Wildlife Corner

I m going to buy two Bfly/Hotels......... like bird boxes with feeding stations, has any1 tried a feeding station, i would expect the sugar solution to ferment, or go "sticky"

That figures - they are the caterpillars of the Large White butterfly - also known as the Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)

my son-in-law has a massive pond in his back garden and they ended up with frogs, frogs, frogs. apparently there were dozens of them jumping all over the grass and their decking, I think they where quite shocked at the numbers they saw, then as quick as they appeared they where gone

The worst thing with wasps iff you have perfume on and hairspray boy do they go for you, hope we dont get them african killer bees that would be something else for us to worry about, like america are doing.

nice one liz its lovely to see children involved in preserving our wildlife, i bet your harry feels so proud of himself. well done from rosa

No no Liz, the squished dessert followed little 'un onto the pavement, not that he'd appreciate me saving his waistline if it didn't lol! :D I saved him from potential squishedness last year too - he was moving too closely roadwards from the park edge, so I picked him up.. instead of...

My two visitin gold finches seem to enjoy sunlower hearts - but I too am trying to grow teasels.

Surprised a toad whilst mowing the lawn in the wild area - lovely eater of slugs and snails, may he prosper.

I find they even like the dried dog food that you can buy, its much easier than that meat type, and along with a bowl of water, they enjoy it. Trouble is it brings in cats from miles around, and I suppose it could encourage rats.

Grasshoppers - the Meadow Grasshopper is green and brown while the Field Grasshopper(as in your photo is all brown) They are mainly vegetarian and eat grass.

No way :D I feed the birds, and they feed him. I do like raptors - especially in flight.

Very nice site. Lots of common sense advice to be found

A fine pair of bee's Top shots Mr P.

:D Lol, yes but they don't mate in my garden! I just wanted to know out of interest, I love watching them. The big brave things came for lunch while I was sunbathing yesterday, lol!!

We are about 30 miles from Romney Marsh, apparently the first marsh frogs came to the south east in 1935 and within a few years they had spread into Sussex. They do mate later than our own native frog.

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Thought they would be long - I always worry in case I scare mum away. Love the idea of ivy - I let it go a bit rampant in one corner of my garden up a white lilac - its close to the house, but still gets a fair few nesters. The tits have the nest boxes at the bottom of my woodland garden. I know...

Coming up the A75 ( Carlilse to Stranraer ) one night on my way home just after Newtownstewart saw two small deer grazing on the edge of the road. Dont know who was the more suprized but really glad that they stayed on the grass till I got past them ! [ 28. May 2006, 03:11 PM: Message edited...

Here's another recently born slow worm only 3ins long, the others have disappeared.

This is the path where I regularly take the dogs. It's well used by the village walkers: The badgers dig right up to it: Heres another hole: And another set of burrows under an old dead tree: If you follow this path away from the village, about 100yards from the first hole is a busy...