[ATTACH] Alstroemerias. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]Nemesias and a Calibrachoa left in the ground and have taken -5c on a couple of nights...
A majority of orchids here are stunted due to just one day's .rain in the last 5 weeks.Parasitic Dodder. [ATTACH]
It is a Blackbird Vicky.Blue Tits have fledged and we have a second brood of Siskins as well as young Sparrows and young Goldfinches so the...
@Ergates, Northern Marsh Orchid.Common Twayblade still going strong. [ATTACH]But sometimes difficult to see. [ATTACH]Greater Butterfly....
First Callistemons (Melaleuca) to flower and always before the commoner reds. Callistemon salignus. [ATTACH]Perth Pink. [ATTACH]
Colocasia Black Velvet, I have one but much smaller.
I thought we were doing well with a pair of Greenfinches but this morning three males appeared, we have never had two before. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Brief sunny intervals, no rain but gusty winds making 16c feel like 10c!!
Cool, grey and windy, 17c
Feed me! [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Southern Marsh orchids. [ATTACH][ATTACH]Heath Spotted orchids [ATTACH][ATTACH]Oblong Leaved Sundew. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Beautiful Demoiselle. [ATTACH]
The Nuthatch made several visits today and hopefully will have found a regular place to feed. [ATTACH][ATTACH]First young Goldfinch seen...
From my packet of mixed Tasmanian seed bought in Sydney Botanical Gardens six years ago. Melaleuca virens. [ATTACH][ATTACH]Calothamnus...
A surprise brief visit by a Nuthatch, only the second time in over ten years! [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I think it depends on how many young are in there, they can have up to 10 so it would almost be impossible for one bird to feed 4 or 5.
A vistit to Martin Down, Marsh Fritillary. [ATTACH]Green Hairstreak. [ATTACH]Adonis Blue. [ATTACH]Dingy Skipper.[ATTACH]Brimstones....
All four are around here but not in high numbers.
At Martin Down on the Dorset/Hampshire border the stunning Burnt Tip orchids have failed this year due to drought, instead of 7/8 12" high flowers...
@Scroggin, No Man orchids anywhere near here unfortunately.
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