Your day's wildlife

[Illaveago]

Well that's all the thanks I get ! I went up to our pond this afternoon and found a large bright green Dragonfly struggling to get out of the water. I found axstick and fished it out and left it to dry off. I went back to my house to tell my wife and camera but when I tried to take a photo it flew off !

 

[MikeG]

Dragon flies are all over my pond, too.

We're keeping our tadpoles separate from the pond because we have an army of newts who would make short work of them. We'll release them into the pond when they're too big for the newts, about when they start growing legs, I reckon.

 

[slowmotion]

We stopped on the road west of Pollensa to admire the view over the rocky hills. A huge osprey came and soared around about a hundred feet above us for a few minutes. I've no idea how big it was but they can have wingspans up to six feet. A wonderful sight.

 

[Dirk]

Sitting outside our caravan this evening watching a barn owl flying in and out of the barn next to us.

 

[pjd57]

Forth and Clyde canal at Westerton

 

[snorri]

Watching two pairs of oystercatchers performing an entertaining and noisy, boundary dispute.

 

[Illaveago]

I wandered up to my pond this morning to discover another Dragonfly empty. It wasn't there earlier! They are being sneaky and popping out when my back is turned . I have now found 4 empties out of 6 that were nymphs in the pond .

 

[Illaveago]

Here are some of the empties plus half a Dragonfly.

 

[MikeG]

Only a cotton-pick'n Peregrine Falcon, if you don't mind!! I've never seen one of those before other than on holiday, so it was a complete shock to see one sitting on a telegraph pole just by the house. Watched it for 5 minutes, but I was late for something and had to dash. That's made my week.

 

[Alex H]

Stopped to take a pic of these bluebells and saw something lurking within.

Moved forwards a bit and off it went

 

[MikeG]

Wow, our bluebells finished at least a fortnight ago, probably more.

 

[Alex H]

Friendly (or hungry) robin in the Alnwick Garden cafe

 

[Salar]

This has been sleeping on my office wall this morning, any ideas what it is?

 

[slowmotion]

Here's a still shot from the monitor that is fed from our blue tit spy cam. There are nine chicks in the nest box, the same number as a week ago. Some are much bigger than others and manage to get more grubs from their parents when they bring food. The smaller ones get pushed out of the way by their bigger siblings when it's meal time. It's heart-breaking to watch. I suspect that the weakest two or three will be dead in a couple of days.

The survivors will leave the nest box in about four or five days, according to the experts.

 

[annedonnelly]

This has been sleeping on my office wall this morning, any ideas what it is?
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It's a Small magpie moth. Nice!