Wildlife Corner

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Another 5 house Sparrows have fledged in next doors eaves nest adding to the 15 or so already around and another 4 young Siskins have appeared making 11 including parents. A fat ball will be demolished in an hour or so by the mob of young Starlings now hanging around the garden.

Hi Pam, I do have Doves, Wood Pigeons, Starlings and the like in the garden but they're not too much of a problem. But, should they get to be, I would think string or wire attached from the top of the Feeder at reasonable intervals via small holes, and knots in the wire or string to stop it...

but the colours are fantastic

Oh, sweet story Shiney. Just recalled, many many years ago, living at home with mom. We had birds in a cage on the window seat, that is 3 feet from the ground. Also a house and garden cat. He would never touch the birds in the cage. One day we got a new bird for the cage. And that was the...

Willow brought a Chrysalid indoors that we found while weeding, that turned out to be a moth too.

Put a sponge on the saucer 1st then add the sugar water (no drowning bees). Remember only use honey from the UK but sugar water is best. Spruce

I've got a Fruit Fly that can find a bottle of wine no matter where you hide it.

Maybe she wanted to give them worms? Train Pigeons are cool.

Thanks Spruce, will join up now and let you all know if i come iup with an ID Gill

Apparently it nests there each year - one of the locals told me. I don't know how long they live but I guess he meant that each generation continues to nest there.

True Sheal, we have a large living room window looking out on our back garden so I always have it to hand. We never had this number of birds in Weymouth. Joolz, we had a Great Tit briefly visit the table this morning, first one i've seen since March!

Hi Everyone, I received this e-mail this morning and thought you may wish to get involved with the Action to save our Bees: "Dear Friend,Thank you for signing our petition for a National Bee Action Plan.By being one of thousands of people to support The Bee Cause, you're already helping...

The blue tit is SO fussy. He throws two or three seeds on the floor at each visit. Fortunately the robin is around to tidy up

i would imagine it is the same pair, pehaps the nest mud wasn't the right consistency to stay stuck to the wall. Hopefully they will raise a brood, there is still plenty of time as they don't normally migrate again till October. Ready made nest are a good idea but as they have to be fairly high...

Hi All, I have aquired a couple of 3 foot sections of a tree trunk and want to make a bird feeder and bird bath. The only way I can think of doing it is to drill into the wood and then chisel out. For the bird bath would i need to put anything in it to hold the water or could I just leave it...

....a species of Armadillo Woodlouse (Pill Bug), first time I've seen one of these, amazing little creature...

I didn't like it anyway.....it kept taking the knife and fork off me.

Hi Rusty, No not really as we are trying to gut the back yard as it stands in order to make it a better place to be in. They are living in a pile of broken bits of stone and slab (looks a bit like the flintstones place actually! But it needs to be moved in order to lay a patio area.

Three Spoonbills were still at Arne RSPB today, normally by now they would be on the continent breeding and this time they were feeding, not asleep with their heads tucked in. Distant shots as they were on the far side of Middlebere Channel. Leave nothing but foot prints? Spoonbill two...