back and a later than planned return to Bradford. However, everyone agreed that it had been a great day out and it was a happy minibus load that eventually returned home.Stuart