Your day's wildlife
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Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Anyone know what this becomes. It was large and I would guess at a moth.
I think it’s a Buff Tip caterpillar
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Trouble with wildlife is its there one second, gone the next, missed a brilliant opportunity by about 2 seconds today.
Jury service today, sat at lunchtime outside the courts, pedestrianised and busy area eating a sandwich....ooh, somethings flown onto the seat, 12 inches away...bugger, a hornet, much much bigger than a wasp, kinda darker and none orange, slightly furry abdomen. Quite still for maybe 10 seconds as I slowly got my phone out to photograph it....bogger it, its gone.
I've heard about Asian Hornets, this thing was very beefy, makes me wonder because of the oranginess, the furriness and stocky build of it.
Aren't they vicious looking things, wasps and hornets.
Jury service today, sat at lunchtime outside the courts, pedestrianised and busy area eating a sandwich....ooh, somethings flown onto the seat, 12 inches away...bugger, a hornet, much much bigger than a wasp, kinda darker and none orange, slightly furry abdomen. Quite still for maybe 10 seconds as I slowly got my phone out to photograph it....bogger it, its gone.
I've heard about Asian Hornets, this thing was very beefy, makes me wonder because of the oranginess, the furriness and stocky build of it.
Aren't they vicious looking things, wasps and hornets.
Proto
Legendary Member
- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
Few of these moths in my garage this morning. Any idea what they are?
Black Arches moth
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
Not the best of pictures (from the wildlife camera put out to check if the 'designer' anti-squirrel barriers are working) but I think it shows a bit more detail than usual (if you zoom in) of one of the regular Great Spotted Woodpecker visitors on the bird table.
mistyoptic
Vintage
- Location
- A parallel reality
pond skaters skating on a... canal, actually
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
One of our visiting hogs having a drink
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Common wall lizard. They are not native, but some mad scientist released a couple of pairs years ago. Now they are all over Newton Ferrers
Gillstay
Veteran
Super, but are you not concerned it may drop its tail ?
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
It was in a garden I was working in. It was sat on a plant pot island surrounded by water in a large trug.
Before I lifted it out I had my phone ready so I’d handle it for a minimum amount. It scuttled off into the undergrowth. It was calm in my hand.
I could have left it to drown Or starve.
Gillstay
Veteran
Sorry I did not mean to be critical, I was taught to put the thumb over the rear of a small lizard and hold the rear foot by gentle pressure and so wondered if you knew something about Wall lizards that meant they did not shed their tail readily.
Well done on saving it, smashing creatures.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Sorry I did not mean to be critical, I was taught to put the thumb over the rear of a small lizard and hold the rear foot by gentle pressure and so wondered if you knew something about Wall lizards that meant they did not shed their tail readily.
Well done on saving it, smashing creatures.
I didn’t have much of a choice really, neither did the lizard. It didn't even flinch when I picked it up. I guess it knew it had run out of options.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
We don't usually see hogs on the front lawn but just spotted this one.
