Wildlife Corner

My apologies @Loki I've just seen this. I've been on holiday and then catching up for a week on things. Your babies look so cute . Are they still around? Difficult to be precise from the pics but they look to be around 4 -6 weeks old. In two of the pics the baby looks slightly elongated, like a...

Thanks, that's them I think, but I really wish I hadn't asked after reading that. Nick

Like like you I welcome all birds to my garden, which is in the country. I feed a range of bought food, spending far too much money. The corvids I don’t always welcome because they eat too much, but I find it’s only when it’s really cold that they come and I don’t begrudge them then. Rooks come...

Agree with @pete , @roders . The females are brown all over.

Isn't it lovely how sometimes the simplest things cause the most joy. This afternoon feasting on my white buddleia (that incidentally I was going to dig up a couple months ago but thankfully changed my mind) sat 2 Red Admirals and 3 humongous round fat gorgeous bees and a blueish white butterfly...

If you want to screen the area, and provide a little wind-proof barrier to prevent the seeds spreading, you could use bamboos fencing rolls? I think they sell them in Aldi as one of their specials? It is soft, so will flex around any obstacles, and the hollow stems will also provide a little...

@NigelJ it is quite amazing isn't it It is so cold there though,, Dedication to getting that best shot I suppose.!

Horseflys are brown and can give you a nasty bite, you hardly ever find them in houses or urban town gardens.

I know that this is a old thread but this video is unavailable.

Thank you Pete and ScrungeeI was also thinking Shield bug but couldn't find anything in my books, was also thinking it could be a Bronze shield bug

I've got fallow deer, more than we really want. They look lovely but just wait til they start nibbling your plants. The worst though is the males rubbing their itchy antlers on the young trees, sometimes killing them.

So pretty. shame the moth is a bit dull lol

Black Crowned Night Heron, Kowloon Gardens Hong Kong.Black Collared Starling.Red Whiskered Bulbul Kowloon gardens.Eastern Great White Egret, Hong Kong Harbour.

Just wondered if anyone has come across this before? My echinops nitro is teaming with some sort of shield bug. I'm not concerned about them, just curious, I've never seen them in such numbers on one plant before.

Yes, FC lots of bees and wasps - weather permitting. I've also had resident Miner bees since late Spring last year.

My Parson Jack Russells wouldn't agree with you I have 4 pairs of blackbirds in the garden this year and every year

It's not a snake, it's a legless lizard and has a gross trick if picking it up by it's tail as Pete says.

A very commendable action you took there for our garden ally, Snorky85.I did something similar about a year ago, also using sugar solution. It was early in the season so there were not many flowers around. Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures.As a cautionary note to other people...

Noticeable drop in the number of small birds around me this winter - mostly down to the Red Kites which appear to be taking over ! Putting the feeders near the prickly hedge seemed to be appreciated & I have at least three nests in there this year so things should settle down. Now I need to do...

Thanks, if they do not vacate within a few weeks I might do just that, to minimize casualties.