Your day's wildlife

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Garden pond is full of spawn and a fair bit of it has started wriggling. Also spotted four frogs having a swim in it as well. Hopefully will see the newts soon.

One of "my" newts was spotted munching on "my" frog spawn. Little devil. Over the years the frogs have kept coming so they win in the end.

 

[Illaveago]

I went to watch the tadpoles enjoying the sunshine yesterday, some of them are exploring the far end of the pond and risking swimming right past water boatmen. I am sure I saw one being snatched by one. A lot of the tadpoles seem content in feeding on algae like stuff at the waters edge at the moment. When they get bigger I sometimes drop a bit of cooked chicken in, they soon swarm round it.

 

[Illaveago]

I have just been watching 2 large black coloured birds from a distance. One would fly up and dive down again below some buildings, as it dissapeared another bird would fly up and do the same thing from the other side. From a distance it looked like they were trampolining , it was fun to watch.

 

[biggs682]

First lambs of the year

Get the mint sauce ready.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I have just been watching 2 large black coloured birds from a distance. One would fly up and dive down again below some buildings, as it dissapeared another bird would fly up and do the same thing from the other side. From a distance it looked like they were trampolining , it was fun to watch.

Corvids like a bit of play - especially Ravens. Could yours be Ravens?

 

[Illaveago]

[QU"twentysix by twentyfive, post: 4210313, member: 158"]Corvids like a bit of play - especially Ravens. Could yours be Ravens?[/QUOTE]

I don't think so. They were possibly Crows or Jackdaws, there are supposed to be some Ravens in the hills above Lacock, about 3 miles away.

 

[rich p]

Saw my first butterfly of the year yesterday - a red admiral.
And two great tits have come back for a second viewing of the nest box. They'll be putting in an offer soon and measuring up for curtains

 

[annedonnelly]

A few weeks ago I was given a moth trap and I have signed up for a scheme to trap once a week and report sightings. Since getting the trap I've tried five times with no sign of a moth. Elsewhere in the country people were reporting the dozens of moths they were trapping. I was beginning to think I was doing something wrong.

Finally when I opened the trap this morning I found a single moth. This is a Hebrew Character. Luckily it's one of the easy ones to identify.

 

[Illaveago]

I had a hummingbird hawk moth in the garden today fluttering round the flowering daphne.
Not my image Hugh...

Has it got a normal eye or is it a compound eye?

 

[rich p]

Has it got a normal eye or is it a compound eye?

No eye dear!

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Heard my first Chiffchaffs of the year today.

Who told them it was Spring?

 

[midlife]

No eye dear!

It's dead....... Still no eye deer

Shaun

 

[rich p]

[QUOTE 4212656, member: 9609"]Time to get excited .... in my garden this very afternoon .... WOW

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Nice. Singalong...
Brambling rose, brambling rose...

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Stopped for a quick scan of the marsh down on the Hams as I rode around today.
Teal, Wigeon, Pintail, Shoveler, Moorhen, Coot, Egyptian Goose, Canada Geese, Little Egrets, Mute Swan. Blue and Great Tits, Reed Bunting, Robin and some wadery stuff too far away to know for sure but guess Dunlin.

Wood Anemones are out and Bluebells are coming on a bit early I think.

 

[gbb]

Buzzard are now becoming (and perhaps always were, I maybe didn't know it) a common sight east of P'boro into the fens. I see several individuals in more or less the same places almost daily, one often to be seen on a mound of soil only 10 or 20ft from the road..in a field.

A Little Egret flying low alongside'ish me for a good few seconds near Stanground. Seen plenty in the past, this one was close, I hadnt realised they were actually quite small...medium gull sized perhaps.