Wildlife in the garden - at any time of year

[Osgood]

These two came up close to the window for a drink from a water tub yesterday.
Apparently deer get most of their water from grass so are not great drinkers.

 

[Rob Pulham]

Chris checked her wildlife camera (that we have mounted in the back garden at present because we have a hedgehog living in one of the hedgehog houses) and we also had a nocturnal visit from the Polecat.

It seems to be just having a nosey around as it didn't stay long.

 

[Osgood]

That's more like a Limbocat the way it got under the gate!

 

[simond]

I would be more than happy to send you some of our pigeons.

I heard about a chap who made a fortune selling pigeons on ebay.

 

[Brian Daniels]

Bought a new camera recently which has a pre capture facility which basically takes a series of pictures continuously whilst your half pressing the shutter button in a buffer then when you take the picture you already got a few pictures stored that the camera took before you pressed the shutter fully. So I have been playing with it in the garden and got this Sparrow departing the feeder. Will be better with a bit of sunshine I hope. this was 4,000th sec at 10,000 asa!

 

[Arun Sharma]

Bought a new camera recently which has a pre capture facility which basically takes a series of pictures continuously whilst your half pressing the shutter button in a buffer then when you take the picture you already got a few pictures stored that the camera took before you pressed the shutter fully. So I have been playing with it in the garden and got this Sparrow departing the feeder. Will be better with a bit of sunshine I hope. this was 4,000th sec at 10,000 asa!

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Interesting variable leading edge wing geometry - perhaps someone should tell BAe..................

 

[Dog Star]

Interesting variable leading edge wing geometry - perhaps someone should tell BAe..................

@adrian?

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Had this Chaffinch keep jumping up at one of the workshop windows, I think he's seeing his own reflection thinking it's another male ?
They nest here every year.



And we found this pair of rabbit kitten's by the hedge that we planted along the side of the workshop, there is a burrow under the shop as we are used to the odd couple of rabbits in the garden but these are the first kittens we've seen, their eyes still looked closed and the ears flat so they could only be around 10 days old, smaller than my hand, they did move around a little, we placed them under the hedge near the burrow later and there was no sign of them this morning.

 

[Brian Daniels]

Getting to grips with the new camera, much better in sunshine. The only regular birds we get are Goldfinches which I am glad to say there are a few young ones about too.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

The regular visiting Pheasants brought their chicks here yesterday



and today one of the Muntjac's came to visit the scratching post, a Rhus tree..........



.....which our recued feral cat, Lola tried to stalk !



Col.

 

[simond]

its a bit like the dog chasing a motorbike, what would she have done if she’d caught it?

 

[michael080]

Looks like you distracted Lola a little bit. These ears are telling the whole story.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

its a bit like the dog chasing a motorbike, what would she have done if she’d caught it?

Exactly, when our cats first saw them they looked like we would seeing aliens for the first time but now they are more inquisitive.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Looks like you distracted Lola a little bit. These ears are telling the whole story.

She heard something behind her.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Our cats have grown a bit since introducing them in posts #862 & #864.

 

[Rob Pulham]

Just now we had the tiniest moth on our dining room window. I thought I would have a go at taking a phone camera shot of it.

This is the first attempt



This was taken using the macro lense on the phone, with the phone sat on the inner pane of the double glazing, with the moth on the outer pane.

I was quite surprised that it didn't move away despite me messing about taking multiple photos of it.



I have no idea what type of moth it is but I'm really pleased with the photos.

 

[Rob Pulham]

Apologies for the moth overload but I tried my old phone and it's macro camera is surprisingly better than my new one.

 

[daifly]

A quick search suggests that it might be one of these. A photo from the undercarriage side is not easy to match but there are a number of points of similarity.

Bright Wave

A small sandy-brown moth with a rather pointed forewing, often fading to a lighter shade of brown.Easily disturbed by day from grass swords, where it rests on the stems. Flies from late afternoon, at dusk and after dark. Comes to light, sometimes in large numbers. Overwinters as a part-grown...

butterfly-conservation.org

Dave

 

[Rob Pulham]

A quick search suggests that it might be one of these. A photo from the undercarriage side is not easy to match but there are a number of points of similarity.

Bright Wave

A small sandy-brown moth with a rather pointed forewing, often fading to a lighter shade of brown.Easily disturbed by day from grass swords, where it rests on the stems. Flies from late afternoon, at dusk and after dark. Comes to light, sometimes in large numbers. Overwinters as a part-grown...

butterfly-conservation.org

Dave

Thanks Dave,

Although it didn't show on the image. As seen by the naked eye, it had a slight purple tinge which was quite possibly as a result of light refraction either through, or reflecting from the glass.

 

[Rob Pulham]

Out of curiosity, I read the page on the Bright Wave that Dave kindly linked to.

The last paragraph caught my attention

Distribution
Countries – England
Resident and Immigrant - Only known from three golf courses and a reserve in Kent.

I wonder where those golf courses are, as we do have a golf course about a couple of miles away but we are a long way from Kent...