Wildlife Corner

Thanks HoneyB,dendro.First one I,ever seen round here.Many thanks.

Between Candi and her pressies and Cal and his baby snakes ... well, what can I say ... Christmas all over again ?????

and if you have got a tall enough tree, here is an idea for a huuuge "nest".... source: alice.it

Small tortoiseshell on Echinacea

We have got two cats that would love to get at the chicks or parents,even climbing on top of the conservatory and trying to leap over to the box,but no joy.The parents still carry on with the task in hand.I love to see Nuthatches and only once have seen how they cement up the hole.This one was...

The apples are left for the blackbirds and of course our own hens!

How big are the birds? They may be starlings which like to roost in trees near lights.

what a wonderful start of the year looking at your beautiful pictures....Thank you very much greenwizard, and, the same to you!!

If they are mute swans (which they probably are)they are probably browsing as Blackthorn suggests as they are resident and do not migrate. If they were Whooper swans (yellow bills not orange) they would have migrated here for the winter.

Great photos HB - especially against the blue sky

Hi Palustris I get quite few of them in our silver birch but not when i've got the camera with me

Lovely pictures HB - love the lake, and the "ents" were stunning.

We used to have one on the stream at the bottom of the garden. i noticed that he or she tended to sit at the top of the bank looking for fish, and one day i spotted a cat stalking it from behind. So I got a few stems of broken willow and rammed them into the bank at an angle so it could perch...

Now would I! :D :D

It must have been a record then,as I have never heard of that many at once.You must have some good feeding down your way :D :D

Just realised I used the wrong name - of course, it's the Sea Eagle, I meant - I've been looking up about when it was they tried to reintroduce them, and found this info http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/328feature1.shtml

I don't feed them,they can help themselves to the critters that hang around the compost heap and among the undergrowth. The last time I put food out it sounded like the a battle field on our patio...Not sure if it was the sound of fighting or passion but the noise was scarey!

We live on the edge of fields with a nearby wood and get visits from merlins, peregrine falcons and sparrowhawks. They mainly catch pigeons.. three years ago I was apinting my garage doors, heard a large thump and turned round to see a sparrowhawk has banged into the doors - complete with pigeon...

Stuuning, what plant is it feeding on?

The smooth snake could not eat anything as large as a kitten, it would more likely be killed by a kitten or cat!