Wildlife Corner

I have three cats and there's lots about here ... spiders, geckos, crickets, cicadas!Hoopoes are gorgeous!

lovely pics r

We have a large pond so we are lucky to get no end of dragonflies every year. Big ones like the one roders photographed, then the small red ones, brilliant blue ones, and I even saw a golden one last week. Not to forget the medium- sized brown ones with a sort of stumpy body.

Jay, may I ask what you mean when you say they have "incredibly cute bellies"? On a slightly more serious note... in what way do frogs bring benefit to our gardens, not only the cute bellies and the ability to hide their eyes when they go to a scary movie at the cinema but the insects they...

Just now back on here to check this post but it is too late as I buried them deep right away and of course I did not touch them. TG have found no more since.

I do belong to the Dorset Wildlife Trust but am no expert. It just happens that we were walking in Lydford Gorge in Devon a couple of weeks ago and the boxes were there. However, the NT had kindly placed a notice beside the first one we spotted and told us what they were doing with it.You may...

mr gw has his eye on these guys :eek:

:eek: :D Me neither Fran.... :D

I have them visiting my garden - and yes they are noisy on the move - they root around in leaf litter etc for the food they want - but freeze when startled. Used to drive my dogs mad, cos they'd bark and rush, the hedgehog would curl up, and the dogs would back off yelping. They learnt to leave...

Hi Marley-Farley - I like that term for the catapillers, munching machines, how true it is. I have dockered it away for future use.

Love the pictures especially the close ups of the bees

for a laugh my neighbours bought 3 hooting owls for our balconies they go off by movement on a sensor and for the past week i have been hearing an owl sounds like its on top of our flats. its not the sensor owls wonder iff we have attracted the real thing, as i am sitting here now i can hear it...

They are really sharp pic GW, and as BM says the colours are amazing.

Some excellent pics again GW keep 'em coming

Sorry macleaf, it is strange.

I'm a bit late on this one but there's a good site here: InsectPics : Solitary Bees

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Just looked again in my little butterfly and moth guide [still open where I looked before]- can't read- picture of poplar moth is over description of lime! Sorry DIHG. Bayleaf, that is an excellent link, I've put it in favourites, thanks.

Liz that sounds like bliss to me!!