Your day's wildlife

[Proto]

Found this little chap wriggling across the shed floor this afternoon. Don't think I've seen one before. Love his/her little tail!

PS Google tells me it's a Pale Tussock Moth caterpillar (Dasychira pudibunda)

 

[Windle]

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Is that his first attempt at spinning a web?

 

[biggs682]

Our hog house must be full still as this hogs is only just in the house

 

[potsy]

 

[Gillstay]

Devils coach horse, rare you see one about and immediately adopted the raised threatening tail.

 

[Windle]

Devils coach horse, rare you see one about and immediately adopted the raised threatening tail.

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I've never seen one of those for years, not that I go raking about under rocks looking for 'em.

Something else I've not seen in ages either, Nettle Weevils, I'm sure stinging nettles used to be covered in them years ago.

 

[dicko]

Our pet Spider has made an appearance from behind the settee this morning. We love living in a bug free home

 

[biggs682]

Slug feeding frenzy on very damp and mushy hog food

 

[Asa Post]

A surprise visitor to the bird feeders. It's only a brief glimpse, in the last couple of seconds


View: https://youtu.be/jDtkKTSUsfM

 

[rockyroller]

A surprise visitor to the bird feeders. It's only a brief glimpse, in the last couple of seconds


View: https://youtu.be/jDtkKTSUsfM

some kind of bird of prey? did it attack the birds already there? sitting ducks I guess

 

[Willd]

Sparrowhawk's tea by the look of it

 

[KnittyNorah]

Our pet Spider has made an appearance from behind the settee this morning. We love living in a bug free home

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LOVE these big house-spiders!
I lived in a rented furnished house for a few months and the big downstairs living room had a spider at each end; they'd come out at around 2am and march around, studiously ignoring each other.

 

[Dave 123]

I went up to Cadover Bridge this morning to look for Ring Ouzel. I did see a couple, but they were fairly distant.

The first bird I saw was a very obliging Meadow Pipit.
I also saw ravens, mistle thrush, willow warbler, coal tit, redwing and buzzard.

I also saw a herd of belted Galloway cattle and a bloke on a Fordson Major tractor. He was being pursued by friends on an International and an old Ferguson.

 

[craigwend]

Sometimes it's amazing when you're sat how close you can get...

 

[craigwend]