Garden Wildlife UK

Willpar wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:24 pm

Two good butterflies to see JS. Still nothing here yet, but not much sunshine either.

I saw another today which actually flew briefly across my front garden.

Not by me, but a swallow was spotted at a place called Folly Gate, That is Okehampton in Devon. Sighting was posted with a pic, on the 15th March. Seen this on Devon birds website. Birdwatchers record their sightings on the website. Good place to go to see what is around. It seems a little early. T...

I saw two Brimstones today in a neighbours garden. I was hoping they would visit me but they flapped off in the other direction.

The tadpoles are starting to emerge from their jelly . Only a few at present but should increase within the next few days.

I saw the Wren yesterday and today I heard it singing. they are very loud for such a small bird.

I saw a butterfly today. I couldn't get an ID. It was dark in colour so was probably a Red Admiral or a Small Tortoiseshell as both hibernate in the winter in their adult form.

My rarely seen Jenny Wren was busy in the garden this morning.

Getting a hedgehog hose is nest on my list for my garden wildlife. Hopefully going to get a wifi trail camera for the front garden. We did have a coupe of visiting hedgehogs last year. We've already had some entertaining videos of Willpar's hogs so I'm looking forward to seeing what you manage to g...

This year I have a couple. Of bird feeding stations in the. Back garden with a mix of seed and suet. This year I have also replaced my back garden nest box with one with a wifi camera in. Hopefully if we get visitors again ke we had the nesting blue tits I can share the video across my social media...

Strangely there has been more frog activity this week, so I may be getting some more spawn. There is no sign of the existing spawn giving any tadpoles but it has been cold overnight with some ice on the ponds.