Land /Water Wildlife

Saw three frogs in the pond yesterday!

 

Mr Mole has broken cover and was running wild around my lawn this morning. He did about 50ft and when he found he couldn't get out at the bottom of the garden he sniffed out a mole hill he had previously made and quickly disappeared down the hole.

I could have picked him up, but thought about the consequences!

He has back feet like a rat and front "paws" like pink combs.

The lawn is covered with patches of lumpy light coloured grass, where he and his mates have tunnelled.

I rushed outside with my mobile did my best to photo this sighting.

 

Isn’t he a gorgeous creature!

 

Our current resident skunk has only one eye. We had another skunk a while back that also had only one eye, so I decided to google skunks with one eye. It seems that being sprayed by another skunk can cause it. Life is hard in skunk world, that surprised me as they are timid creatures.


"A skunk can lose an eye most commonly due to injuries sustained from fights with other animals, being hit by a car, or if it gets sprayed directly in the eye by another skunk, causing severe irritation and potential damage to the cornea, which could lead to vision loss and ultimately, the loss of the eye."

 

Little and large in the garden. The fat balls needed replacing so I put the old ones out on the lawn for any takers, wasn't long before the Herring Gull and Magpie helped themselves. The Goldcrest is still visiting at least once a day.

 

The frogs in our pond have been croaking away for the last couple of nights and I was so pleased to see the fruits of their labour this morning, a week later than last year.

 

He/ she is gorgeous! I had Moles at previous garden, but doubt I'll get any at new garden.

 

How wonderful ❤️. Lucky you and lucky Frogs to have a pond provided for them. Look forwards to more pics

 

Great pics .

 

First frog spawn here this morning as well.

 

Still on our hols in WA Australia tonight we all went fishing on the Foreshore had a few visitors thought you might like to see . Saw one the same week last year , same place now isn’t that a coincidence!

 

Oops it’s a Nankeen, a night Heron and rare to see one

 

Last night, after an absence of several weeks, Bubba, our resident opossum, made an appearance. It looks like the winter has been kind to Bubba, as he is still rather Porky.

 

Another visitor while fishing at the Foreshore here in Mandurah , Western Australia

 

Another one for forum friends White-faced Heron in the Murray River earlier on a trip to seek out The Giants ( wooden sculptures in and around the Mandurah foreshore)