Wildlife Corner

Many thanks Stephen, Victoria and Strongylodon. I'll go with Chiffchaff then.

Great pics there Strongy!

Bit like my old girlfriend then.

That's one of his 5 a day!!

At least he didn't get the Hedgepig stuck on his fist like I did.

I've had a look on the web Jenny but can't find it, although there's some similar.

I put out niger seeds last autumn time to attract the goldfinches no sign of any last year , but just looked out the kitchen window and there're two on the feeder and a whole flock in the hawthorn hedge

How about sedum, I've got 3 patches of it and the bees love it! It's a nice late-flowering plant as well

Excellent idea! And why stop at just one? and the wind direction, and the rain, and not where they will get full sun, or the babies will be fried alive. You may find this link helpful for choosing the most appropriate site/direction: RSPB: Siting a bird box

Well, the EnCon guys sent the moose on a long vacation to the Adirondack Mountains where he will have a better chance of finding a mate. I guess you might say it was like it says in the song: He was looking for love in all the wrong places.

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i've only ever seen the one Dragonfly in the flesh but i must agree they are pretty amazing! we have a forest across from our house which if you go in a ways you'll come across a river, as a kid i remember suddenly coming face to face with a beautiful Dragonfly...i was mesmerised to say the...

Send some invitations out, Ziggy, for a Moth Ball.

I know, had a fight with one, it was my sandwich and I wasn't going to let him take it off me

Finally saw 1 on my Cosmos yesterday, and a Black and Red one down by the Marina. But 2 in a 5 mile radius is sorrowfull. (there may have been more, but whilst at the Marina I looked and looked then looked again).

I picked up a module once that had blown up a corner and there was a huge slug in it laying, I gave them all a generous helping of salt and left it in the sun to wither.

RJ.....Rhus is also known as Sumach.

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on re-doing a wildlife garden for a school. It's a fairly good sized are and so far I have got rid of all the thick weeds and raked the ground. Will I need to turn the earth before planting seeds? Also is it too late in the year to be planting grass/wildflower...

Lots of insects pollinate flowers. Bees are only one of quite a few.