Wildlife Corner

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On this occasion I hope there wont be any pics as Ive only just painted the house and i really dont want to see a 7meter line of mud blobs along the front of the house again. Thought I`d add the swifts made it here about 7 days ago but theres no swallows here yet. Saw a magical sight 2 years...

Monsieur Renard dropped by last night.

thanks guys it was wonderful to watch Mr and Mrs Robin going about their business in such close proximity to us it felt like they barely left the garden in those 3 days, at least one was always present at any given moment i felt quite privileged to get to see into their little world for a few...

Fab pictures (especially as they were taken via the patio doors!)

Hi, Lovely pictures of the ducks and geese at millbrook lake :-) I live right near here and the Egyptian goose is still here and very well 8 years on Great info from you, as I was looking everywhere trying to find out what type of goose the Egyptian one was. Did you ever notice he has a very...

Thank you all very much for pointing me in the right direction. I'll look into your suggestions and let you know how I get on. This photo of the birdbath is from the last garden.

Lovely pics of the birds Strongy . ( The first lot of Swallows arrived back yesterday)

Been waiting for somebody else to post ...Turdus MerulaTheir nomenclature must be based upon what they do on washing left in the garden during the Elderberry season.

Ooops.......best brush up on my ID skills.

Sheffield Peregrines webcam here, looks like the female sitting the four eggs at the moment.

I can't see it at the moment as it's offline. I'll check it later.

They will come Pete,the last 2 days here ive seen loads! but last week was sparce even thou some spawn was there x

This is excellent news. So, the rats are visitors not deck dwellers. Maybe I'll start putting out offerings to Chippie and dig out the gardens again....then watch what happens....Thanks for thd heads up!

I was a amazed yesterday when I saw my local Pond on Putney Heath, full of spawn. Have been at our other home along with dad for the last week in Eltham ( with my garden), so missed the annual frog manoeuvre from nearby stream to pond. It usually happens over 3 to 4 days after heavy rain and...

Blueberries strawberries raspberries redcurrants and blackcurrants ? Not bushes granted but I couldnt get near mine last year for all the damned blackbirds in them so they must be good for the birdies right? The wee devils just might even leave a few behind for you to eat M

Never mine Zigs, here's our one that was flying around the house for a few nights

just reading about peacocks so I remembered this post...They can fly quite high but they do come back after they had their flight...

The size of opening will determine which bird will (hopefully) use it. 25mm for Blue, Coal and Marsh Tits. 28mm for Great Tit, Tree Sparrows. 32 House Sparrows and Nuthatch. Unlike Sparrows the Tit family only have one brood, early in the year but they sometimes use a nest box to roost singly...

Stunning!