Wildlife Corner

Walnut I know that Ring Ouzel,Blackbird,Song Thrush,Mistle Thrush,Redwing and Fieldfare are all members of the Turdidea family but for anyone no into birds it is easy to mistake the different types :DOn another thread I wrote a piece about Hedge Sparrows{Dunnocks} and members on their...

Will do. Hope it lasts out the summer :DJust one question, How do the birds know what type of box is theirs, I mean we could get a blue tit with an extended family.

I was just pointing out that some Toads (mine)can jump and compared to their size, quite high.

Thanks I will try.and buy some seed.

I took some rapid fire by mistake. The problem with space saving modern cameras is having multiple functions on one button. If yours is similar, the Rapid Fire and Delete are on the same button but for Rapid you have to press twice, easily done by mistake. :(

Im off in the morning and I will keep you posted on whether northern birds are fussy eaters.

WOW :eek:

True Lol, I don't think many healthy adults have been killed by an Adder, it is usually the young or old who don't have resistance to the vemon but even so it is a particularly nasty experience to go through. Fortuntely snakes will avoid us if they can. Compared to Australia where there are more...

Ohh wonderful Strongy ,nearer to go to Carlisle for me than Dumfries.

Thanks

I have four guinea pigs - completely pampered indoor piggies. I know that it is commonplace in the UK to keep these critters outdoors, in a wooden hutch, but - softy that I am - I would never dream of leaving them outside in our climate!These two at least have the 'run' of the garden, and...

Thanks Pip Yes the Heron sometimes takes the Odd fish or two Its just Nature I do,nt worry to much about it .Its coming up now to the Herons Breeding time

Hear, hear cheers

Wall to wall sunshine in Brugge and partly sunny on our days in Ghent and Brussels. You take pot luck this time of year and we were lucky.Pip, they were showing an 'interest' in each other.

Been looking on the web of indian butterflies, looks like this is the one it is. Common Rose Pachliopta Arisolochiae

pip i was going to put that, but thought i had better not :D :D :eek:

marley i will re-name my thread now, strange that in 5 years of going to goa it my first i have seen, they must not be a well known breed of kite then.I took this pic about 9 am and there was no one around on the beach

marley what a fantastic story and the pictures are fab, thank you for putting this up, will hope that these beautiful creatures are safe

great shots pip