Wildlife Corner

Thanks, I took a pic of a black redstart on our front path last year in november, it was late afternoon, dark bird, tarmac path! crap pic, at least the woodies show up even through the window.

i have one that visit & he's rather partial to the odd bulb :rolleyes:

Aahh, lovers of fine music! Time to go to bed to the soft tunes of legs rubbing together .... ????

Thanks hornbeam will have to keep searching for what is biting me..if its not this..

thank you Roders!!

Today I was putting some of my geraniums into a window box, using my potting tray. I emptied several out , thinking they were somewhat dry, and put the pots to one side. As I did so I noticed a pile of what looked like mini-cigars about 3/4" long, made of neatly wrapped leaves, complete with a...

Great pictures HornbeamWe have lots of bee plants but Mrs shiney's favourite are the phlomis russeliana samia. When the bees crawl inside the flowers she loves to stroke their bums - and they don't seem to mind. I don't get that treatment!!! --------------- shiney

They usually prefer north facing boxes so their nest doesn't get too hot.Lovely, lively birds aren't they? -------------- shiney

yes i will tolerate them i dont mind the frogs anymore i have got a grip on myself.. I didnt like that newt i found i havnt seen him since he has probably run off as i bang on the greenhouse every time i go past.. :D

I lost my crista-galli last winter, both of them. As for the caesalpinia, so the secret is to keep them growing through the winter. Didn't notice they were in the wildlife section.

I had a fairly large clump of spanish moss that I had been cultivating, well they took that for their nests :D :D

Like the gecko, looks like the commoner Moorish and not the Turkish which is slimmer. If only we had more reptiles and amphibians in the uk(they would remove a lot more plant nibbling insects). Guess i'm in a minority here judging by the above posts.

I m going to buy two Bfly/Hotels......... like bird boxes with feeding stations, has any1 tried a feeding station, i would expect the sugar solution to ferment, or go "sticky"

That figures - they are the caterpillars of the Large White butterfly - also known as the Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)

my son-in-law has a massive pond in his back garden and they ended up with frogs, frogs, frogs. apparently there were dozens of them jumping all over the grass and their decking, I think they where quite shocked at the numbers they saw, then as quick as they appeared they where gone

The worst thing with wasps iff you have perfume on and hairspray boy do they go for you, hope we dont get them african killer bees that would be something else for us to worry about, like america are doing.

nice one liz its lovely to see children involved in preserving our wildlife, i bet your harry feels so proud of himself. well done from rosa

No no Liz, the squished dessert followed little 'un onto the pavement, not that he'd appreciate me saving his waistline if it didn't lol! :D I saved him from potential squishedness last year too - he was moving too closely roadwards from the park edge, so I picked him up.. instead of...

My two visitin gold finches seem to enjoy sunlower hearts - but I too am trying to grow teasels.

Surprised a toad whilst mowing the lawn in the wild area - lovely eater of slugs and snails, may he prosper.