Your day's wildlife

[Hugh Manatee]

Just been down to the allotment to do a bit of watering and, hooray for one of my favourite little critters. The mayfly were dancing over the black currant bushes. No pictures but a poem..





The Mayfly
By Douglas Florian

A mayfly flies
In May or June.
Its life is over
Far too soon.
A day or two
To dance,
To fly—
Hello
Hello
Good-bye
Good-bye.

 

[gbb]

Cute wee pic

Yebbut....I watched a programme about them years ago, it showed one eating a worm....it was disgusting to watch., no table manners at all.

 

[Mrs M]

Yebbut....I watched a programme about them years ago, it showed one eating a worm....it was disgusting to watch., no table manners at all.

We had a family of hedgehogs in the garden, used to love cat food.
Put some out at night for them, what noisy eaters

 

[gbb]

We had a family of hedgehogs in the garden, used to love cat food.
Put some out at night for them, what noisy eaters

Exactly .

 

[potsy]

A few pics from the last couple of days of the birds enjoying the recent good weather..

 

[biggs682]

Some beef from my ride today

 

[Hugh Manatee]

A walk in the local fields today. More mayflies. As it was a family walk, my daughter was there. She isn't a non starter with a camera so some photos were taken.

I love these little chaps.

 

[biggs682]

Had this chap helping us doing some weeding today.

 

[summerdays]

I was watching the newts in my pond today, I thought I had seen two, but today I saw 4 at the same time, and my tadpoles are just starting to get legs:

I think they are Palmate newts as they seem to have webbed feet.

 

[biggs682]

Some rain drops resting

 

[annedonnelly]

Some rain drops resting

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That looks like a teasel they're resting on. I love the way the cup made by the leaves collects rain water. I assume that small creatures use it to drink from.

 

[biggs682]

That looks like a teasel they're resting on. I love the way the cup made by the leaves collects rain water. I assume that small creatures use it to drink from.

Yeah its amazing we noticed them at the weekend very ingenious

 

[gbb]

A Green Woodpecker in typical pose on the edge of an urban estate, on the ground, neck looking extended, head slightly pointed up, then took off away from me, olive green back, yellow rump and red head...a beautiful bird yet slightly ungainly at the same time.
Common round here, you'll often hear their laughing call.

 

[biggs682]

Spot the Heron

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Newts in the pond still, no tadpoles this year despite having some good clumps of frog spawn earlier in the year.