Wildlife in your Garden

[COYBL25]

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First one last night

Haven’t seen a live one in years

 

[blulouie]

Haven’t seen a live one in years

Plenty around here once theyve woke up , next door have built a hedgehog station for them .
See more and more activity later this month going into early summer, mating season.

Great for keeping the slugs in check.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

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I assume you mean the harness...at least it appears sized properly and looks comfortable. I'm not one for walking a cat but, if they seem to enjoy it, go for it.

 

[kev]

Some snaps from the garden today.

Male and female Blackbirds


Robin

Great Tit Dunnock

House Sparrow
Wood Pigeon
Femail Chaffinch

Male Chaffinch

 

[kev]

. . . and of course Blue Tit

Going to check on the nest again about 7-30 when activity has stopped (and hopefully get a photo)

 

[RufusCat]

Haven’t seen a live one in years

Saw a couple last year, usually on the way home late at night. Stopped the car in Belle Vale one night and carried one to safety as it had stopped in the road.

 

[kev]

Going to check on the nest again about 7-30 when activity has stopped (and hopefully get a photo

Well it does look much more structured now.
(crap photo, but best I could get while rushing)‍♂

Pub time now

 

[Taifi gorm]

Bog is starting to thaw out for the summer


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[Marius57]

My app telling me that we could hear a blackcap in the garden this morning. Seems quite early for them but it’s normally fairly accurate. Haven’t spotted it yet.

Going to start trying to tempt the badger into the garden now it’s lighter nights and leave the back gate open.

 

[Rita_Poon]

 

[kev]

That's some garden you've got there @Rita_Poon

 

[kev]

Was going to make a new nesting box for the front of the shed but decided on a different approach. I built a box structure on the inside and drilled the hole through the front of the shed.
The back of the box is transparent and comes off for easy cleaning.
My first thought was to use glass, but it gives off too much of a mirrored effect so I used the lid from a tupperware storage box which has minimum reflective properties even when backed with a black cover.
Stroke of genious . . . or idiotic idea?
Time will tell I suppose.
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. . . and the results are in!
It was indeed an idiotic idea/ 3 weeks after first seeing the Blue Tits entering, I just went to have a quick check on the nest. The whole of the transparent back panel is completely covered with grass/moss etc. I can see no more than I would if it were a wooden panel.
Made up that they are using it, but a nest box camera is definitely the way forward in future years.
Ah well. Beer O'clock.

 

[COYBL25]

. . . and the results are in!
It was indeed an idiotic idea/ 3 weeks after first seeing the Blue Tits entering, I just went to have a quick check on the nest. The whole of the transparent back panel is completely covered with grass/moss etc. I can see no more than I would if it were a wooden panel.
Made up that they are using it, but a nest box camera is definitely the way forward in future years.
Ah well. Beer O'clock.

I’ve just put a nest box up for Stock Doves in the woods by us,which involved a bit of climbing - it’ll probably end up getting taken over by those pesky Green Parakeets !

It’s a lot more difficult climbing trees when you’re middle aged, than when you were a kid

 

[goldfinchmule]

. . . and the results are in!
It was indeed an idiotic idea/ 3 weeks after first seeing the Blue Tits entering, I just went to have a quick check on the nest. The whole of the transparent back panel is completely covered with grass/moss etc. I can see no more than I would if it were a wooden panel.
Made up that they are using it, but a nest box camera is definitely the way forward in future years.
Ah well. Beer O'clock.

Or a transparent top mate.

 

[kev]

Or a transparent top mate.

Top is the roof of the shed.
velux windows?