southhamster Posted April 4, 2022 Posted April 4, 2022 Or neighbour came round in great excitement to say we have a young golden pheasant visiting our gardens. We get the normal pheasants quite often but never seen the golden type before! 1
elsiegee40 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Posted April 5, 2022 Or neighbour came round in great excitement to say we have a young golden pheasant visiting our gardens. We get the normal pheasants quite often but never seen the golden type before![ATTACH]65205[/ATTACH] Probably an escape from someone’s aviary. They’re not supposed to be roaming wild!
elsiegee40 Posted May 4, 2022 Author Posted May 4, 2022 Baby bird season is ramping up. At the rescue I have been feeding babies ranging in size from this long tailed tit to this carrion crow 1
stevejp Posted May 4, 2022 Posted May 4, 2022 I read that as feeding the babies to the crow Me too, on first glance! (Still, could be worse - at least it wasn’t frogs…)
elsiegee40 Posted May 11, 2022 Author Posted May 11, 2022 Our blue tits are hatching. Four chicks so far this afternoon[emoji4] And the Red Mason bees are making babies (ba-bees?) too. She’s a big girl! He’s tiny by comparison. His pale moustache stands out. 1
LeMarchand Posted May 11, 2022 Posted May 11, 2022 And the Red Mason bees are making babies (ba-bees?) too. Can I be the first to say there's a thread for that sort of thing ? I finally had a bit of time to sort out our camera after an IP range change, but was getting a bizarre picture. On physical inspection (from the far corner of the courtyard) it seems as if someone has decided to mess around with the siting of the box/camera. Can't do anything about it until later in the year in case it's in use. 1
bald_pig Posted May 12, 2022 Posted May 12, 2022 #NSFW? Only if they dress up as ghosts for halloween...
6Foot2 Posted May 20, 2022 Posted May 20, 2022 Link: Today’s poem was written for #WorldBeeDay. It’s called ‘The Last Bee’. 2
elsiegee40 Posted May 25, 2022 Author Posted May 25, 2022 Before we went away we had 7 tiny Blue Tit beaks in our camera box. We returned to just one last Sunday. On Monday we had heavy rain most of the day and the parents stopped visiting, presumably unable to find food, and that chick died too. It’s incredibly tough for tits to raise young. Our camera box record for the last 5 years… 2018: Male disappeared. Nest failed. 2019: Very wet weather. Nest failed. 2020: Didn’t finish building the nest. 2021: Didn’t finish building the nest. 2022: Very wet weather. Nest failed. 1
elsiegee40 Posted May 26, 2022 Author Posted May 26, 2022 Good information video from Hedgehog Street
6Foot2 Posted May 28, 2022 Posted May 28, 2022 Link: Today’s poem is in celebration of #WorldOtterDay. It’s called ‘What Don Corleone Did Next’. 1
elsiegee40 Posted June 6, 2022 Author Posted June 6, 2022 Our pond is 2 years old and tonight I went out with a torch. I found a newt! I am so pleased… I really wanted newts. The pond by day 3
bald_pig Posted June 7, 2022 Posted June 7, 2022 Our pond is 2 years old and tonight I went out with a torch. I found a newt! I am so pleased… I really wanted newts. [ATTACH]65646[/ATTACH] The pond by day [ATTACH]65647[/ATTACH] Who's upset Witch recently? 3
LeMarchand Posted June 7, 2022 Posted June 7, 2022 I thought that @elsiegee40 had spotted a sideline in selling amphibian eyes. 1
mikeprice Posted June 12, 2022 Posted June 12, 2022 Our pond is 2 years old and tonight I went out with a torch. I found a newt! I am so pleased… I really wanted newts. [ATTACH]65646[/ATTACH] The pond by day [ATTACH]65647[/ATTACH] That's great!! it is really small though I could even say it is "my newt" except that is is yours - clearly 2
6Foot2 Posted June 13, 2022 Posted June 13, 2022 Link: Insect Week Insect Week encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects. It runs from the 20th to 26th of June 2022.
Ditto Posted June 20, 2022 Posted June 20, 2022 Not a great photo, but had this lovely insect visit. 2
elsiegee40 Posted June 20, 2022 Author Posted June 20, 2022 Not a great photo, but had this lovely insect visit. [ATTACH=CONFIG]65747[/ATTACH] Ooh that beauty is Green Silver Lines https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/green-silver-lines 1
Dos_Box Posted June 20, 2022 Posted June 20, 2022 Can across a rather large shield bug on my lunchtime walk. Just a shame my camera couldn't focus on it!: 3
mikeprice Posted June 20, 2022 Posted June 20, 2022 I have noticed a distinct lack of small birds in the garden this summer Last year - and the years before - we have had robins, sparrows and several other birds around - but this year it has just been the normal pigeons and magpies and also just the normal pigeons and none of the beige small ones anyone else seen this?
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