Your day's wildlife

[stoatsngroats]

2 “helpers” watching me try to fettle this evening.

 

[matticus]

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2 “helpers” watching me try to fettle this evening.

Be honest - you sprayed tasty yummy leftovers smell over the wheels to attract those two. Springwatch wouldn't stoop to such trickery!

 

[stoatsngroats]

Be honest - you sprayed tasty yummy leftovers smell over the wheels to attract those two.

I’ll be honest, m’lud, I confess to only having provided food to these 2 juveniles, but nothing on the wheels, nor the frame, or the stand.

Springwatch wouldn't stoop to such trickery!

Mmm, maybe, but I’m not convinced!

 

[Alex H]

Cheerful Robin in a tree

 

[Proto]

had a visit from this fellow the other day, Southern Hawker dragonfly. Really fabulous. Maybe 80mm long. I managed to retrieve it from the window and release it back to the wild.

outside.

 

[potsy]

Family outing to my feeder for these doves..

 

[biggs682]

Big slug meandering around the garden this morning

 

[siadwell]

A swan flew right overhead just now as I was eating breakfast on the patio (whilst it’s still warm enough!). Fantastic noise.

 

[PeteXXX]

No pics, but yesterday we had a woodpecker checking out our bird feeder, and this morning, a jay turned up.

I've seen the Jay before, but never noticed the woodpecker.

 

[philk56]

We have just spent a few days on Rottnest Island, which is a beautiful small island about 20km off the coast of Perth. The island has had a chequered history, being used as an aboriginal prison for a while, but is now just for any visitor. No cars, meaning it's great for walking, cycling and wildlife. The island is most famous for its Quokkas. These are small marsupials but when the island was first discovered by the Dutch they thought they were some kind of rat, so named the island Rottenest (Rat's nest). When it was realised they weren't rats, the 'e' was dropped from the island's name, making it meaningless when translated.

Here's a quokka mum and joey

Lots of ospreys on the island, at one point we had four of them circling overhead around us - here's one:

and many other birds, such as these banded stilt - over 1,000 on one of the island's salt lakes

 

[PeteXXX]

Spotted on a stroll around Kingsthorpe village yesterday evening while granddaughter was at football training.

 

[slowmotion]

Last night there was an owl hooting in the tree thirty yards from my bedroom window. If it's back again tonight, I'll try and catch it in a torch beam.

 

[newfhouse]

Today’s very attentive garden helper.

 

[PeteXXX]

A vid of the hedgehogs that live in my garden.
I set the security camera up to record their activity and to see if one is living in the hoghouse. (Which it is!)

 

[potsy]

My current favourite visitor, I get 2 but have only managed to catch them individually so far.