Wildlife Corner

yes they do i was wondering why the blackbird was going to the pond so often one day for a drink! no it was picking up tadpoles that had gathered in the shallows only a few of the thousands survive to become adults hedgehogs will take young frogs too i love frogs, defo good to have around...

its about quarter of a mile away from my home the river petterill flows into the river eden in carlisle city centre the river caldew also flows through carlisle and also joins the eden about 2 miles downstream of the petterill, al 3 rivers burst there banks in 2005 flooding large parts of the...

brilliant shot of the treecreeper

Clematis, (hope no one minds me posting these), here is a adult and a young Baldie, seen on a raft trip on the Snake river (Jackson Wyoming) last august. It made my day.

This is always an awkward subject. As the others have said, nature is cruel. We feed the birds and have many different varieties, big and small, in the garden. I don't have to chase the magpies away as we have a pair of collared doves that are extremely agressive to them - they are quite...

excellent kedi thanks for sharing

I have seen just the one grass snake in my life and that was 2 years ago after so VERY Nearly treading on it when walking on part of the Bramley Line to do a recce for the following week/time we went down there.

peri, im going back to farne islands hubby doesnt want to go so im going with my friend for day out, heres some more pics, some of these ive not seen since i took them lasy year.

thanks peri and redstar, that white horse started moving towards me but couldnt get any further with it been tied, i didnt go near it as it was lifting its hoofs and stamping the grass, ive not seen gypsys up our way before, but my friend said they live in druridge bay, there was about 20 of...

yes freddy there are 2 golf courses one runs beside the river eden (this one) and another runs a long the river petterill

capney agreed fella! carlisle has a population of approx 76,000 so although a city is quite a small one, it has huge 'green areas' and is surrounded by beautiful countryside with the Lake district to the south, northern pennines AONB & eden valley to the east, solway coast AONB to the west, and...

thanks cookie for lovely comments

:thmb: So peaceful, so beautiful...!! Thanks, a lovely way to start the day..!!

Saw this today, good idea but as usual there are always people opposed to reintroducing previously 'extinct' animals. They were a part of the 'balance of nature' here (along with the wolf) and should do some good for the area with their own natural landscaping.

thankyou gogs and rosa yan, tan, tethera, methera, pim, lethera, sethera, hovera. dovera, dick one two three four five six seven eight nine ten used to count like this at infants school after 'proper' maths class had ended our teacher used to live on a farm...

Thanks for IDing walnut. I had to be a bit careful with him as he keeped slamming into the window and ending upside down on the ledge! Im sure he was a tad upset by the time I managed to get him outside. robert

What a wonderful beetle and great shots - very well done! :gnthb::gnthb:I'm green with envy at such a find.

hi dee its definately a cockatiel, poor little thing i do hope she survives the shock of what she went through, keep us posted and i would probably call a vet and see what they say normally vets are open for emergencys

Lovely photo's Sam and Cookie.:thmb:I love to see them when they are bundles of fluff:D

Thanks Silmar - will do !!!!