Wildlife Corner

well done you five little lives that wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you

working in the garden last week and i see over the wall that the neighbours cat is looking for something ....well turns out it was a baby rat! which ran towards me and into our garden, i put an empty flower pot over him, chased the cat off and carefully moved him into an empty box and let him go...

I don't, as a rule, go in to wildlife spotting or filming. I saw this in the GW mag -http://www.bushnell.com/wildlife/trail-cameras - and I thought 'hmm'. They're not the fanciest looking things but they say they're the best (as you would expect) and can't be beaten on certain things which got...

Shouldn't be too long John. Unlike humans in the UK, the birds kick out their young well before they reach 40 lol Think mine were about 2-3 weeks before they flew out

Lucius, whilst I also applaud your sentiment for rats I shall still do all in my power to keep them from the garden.We had to condemn two wooden sheds because of them (ate large holes in walls and floor - apart from destroying a lot of the contents) but they had a quick death by shooting. ...

Well done Yvonne, not everyone would have done that and I'm glad you did

Has any one used this company please, just seen it in paper and just want some feed back if any one has used them please www.gardenwildlifedirect.co.uk

How sweet. I haven't seen much activity around here yet. Bluetits have been building their nest for weeks. No-one else has used the boxes this year. Maybe they are late as its been rather cold up here

I was rather intrigued about this Pigeon Service Manual so fired up good old Google and found this:From the Victoria (Oz) State Library:and this:Turns out the manual was written in 1919. I should have watched more episodes of Dastardly and Muttley.

Of ourse eBay could, if they could be bothered, go one step further, and pass on email and IP addresses and PayPal account details and whatever else they have on the person selling illegal stuff, and pass on that info to whichever agency is responsible for enforcing the ban (Defra?).

No I don't do the RSPB survey, I used to do the Manx one but gave up when I moved into my present house. Too many cats around here, so the birds that aren't in large groups tend not to stay around.The starlings and sparrows are here every day, starlings in numbers of up to 100, sparrows up to...

Great video Jenny, nothing like a trunk up the rear to get you out of trouble!

Porridage Oats, no not ready breck Thanks for the lovely comments

There's been some Meadow Browns around, but not managed to take a pic.

Smashing photo Dave. Sadly, I haven't seen a single House Sparrow in my garden this Winter.

Ok thanks, hopefully I won't have too much trouble finding one, haven't had chance it look yet as been away the last few days.

A beautiful lizard, a Purple Backed Spiny Lizard and cute Mule Deer. It was 42c when we went to Vegas a few years ago, too hot to venture out of the strip! Any more?

@AndySHi Andy To be honest and I have always claimed on here I am no expert or scientist its a hobble that I have been keen on for over 15 years. But I do know of on going studies in to the food value to bees on pollen and nectar with the 50 major food plants that are produced in the...

Thanks for that,I managed to get a peek at a small part of the caterpillar earlier and from the small section I could see, it looked very much like an apple moth larvae (same colour and texture looking skin).Would an apple moth even nest on a Callistemon?I was planning to prune off the new...

Saw a tiny one on my washing, any one know when they start breeding. Found this information:October- February: Adult ladybirds spend winter in a dormant state, known as 'overwintering'. March- April: Adult ladybirds become active and leave their overwintering sites to find food, aphids...