Wildlife Corner

You're welcome, Loki Trust me, there are plenty of nasties that I sincerely wish I didn't know about

I remember one day weeding in the garden I was employed in. Wow! Suddenly it was as if I'd put my hand into a collection of snakes. They were huge caterpillars of the Elephant Hawk moth. I collect a few plus the willow herb and kept them in a large plastic bottle. In a few days they adopted...

Good to know I can replant them. Thank you @NigelJ

Well it looks like the cuckoo flower I bought has been successful, just hope it's the orange tip.

Kevin, job done, a big thanks

The 24 inch length is to stop any, less welcome, reaching in. I also put the 'dish' on a brick.

I know not everyone likes them and to be honest they are a bit of a nuisance burying the nuts In my pots but seems like I've got a new friend (two actually but one keeps chasing the other away) being able to spend lots of time in the garden now seems like we're happy to be seen together

Last year we had a tame Robin who would land on your knee while sitting in the garden in shorts enjoying a mug of tea. It went missing we blamed predators. A couple of days later I went in the lawnmower shed and it was the on the floor dead. It had followed me in and I had closed the door. We...

Pete, I’m getting those too!!! They just look like bees to me, but without the stripes.they hover on the same spot for hours which is weird. Hopefully once more plants flower, they will be confined to the borders.Our garden is narrow so it’s not ideal for the kids being out.

I have slow worms on my allotment, not seen any this year yet, I dont think mice would be a match for most of the ones I have seen. Cats are the biggest problem to wildlife around here.

Green-veined WhitesSpeckled WoodOrange TipsThe Male wasn't settled, but flying around the female when I took this one at 1/2,500? secPeacock

Hmmm I'm sure Swallows prefer to make their nests from damp leaves and mud so they set fairly solid..I'm probably totally wrong but I'll keep thinking.

@strongylodon Thanks for your help, I'll have a read up about them.

I use Trail Cameras. Battery operated, outdoor casing, record to an SD card (or WiFi) when they detect movement, that sort of thing.But if your house CCTV can pick up that garden area, that's probably a better starting point ... unless all the wildlife is only a dot-in-the-distance , in which...

It does look like Hedgehog poo, here's some of ours, the size is about the same as a pencil

Lovely birds. A few years ago I had a Hoopoe in my garden, here in South Devon; I've also seen them in Nepal while trekking.

I found this dragonfly splitting atop my bamboo support. I couldn't believe it let me get close enough to take this pic!

Only if the lamb or Ewe is sick or not very well and the same for birds of prey and fox's even then the animal would be dead or on it's very last legs because they go for it or they are very very hungryBut you must not get mix up with a crow or magpie on the backs of Ewe's/lamb's when they are...

They look like house sparrows to me. There are around 20 or so in my garden, lovely little birds . They fly to greet me when I return home, just to let me know they need feeding. Also peer through the house windows to get my attention.