A beautiful autumn sight here at St Abb's Head, the ink-cap fungi have begun to deliquesce around the edges of the car park. Deliquescence is when this fungus starts to dissolve into a black ink-like substance which contains the spores for future generations of fungi. And as they grow around the edge of the car park you don't need to walk for miles or have a pair of binoculars to see them! Lizy

Ink-cap fungus deliquescing

It's looking very damp here at St Abb's Head today, but yesterday was a fine day, so I headed out to do our weekly butterfly transect, which we carry out as part of the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. There are still good numbers of butterflies around, the most common being Green-veined (pictured mating) and Small Whites, and Wall Browns and Small Coppers. Also spotted on the survey were: Large White, Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Common Blue and Speckled Wood. Lizy Smith.