Your day's wildlife

[annedonnelly]

Last year the first frog spawn appeared in the pond overnight between 25th & 26th March. Today is 25th March & the frogs have been busy.

And there has been a visitor who's left some poo in the grass

Hedgehog in case you're wondering.

 

[biggs682]

More Hedgehog action caught on camera in our back garden , we have invested in some food and it seems to like it

 

[nickyboy]

As I know nothing about hawks can someone help identify it for me? I've pencilled in sparrowhawk as a possibility but I really couldn't say. It's over woods in SE London with a second one nearby.

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Reasonably sure it's a Sparrowhawk. The giveaways are the length of the wings relative to the body size (Sparrowhawks are shorter winged, as you'd expect for a bird that mainly darts around trees rather than soars) and the tail shape (again, that's a tail for manoeuvring, not gliding)

The tricky thing is Sparrowhawks do glide in the right circumstances. I often see them here flapping and circling to gain height, after which they glide off to some wood or other. But they aren't built for soaring like a buzzard is

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Brimstone butterfly on Wednesday.

Today, Friday, 6 swallows. Also Blacktailed Godwits, Curlew, Lapwing, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Pintail, Shoveler, Teal, Mallard, Wigeon, Canada Goose, Grey Lag Goose, Mute Swan , Coot and 3 Roe Deer.

Forgot to add 2 Oystercatchers

 

[Dave 123]

A wander along the river Erme in Ivybridge.
A dipper.

 

[Blue Hills]

it's tagged?

 

[biggs682]

Spotted a Comma butterfly and a ladybird in the garden.

 

[Dave 123]

it's tagged?

Done for pick pocketing. Out on bail.

 

[newfhouse]

CCTV screen grabs of the outside of the box, internal camera for the nest. It’s coming on well.

 

[rockyroller]

CCTV screen grabs of the outside of the box, internal camera for the nest. It’s coming on well.

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wow, impressive! & cozy!

 

[gbb]

Spotted a Comma butterfly and a ladybird in the garden.



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Well theres a coincidence, I saw one if these with the grandkids at a local country park yesterday, I never knew the name of them, lovely looking things and I dont remember seeing that many.
Today, oooh, maybe 10 or 15 Red Kite , three or four buzzard, loads of LBJs in the hedgerows, a Kestrel quite close up etc etc.
None of this is remarkable in itself, but how many people never even notice these things at all ?

 

[nickyboy]

Ride over some of the local moors today with a nice surprise...and a really nice surprise

The nice surprise was a weasel shooting out of a dry stone wall, crossing the road in front of me and disappearing into the dry stone wall on the other side. Don't often see them. I'm always amazed how small they are

The really nice surprise was a pair of Short Eared Owls engaging in some display flights on the top of Saddleworth Moor. They nest in the Peak District but they're hard to find. I can't remember seeing one on a bike ride before.

 

[Blue Hills]

The nice surprise was a weasel shooting out of a dry stone wall, crossing the road in front of me and disappearing into the dry stone wall on the other side. Don't often see them. I'm always amazed how small they are

sitting on top of malham cove limestone pavement once with a gf, two weasels or stoats* shot out from somewhere and started tumbling rolling playfighting in front of us - they do it a lot apparently - really simple joyful thing to see. * never been sure of the difference, despite the old joke.

 

[nickyboy]

sitting on top of malham cove limestone pavement once with a gf, two weasels or stoats* shot out from somewhere and started tumbling rolling playfighting in front of us - they do it a lot apparently - really simple joyful thing to see. * never been sure of the difference, despite the old joke.

I don't think I've ever seen a stoat. Weasels are surprisingly slim. Think of a very elongated, chubby mouse. Stoats are quite a lot heftier. Weasels seem to like hunting in the dry stone walls presumably for mice. I doubt a stoat would be slim enough

 

[Blue Hills]

I don't think I've ever seen a stoat. Weasels are surprisingly slim. Think of a very elongated, chubby mouse. Stoats are quite a lot heftier. Weasels seem to like hunting in the dry stone walls presumably for mice. I doubt a stoat would be slim enough

suppose they may have been weasels then - the limestone pavement would be a good natural imitation of a dry stone wall - lots of stuff in all those cracks I suppose - lots of real dry stone walls in that area as well of course.