Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 hour ago, Soapy FFC said: Has it been impaled on one of the spikes? Not yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 On 21/05/2024 at 18:32, PWL said: In the last few weeks I've noticed something has scraped under the back fence to get access into the garden near the bird feeders. Our house backs onto a path so it's not coming from another garden. Can't be a cat and I'd imagine a fox would be able to leap the fence so I've bought one of the IR cameras mentioned earlier in this thread as I'm curious. And before @RH33 comments, I've already got webcams set up to record my tidy neighbour so this will be purely for wildlife... Culprit found. It was a hedgehog! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 1 hour ago, PWL said: Culprit found. It was a hedgehog! I have holes under all the garden fences to allow them to move from garden to garden. The neighbours know about the holes as well. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Chap down the road has a pond. So we get newts and damsel flies in our garden: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 When we built our wee wildlife pond we pretty much scattered a pack of mixed native pond margin seeds around it and waited to see what grew. It looks like a total jungle but I am loving it, always a ton of wee bugs and beasties to see. Native flag iris water avens, loved by bees. Has gone nuts in the garden and is fucking everywhere. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Marsh marigold, flag iris, Common vetch and angelica. Lots of red campion as well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Hard to see, ants "herding" aphids to the tip of a foxglove to "milk" the honey dew 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Play Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Discovered a blackbird’s nest in the winter woodshed this week. I’ll not be able to transfer any logs into the shed until after September I assume? First time this has happened. I think it may be because I left the shed less full in early spring than usual. Going to leave it less full next spring as well in the hope to the blackbird comes back to nest there. Seems like a good dry and safe spot for the nest 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 30 minutes ago, Shadow Play said: Discovered a blackbird’s nest in the winter woodshed this week. I’ll not be able to transfer any logs into the shed until after September I assume? First time this has happened. I think it may be because I left the shed less full in early spring than usual. Going to leave it less full next spring as well in the hope to the blackbird comes back to nest there. Seems like a good dry and safe spot for the nest I would think that'll be the last clutch. They'll be hatched and away from the nest by the end of the month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 18 minutes ago, Loonytoons said: I would think that'll be the last clutch. They'll be hatched and away from the nest by the end of the month. Agree. Assuming they are just laid it should be about two weeks to hatch and then another two weeks for the young to fledge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 Wee fox and badger cubs visiting mine and my parent's gardens the past week. Pics are stills from videos so not the best quality. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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