Wildlife Corner

There's a 3km exclusion zone and 10km surveillance zone around the farm.My usual piece of useless information:-Avian flu is officially known as Newcastle Disease.

Massive Birch Polypores ():

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Our Great Pyrenees kills snakes. It is enlightening to watch her stalk one, dive in, snatch it and shake it to death. A few weeks ago, she cornered up a copperhead, (venomous) in some logs and was barking up a storm. We took the flashlight to see what the ruckus was about and one of our dumb...

I didn't know what hedgehog poo looked like so I'll keep my eye open for any as I'd be chuffed to get some hedgie visitors.

I agree That's beach fishing tackle, not commercial. Looks like the line broke.

I have to say you won't get very good bins for less than a few hundred pounds, really. Don't mean to be negative but it is true. For wildlife watching most people use 8x42, 10x42 or 8x32. My main birding binoculars are Nikon HGL 8x32 with a couple of backup pairs that are 8x42 and 8x36. 10s...

Definitely not Wisteria! It weighs a ton when mature, takes a lot of maintenance through the year to stop it going berserk and the flowers AFAIK aren't particularly valuable for insects. Whatever you plant, thinking long-term, you will probably have to start over again when the stump rots and...

There was probably something "fishy" about it, Anthony,...........sorry, it was too tempting!!

Centuries ago it was widely believed that swallows hibernated over winter at the bottom of local ponds, as illustrated in this woodcut showing fishermen retrieving them:

It was strange @Beckie76 that I only saw it on the first day although I saw the Ibis every day several times

I carry those in my coat pocket silu, often get the odd hitch hiker after hill walking in the heather, I can't remember if you turn clockwise or anti clockwise, they only come out one way.

I've been to the Isle of Wight but for work, we done show trailors for Cowes week, so it was over and back in a day

Thank you @Sheal yes, they are Cosmos

Could well be the cold weather, but bumble bees only live for a couple of months. Our six and a half year old grand-daughter found one semi-comatose on the the lawn today and decided to make a home for bees. Nice to see a youngster so concerned.

We've got at least 2 nests with chicks atm that I know of. Never fails to amaze me the loud alarm call the adults can make, coming from such a wee body! Fingers crossed our 2 cats only set off alarms and don't cause any permanent damage.

I would put this as close to the bench as you can, a ready made nest for them, hopefully they will use it.

I know tadpoles eat each other so I expect they'll reach a balance