Wildlife Group

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Wildlife Group Days Out

We are organising various days out for our members to get out with their cameras and photograph some interesting subjects and locations. More information will appear here soon

Camera Club Fungi Forage - Saturday 24th October 2025

A great outing to Jacksons Bank last Saturday for a morning photographing fungi. The weather could not have been better, reasonably warm, dry and sunny. Normally the sun would be a pain but the woodland was quite well sheltered so no glaring bits but plenty of light. A lot of the fungi was now coming to an end, but members still found plenty to photograph. We had a good morning learning the basics of Photo Stacking and the feedback from members was very good.

Brocton Coppice on Cannock Chase 16th January 2025

Images by Steve Moore

Images by Les Arnott

Images by Margaret Beardsmore

Images by Linda Shaw

Images by David Murray

Images by Anthony Sherratt

Jacksons Bank

“FUNGI FORAY outing for the Nature Group On the 17th October, 7 members of the Nature Group met at Jackson’s Bank near Hoar Cross for a Fungi Photography morning. Looking for and photographing fungi is not a fast sport, you just need to take it slow and steady and “get your eye in”. The woodland floor is covered in them and if you don’t take your time, you will walk on more than you see.

The group split up, some going there own way so not all of our shots were the same, although there was so much there it probably wouldn’t have happened anyway. Chris and I have been on several visits there over the past few weeks and every time you visit, the variety of Fungi is

different. The area is off the main footpath, so you very rarely see anyone else, if you do they usually want to help you off the floor as they think you have fallen! After the appalling weather the day before, we were lucky with a beautiful sunny and warm morning.

No club outing goes without it’s drama, which this time involved Margaret coming detached from her wellies, which resulted in a rescue mission to retrieve said wellies. They were buried up to their tops. The last person was obviously not so lucky as there was also another pair of wellies still submerged.