Wildlife Corner

I think the female one is called Nigella.

Many thanks for the identification chaps. Very much appreciated.

I was the same Honeybunny until years ago I watched a pair nesting in a ravine at the back of my house. They pair up for life like swans and were devoted to the family they raised, that changed my opinion of them.

I knew I didn't want Chafer-bugs but never thought of badgers digging the lawn to find them Scrungee I didn't realise they found them such a delicacy....

we built our Hodgy a house in the shed last autumn, just a wooden box in the corner of the shed with a lil door cut in the shed wall so he can come and go, i thought we'd have to show it to him as was sure he'd never find it on his own but i needn't have worried as within a week of building it...

I'm definitely leaving the vole costume at home for Shiney's do ...

We got a few toads here, at night we have to look were we walking as we could step on one, i some times find them in the soil were the spuds are so you have to be carefull dig the spuds we got newts as well

well done you five little lives that wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you

working in the garden last week and i see over the wall that the neighbours cat is looking for something ....well turns out it was a baby rat! which ran towards me and into our garden, i put an empty flower pot over him, chased the cat off and carefully moved him into an empty box and let him go...

I don't, as a rule, go in to wildlife spotting or filming. I saw this in the GW mag -http://www.bushnell.com/wildlife/trail-cameras - and I thought 'hmm'. They're not the fanciest looking things but they say they're the best (as you would expect) and can't be beaten on certain things which got...

Shouldn't be too long John. Unlike humans in the UK, the birds kick out their young well before they reach 40 lol Think mine were about 2-3 weeks before they flew out

Lucius, whilst I also applaud your sentiment for rats I shall still do all in my power to keep them from the garden.We had to condemn two wooden sheds because of them (ate large holes in walls and floor - apart from destroying a lot of the contents) but they had a quick death by shooting. ...

Well done Yvonne, not everyone would have done that and I'm glad you did

Has any one used this company please, just seen it in paper and just want some feed back if any one has used them please www.gardenwildlifedirect.co.uk

How sweet. I haven't seen much activity around here yet. Bluetits have been building their nest for weeks. No-one else has used the boxes this year. Maybe they are late as its been rather cold up here

I was rather intrigued about this Pigeon Service Manual so fired up good old Google and found this:From the Victoria (Oz) State Library:and this:Turns out the manual was written in 1919. I should have watched more episodes of Dastardly and Muttley.

Of ourse eBay could, if they could be bothered, go one step further, and pass on email and IP addresses and PayPal account details and whatever else they have on the person selling illegal stuff, and pass on that info to whichever agency is responsible for enforcing the ban (Defra?).

No I don't do the RSPB survey, I used to do the Manx one but gave up when I moved into my present house. Too many cats around here, so the birds that aren't in large groups tend not to stay around.The starlings and sparrows are here every day, starlings in numbers of up to 100, sparrows up to...

Great video Jenny, nothing like a trunk up the rear to get you out of trouble!

Porridage Oats, no not ready breck Thanks for the lovely comments