Wildlife Corner

I think some are false widows but they're outside so we leave each other alone. I recently saw a couple having a heated discussion about a wrapped up lunch. By the time I returned, the lunch and the spiders were gone. I'm hoping, whatever they are, they'll do the decent thing and see to...

Not a great year for purple toadflax here. Usually plenty of brocade moths and enough flowers for all of us. It was only when I had to rescue a lone caterpillar that there was hardly anywhere to put it, that I realised there isn't a lot of it about and no other caterpillars. I usually snip off...

On cleaning our windows i found a wasp nest!! under the tiles which they didn't like me moving about, being that the nest is just above the front door i had to do something about it, i didn't have any chem spray to sort them out so i took to youtube for a natural way, lots were saying washing up...

We see a lot of Red Kites here in the Highlands, quite a few Buzzards too.

Some more...The pretty ones:And the Moorhen, the chicks seriously look and behave like gangly teenager vultures Tadpoles

Current state of my elder; I bet there's some neighbourhood disputes going on!

As far as using it here, T'other Half puts the sachets (a couple of inches square) in a box with a hole in the shed so the vermin can enter but not a cat. I am not concerned regarding other people's animals eating he carcases as I don't expect to see them on my property. In 25 years living...

Thank you I had seen those ground baskets with pictures of tiny birds, but never realised they come in a larger size too. Thank you.

From experience, if it doesn't rain any mess on the foliage of plants will dry out and set hard, creating a permanent mess on the plants.

They could be Miner bees.

A lovely day out, sun or no sun. Thank you for sharing your adventure.

Foxes are known to play with dogs, so it might have been inviting her out to play.My foxes aren't coming in the daytime at the moment. They are clearly coming at night as evidenced by the holes they dig, though I don't seem to have much of a problem with poop. During the spring/summer when...

RSPB just posted this on X, it's a conversation between a wood pigeon and a starling about how to scupper someone's count.x.com

I've just seen this thread and I wonder if this stuff is worth trying. I have the stripey one on the bottom half of the large single pane on my lounge window, just as an alternative to a blind. It allows light in, but gives some privacy, and it just 'sticks' to the glass by applying some water....

They can look very tatty in Spring when they moult. But at this time of year it's not usual to see them like that. Maybe it has a mite or flea problem and is scratching itself. Not many feathers around that neck.

They're wonderful, but I won't be showing them to my daughter as she panics on sight and OH or I have to go and remove the offending articles from bathroom, bedroom etc.I don't know why cos she's been brought up in old houses in the countryside with all sorts of creepy crawlies inside and...

Like 10 toes?

A Redwing in Aberdeenshire the year before, we do get these in the garden usually Winters coming

I like birds as much as the next gardener, but spending money on bushels of seeds would seem a bit extravagant. This is not a problem, however, as round here nearly every garden supplies 5* dining opportunities with all manner of doodahs and gizmos designed for the purpose. I chip in with some...