Wildlife Corner

I just read about this … absolutely fascinating …Rare fungus to be moved from Scotland to England in hopes to save species

Mason bees have taken a fancy to the hose reel.

Two beetles I found in my garden recently ...Black and yellow long horn beetle :-Thick legged flower beetle :-

Oedemera nobilis, thick legged flower beetle, (although only the males have thick legs) I found it in my conservatory yesterday, rather pretty in a metallic green colour. It apparently likes flowers such as daisies, Cornflowers etc, and I couldn't find anything bad about it so I let it go in the...

hi i bought a bird nest box and would like to know if it would be possible to connect to a pc for recording purpose .. thanks for your advice

Ah, bless ...Lesbian penguin 'super moms' welcome chick at Spanish aquarium

Well it looks like the cuckoo flower I bought has been successful, just hope it's the orange tip.

I know not everyone likes them and to be honest they are a bit of a nuisance burying the nuts In my pots but seems like I've got a new friend (two actually but one keeps chasing the other away) being able to spend lots of time in the garden now seems like we're happy to be seen together

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...

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.

Hi everyone, got some pallet wood from work for a sparrow terrace, hopefully it will provide six nest boxes, I'll just do bits when we have any rainy weather, we're lucky to have quite a few house sparrows nesting so I hope this will help that number to increase.

Sarafi, the cat from down the road that spends most of its time in our garden and propagator, was very interested in a squirrel.Sarafi stayed poised in this position for about four minutesThe Squirrel had spotted him right from the start and totally ignored himSarafi eventually jumped...

Rehabbers Area | Vale WildlifeI thought this may be of interest, particularly to those who feed hedgehogs. The information towards the bottom of the page along with the video is the relevant bit.

8th Jan to 10th March 2018, £100 Wilko gift card prize.

What did you see. Not a huge number here as some never turned up (although they were invited).Blackbird Starling House Sparrow Dunnock Blue Tit Coal Tit Chaffinch Goldfinch Pied Wagtail Siskins turned up on cue.

Ladybirds are invading our houses this autumn, often in their thousands. What's going on?By Sophie Morris Ladybirds are invading our houses this autumn, often in theirHarlequin ladybirds, as they are known because they come in a confusiGod, dare I say it, missed a trick when He unleashed...

Wildlife to watch in autumn & winter During autumn and winter the cold weather across the world brings migrating birds to the coast and countryside of Wales. Seasonal highlights include starling roosts, white fronted geese and grey seals with white furry pups.Wildlife Watching Autumn & Winter...

This is a good method as you dont have to even have to handle the Slugs which lets face it is the most yakky yukky thing us gardeners ever have to do Don't like sharing me so I use Brewers Yeast mixed with warm sugared water instead of slug pellets, the slugs are attracted to the yeast mix-...

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