If Humans catch that it is a hospital job - serious disease....
Wildlife in your Garden
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A lad I know caught it from swimming in an out of season swimming pool in Spain, very nearly killed him, kidneys shut down. It`s wrecked him for life.
…loads of ladybirds in my garden this year.
in the pub as I read this and have literally just removed one from the side of my Guinniess glass
(I'm actually in the pub BTW not the beer garden.)
Noticed this yesterday so went to the shop and bought it some food. It kept going down my driveway and out onto the road. Was giving me severe anxiety thinking it would get killed. So I put it in a box until it was dark and released it. Wasn't there this morning so thought it must of just been hungry to be out during the day and had went back to it den. But when I came back from work it was back out so phoned the uspca and they came and lifted it. Had a cut on its head so they were going to treat it then release once sorted. My son named him Harry, so good luck Harry
Got a family of juvenile starlings plus mum and dad absolutely ravaging my bird station every day at the moment. They are hilarious to watch.
Have a pair of blackbirds, whom I presume are building a nest in my hedge about 20m from the backdoor. Lots of activity from them both. The female stays pretty close to where I think the nest is.
1.5kg of mealworms for a tenner in B&M at the moment.
You must have loads of Greenfly & Blackfly on your plants then .... they will munch through them easily enough like a armoured Tank
You must have loads of Greenfly & Blackfly on your plants then .... they will munch through them easily enough like a armoured Tank
…I have a lovely pink climbing rose that I planted as a cutting from my father-in-laws garden and it took off. I’ve taken other cuttings and planted all over my garden and it’s flourished. It’s where the ladybirds seem to be congregating, I did read they are welcome because they eat the bugs attacking the plant.
Father-in-law has passed now so the rose is a nice link, I’ve even planted cuttings in both my kids gardens for the same reason. I’m not in the least greenfingered but this stunning plant is thriving.
I noticed a massive Bullfrog today in my back garden no where near my pond though - it looked scared so I scooped it up in a plant pot & put it safe ....
This is a field on Hale Shore, that I saw this morning on my run.
It’s been taken out of crop rotation and has been allowed to go back to its natural state - gives the field a “ rest “.
The colours and variety of flowers / weeds is stunning.
In other local news, I’ve been watching the Mossley Hill Peregrines for a good few weeks and they successfully fledged two chicks this weekend
Juvenile Mallard at the park. Either it’s just an unusual colour pigmentation or some dirty duck scruff has been cross breeding.
Could`ve cross bred with a Farm Yard Duck, who are white ?