Waxcap Watch!

The Brookside Restoration Project held our 'Waxcap Watch' event on Friday 30th October 2026! The Waxcap Watch is a national citizen science scheme aimed at mapping the locations of Waxcap fungi around the UK. Waxcaps are important indicator species for ancient meadow, and mapping their location helps ecologists identify where ancient meadow exists and protect it!

Although the session was aimed at finding Waxcaps, we still wanted to find every fungi species we could to add to the site records, to help build a better picture of the amazing biodiversity we have onsite!

We, unfortunately, didn't record any Waxcaps onsite, but we didn't find a whopping 29 species of fungi! Some noteworthy finds include Dead Man's Fingers, White + Black Elfin Saddle, Yellow Brain and Jelly Brain!

If you would like to get involved with the Brookside Restoration project, please email brandon.cherry@prospectsfoundation.org.uk for more information

As always, thank you to our volunteers and to our funders for making it all possible!