Land/Water Wildlife

For all you spider lovers (ok just me then!) Wasp spiders, our most colourful and just showing themselves now. The will get larger by September. Only found in rough uncultivated areas here but abroad found in gardens like (I think in @noisette47's garden).

 

Yes, plentiful here, Strongy, as are most vicious yellow and black biting/stinging things! Would you like me to send them over?;-) :-)

 

I think we have enough wasps, bees and Hornets here thanks!!

 

Well if ever you feel the need for more, just plant Ampelopsis brevipedunculata var. maximowiczii 'Elegans' I have never seen so many wasps, european and asian hornets all on one plant. It's got to go.......

 

Just dug some spuds and there was a newt on the soil i've just dug looking at me, so pick him/her up and move to the end of the row which have been already dug so i now won't touch that soil for a while

 

The non camouflaged crab spider's patience paid of grabbing a small white butterfly on the Buddleia.

 

Bot of a kerfuffle today when I knocked a Geranium sanguineum out of it's pot to plant it....the most enormous toad had insinuated itself into the pot, under the plant. No wonder the geranium wasn't doing too well :-) Everyone lives happily ever after....the toad is living under a Bergenia now :-)

 

Raft spider.


Underside of a Wasp spider with prey.


Labyrinth spider.


Viviparous (common) lizard.

 

A nervous Red Squirrel appeared in my garden this morning, only the second one I've seen in the three years living here. A quick investigation underneath the bird feeding station and it was gone having spotted me.

 

Another trip to Portland Bill as Mrs Strongy wanted to go there for her Birthday meal.
It made her day extra special as the local Grey Seal (Ron) showed itself infront of us about 50 yards away for half an hour or so, something we always look for but hadn't seen on four previous visits.

 

Happy Birthday Mrs Strongy.

 

Another gorgeous Wasp spider.

 

Some Yellow Wagtails passing through on their way to Africa.

 

Found this cuddly character.