Your day's wildlife

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

[QUOTE 3810996, member: 9609"]I couldn't get to this one myself, had to enlist the wife, and she wasn't very happy with either the tick or where it was - lol - got it out in one piece though[/QUOTE]
I also had to enlist help as well... strangely my OH was interested in helping my with its removal when he found out the location!

I had previously sent my husband to the vets to purchase some tick removal tools which we keep in the first aid kit. The vets insisted that they needed a pet to be able to allow us to pay for the items! So rather than use the name and address of the person we were staying with whose dog was registered at said vets, my husband registered me as his bitch! If he had been the one with the tick the jokes would have been great

 

[Mrs M]

[QUOTE 3810732, member: 9609"]wildlife you don't want to find at bath time

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[coffeejo]

Not quite as gruesome:

Wasp in a spider's web

• coffeejo
• 22 Jul 2015

22 July 2015

Spotted on this evening's walk with the dog. Wish I'd taken the big camera.

 

[biggs682]

I wish I could find some more of these to help clear all the black fly of our runner beans

 

[biggs682]

These boys and girls did not seem to bothered about the fact that they were 19 miles into my ride today.

Found this nice white flower and thought it deserved a picture so here it is

 

[annedonnelly]

Lots of yellowhammers doing their "little bit of bread & no cheeeeese" song today.

 

[biggs682]

Just been to local garden centre to see what vegetable packs they had, we turned a few leaves and found this lot munching.

 

[coffeejo]

Between the rain showers yesterday

Buzzing bee

• coffeejo
• 27 Jul 2015

26 July 2015

 

[vernon]

A humming bird at the bird feeder

 

[gbb]

Boobies...yes Boobies, probably Brown Boobies apparently, just floating and wheeling in the sky above the sea in Cape Verde,then a sudden dive into the sea. I say Brown ones, they were very dark with white undersides and under wings...lovely, quite a size.
Red legged stilts, extraordinarily long bright red legs in a water pool near the town of Santa Maria, Sal.
Got some photos but only on the mobile..too difficult to upload.

 

[vernon]

Another humming bird.

 

[biggs682]

Not long @vernon till blackberry crumble time

 

[vernon]

Not long @vernon till blackberry crumble time

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The locals have been picking blackberries for over a week here. The hottest summer since 1958 has had a role in the early harvest.

The passion fruit are getting close to being edible too.

 

[Hyslop]

To be truthful,this is actually yesterdays wildlife!Wandered into the outhouse and realized that somewhere near me,something was squeaking and flapping! It turned out to be a young Blue Tit with more adventure in his soul than is perhaps good at that age.I managed to encourage him out of a window onto the Rosemary bush where an agitated female was fluttering about.Move on some hours and here again(I imagine) is the lad himself, pottering about the paving,poking into things that dont concern him,resting in cat friendly places,and generally messing about,nibbling whatsoever I threw down.Absolutely no fear of my prescence ensured a long and close look at a young Tit,and I have to say,I thoroughly enjoyed it!

 

[biggs682]

Been trying for a while now to get a picture of a damsel fly