Wildlife Corner

I made a cage (wood frame with Chicken wire)to go over the trays, but the magpie's will still get in if i'm not on garde dutes, magpie will be hard to stop has they can get in through the same gap has a black bird

This is a Grackle, pretty much confined to Canada and the US east of the Rocky Mountains.

hi i bought a bird nest box and would like to know if it would be possible to connect to a pc for recording purpose .. thanks for your advice

Also prickly hedging type plants like Berberis and Pyracantha, somewhere the birds can hide and the cats will be deterred from.

I can only give my experience with mason bees.... we have them in various mortar gaps in our house walls. They are fairly docile, as you have researched. We have some in the doorway - we only have one key-opened external door - and have co-existed without any problems. I have also observed them...

This sounds good! The bees I have used to go into holes in the brickwork on the side of my house, so thought the tubes would be similar. I can’t wait to see if I get any cocoons!

We"ve only got the native red squirrels here, and they're very discreet. You'd never know if it wasn't for the baby oak, chestnut and walnut trees springing up in the borders, and a suspicious 30% show rate of crocus and tulips

Some good ideas there Jordhandeson and well made. I wish I had the ability to make things like that. I have a couple of nest boxes that my brother made for me, but they have smaller holes so only the tits can enter. Sparrows are not welcome here, even though they nest under the tiles on my...

It looks like it's about to self annoint perhaps, something hogs do quite a lot.The purpose of a hedgehog tail is subject to a certain amount of debate. It's more of a residual tail rather than a practical tail and doesn't seem to be of much benefit to the hedgehog. I've never thought of them...

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I remember the rien de rien one more.Not the most colourful or varied in song but I'm glad they're thriving and probably the same as yourself I get the pleasure of hearing it in the morning and at night when they're settling down.

I would keep an eye on the rats.

I don't have either here (that I know of) so I wonder what they ate in the orange orchards?

Having a great interest in natural history. I am so pleased that after such a long time, many of our wildlife are becoming established again. Birds of prey, otters, beavers and also many of the smaller mammals. I believe that in some parts, wild boar have been captive bred and are now being...

thanks for your reply we like to give the birds that come into our garden a choice of food including meal worms the starlings are only going for the meal worms and can empty the feeder in 1 day which is unfair to other birds that like a feast

This maybe of interest, these were taken last thursday, a common lizard adult and young, although this is a greenish common lizard which can be confused wtith the rarer, very green, Sand lizard.

Yes, someone may be missing it and it may have found its way home.

Never heard of them. But I'm sure you can get tablets for them.