Wildlife in your Garden

[Littlesue]

Little b****d, shat on my pillow, scratched the wallpaper off the wall, ate through the wire on my hotbrush (unfortunately not plugged in), still not slept properly since, every night I put planks of wood across the bottom of my door in case it comes back lol

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Little b****d, shat on my pillow, scratched the wallpaper off the wall, ate through the wire on my hotbrush (unfortunately not plugged in), still not slept properly since, every night I put planks of wood across the bottom of my door in case it comes back lol

Sue...I genuinely thought you making a joke about a bloke

 

[Del-boy]

I have the only garden with natural grass and trees. All the neighbours have artificial grass or stone paving back gardens. This causes all the birds to migrate to my garden. They constant bickering between the blackbirds, magpies and two wood pigeons is doing my sweed in.

 

[goldfinchmule]

Sue...I genuinely thought you making a joke about a bloke

Think she still is.

 

[Andy McGurk]

Well, that's Cornwall off the visit list then.

Rare lichen spider spotted in Cornwall

The spiders of the "near-threatened" breed can camouflage themselves on branches to wait for prey.

www.bbc.co.uk

Read this as rare Liechtensteiner

 

[Littlesue]

L

Sue...I genuinely thought you making a joke about a bloke

 

[Taifi gorm]

I absolutely love Foxes.

Tough one that, as apart from humans, they`re one of the only animals that seems to kill indiscriminately.

If a fox gets into a hen house, it`ll kill and eat one, maybe two, but it`ll rip the rest to pieces for no reason.

"Leave no witnesses"
One and the same in the old myths.

 

[kev]

Saw a hedgehog on my front lawn yesterday evening.
It was lovely to see, but I couldn't help feeling a little sad because that's the first one I've seen in 12 months.
When I was a kid (1960s) you genuinely would not be able to walk a mile around here without seeing at least one or two hedgehogs.
On a happier note, this fine weather continues and whilst out walking the dog this morning the air was full of bird song. I turned the 'Merlin' App on my phone to 'record' for just 10 minutes and it identified - Blackbird, Wren, Robin, Blue Tit, Greenfinch, Blackcap, House Sparrow, Magpie, Collared Dove, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff and Wood Pigeon.

 

[goldfinchmule]

Saw a hedgehog on my front lawn yesterday evening.
It was lovely to see, but I couldn't help feeling a little sad because that's the first one I've seen in 12 months.
When I was a kid (1960s) you genuinely would not be able to walk a mile around here without seeing at least one or two hedgehogs.
On a happier note, this fine weather continues and whilst out walking the dog this morning the air was full of bird song. I turned the 'Merlin' App on my phone to 'record' for just 10 minutes and it identified - Blackbird, Wren, Robin, Blue Tit, Greenfinch, Blackcap, House Sparrow, Magpie, Collared Dove, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff and Wood Pigeon.

That Merlin App is great,only downloaded it myself the other day.

 

[degsy]

1st wasp.
Tempted to kill it.

Kopites of the insect world - Exterminate, Exterminate.

 

[WA Toffee]

Currently have a flock of white cockatoos, several galahs and a couple of parrots in the tree in front garden, kookaburra and a magpie in the back, and a bin chicken wandering around checking out the neighbours bins

 

[cronullasharks]

My cats been torturing a mouse out the back for about the last 3 hours, cats really are evil things.

Not really one of the feelgood stories of this thread

 

[cronullasharks]

Kopites of the insect world - Exterminate, Exterminate.

WD40 all over their nests. Drops them instantly

 

[kev]

Currently have a flock of white cockatoos, several galahs and a couple of parrots in the tree in front garden, kookaburra and a magpie in the back, and a bin chicken wandering around checking out the neighbours bins

You in Huyton?

 

[TyphooToffee]

Carpenter Ant on a peony bud. I'm really pleased with this. I used close-up mode but, instead of holding the camera right up to the subject, which casts a shadow if not using a flash or ring light, I cropped a larger photo that focused on the ant. Nevertheless, I was amazed at the clarity - I must have got the focus spot on. You can see, by the two other pics, of a Silky Ant on another of the peony plants in the garden, that a cropped photo doesn't always deliver a pin sharp image.

Someone suggested I enter this photo for the Countryfile Calendar competition, as they did when I shared the yawning fox pic.

"My camera is so good can see the hairs on an aunt's arse!"