Your day's wildlife

[Surlydave]

Just seen my first swallow for sometime, don't expect to see many more this summer.

 

[Mattonsea]

The Male Robins have started to mark out there territory in the barns. A beautiful song from about 4 birds.

 

[biggs682]

Well we went crabbing this morning see picture of our catch.




And then went for a stroll around the Haulfre gardens which was alive with butterflies

Those were the ones who posed long enough for me to capture them on camera

 

[Paulus]

I picked the first of this years mushrooms from one of the fields where I take the dog for a walk. 6 fairy rings where none have been before. A nice bag full of fresh mushrooms.

 

[Surlydave]

Further to my last posting, just had a family group of swallows flying around as I was cutting fairways this morning, approx 12~15 of them, obviously on their way to Africa.

 

[biggs682]

No crabs landed again this morning although we had 3 hooked on as we bought the lines out of the water.

This afternoon it was walking with the jelly fish.

 

[gavgav]

Not sure it counts as Wildlife, but fecking Wasps are everywhere in South Wales and attacking for no reason whatsoever.

The buggers wanted my Ice Cream today at the Zoo and got swatted for their efforts.

I am now into double figures for the number I've squashed this week

The zoo was good fun though, I can watch Penguins all day. The Red Hogs below were also interesting and loved the copious mud that is plentiful due to the biblical rain this week.

 

[gbb]

A Little (I assume)..Egret (definitely) hunched up at the edge of a field of stubble with a dyke running nearby.

 

[biggs682]

those red hogs are different for sure

 

[Levo-Lon]

Found this on todays walk around Barnwell country park.
its a very rare Deaths head hawk Moth Caterpillar..they can give you a nip too..

 

[midlife]

.....that looks huge!! Reminds me of a film called Summersby.

Shaun

 

[Levo-Lon]

.....that looks huge!! Reminds me of a film called Summersby.

Shaun

its a huge caterpillar all right...there quite rare and one of our freinds has said this pic has caused a bit off a storm on the moth spotters sites..bit like the Birders with a rare sighting..

 

[Levo-Lon]

Few little facts..

http://mentalfloss.com/article/57940/12-facts-about-deaths-head-hawkmoth

 

[Poacher]

We get quite a few Speckled Wood butterflies in our garden - this one was particularly obliging in having its photo taken.
I had to rescue it from the greenhouse later, as it was getting increasingly desperate.

 

[biggs682]

Meant to have posted this picture of a Male Kestral a couple of weeks ago when we were in Llandudno