A perfect morning. No wind, clear sky and still some mist clinging on in the lower areas. So we were off up to the top of Thistle Hill for the views and to look for fungi.
The single mushroom here is either the Conical Waxcap or the Blackening Waxcap. It was close to the wheelmarks left by the grazing farmer's vehicle which are beginning to create a track on the side of the hill. This is inappropriate for a number of reasons and will encourage more bikers and riders to follow suit.
I wondered if they had been removing the cattle from the pastures but they could just be made out grazing above The Buttresses.
Sheep, for them, were in a confrontational mood, challenging our right to access with stamping hooves.
A few more of the delightful small Yellow Waxcaps were found.
Under the birches the fallen leaves have made a similar pattern to the seeds of a week or two ago.
While admiring one of our many favourite views in daylight no longer depressingly grey.........
....we realised we were not completely alone.
He was one of five all peacefully browsing amid the heather and bilberry, probably devouring young tree seedlings.
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