Your day's wildlife

[Dave 123]

And the flora

Bogbean

Marsh Marigold

Lousewort

 

[Dave 123]

And the mammals

Dartmoor pony

Coos on holiday

 

[Alex H]

My neighbour hung a couple of coconut shells on the fence, hoping to attract some pretty birds.

Not quite the result wanted, I think.

 

[ricknmorty28]

Every day I keep seeing the little baby geese they are still tiny and so fluffy

 

[KnittyNorah]

I was out on my bike in Lytham on Saturday and on the Fairhaven marine lake there were a pair of Canada geese with 18 - yes EIGHTEEN! - fluffy yellow goslings! Sorry no photo but they were up the end where the Spitfire on a pole is.

 

[biggs682]

A hungry hog having some nosh last night in our food tunnel

 

[Dave 123]

A cracking moth on the trap (not in).

Cream spot tiger

 

[Poacher]

I was out on my bike in Lytham on Saturday and on the Fairhaven marine lake there were a pair of Canada geese with 18 - yes EIGHTEEN! - fluffy yellow goslings! Sorry no photo but they were up the end where the Spitfire on a pole is.

Canada geese usually rely on creches, where a pair of adults will look after the offspring of other pairs as well as their own.
Normal clutch size is 2 to 8 eggs.

 

[KnittyNorah]

Canada geese usually rely on creches, where a pair of adults will look after the offspring of other pairs as well as their own.
Normal clutch size is 2 to 8 eggs.

Then the other parents must've been in hiding, or feeding at a different site, as the only other Canadas I saw at Fairhaven were a pair with just four goslings. The littl'uns in the 'nursery school' all looked as if they were hatched at the same time or within a day or so of each other. I'd not heard of them running creches, do the mothers have to book them in in advance or can they drop the babies off as and when is convenient? LOL!

 

[biggs682]

Not sure what type of snail this is

 

[newts]

A sunny afternoon.

 

[Poacher]

Then the other parents must've been in hiding, or feeding at a different site, as the only other Canadas I saw at Fairhaven were a pair with just four goslings. The littl'uns in the 'nursery school' all looked as if they were hatched at the same time or within a day or so of each other. I'd not heard of them running creches, do the mothers have to book them in in advance or can they drop the babies off as and when is convenient? LOL!

That's just what they do! The other parents go off to feed in different areas, which I suppose reduces the pressure on food resources around the nest sites. I don't know whether there's a rota of carers, but I wouldn't be surprised. Apologies for the Daily Wail link:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280370/Canada-geese-left-charge-40-goslings.html

 

[Dave 123]

A few nice moths to show you

Pine prominent

Buff tip (pretends to be a broken twig)

Iron prominent

 

[Dave 123]

This isn’t strictly wildlife, but as it’s animals you don’t see every day….

For some reason I was talked in to visiting the otter and butterfly place in Buckfastleigh.

 

[Dirk]

Found this little fella down by my compost hear this morning.
I say 'little' but it's the biggest Slow Worm I've ever seen. Reckon it was about 40cm long.