I was walking along a quiet stretch of river today and saw something move in a tiny puddle. The puddle was a few metres away from the river and drying out so I thought I'd see what was in there in case it needed rescuing. It looked like a small fish so I picked up a discarded frisbee and scooped it out. I thought it would be a loach or a minnow but it turned out to be a little brown trout about 2" long. I let it go in the river and checked the puddle again only to find four more which I eventually managed to relocate to the river as well. I left the frisbee up on the main path for some lucky dog to play with.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
oo, oo - a false widow spotted on a 2am slug hunt behind the shed. I've seen them there before. The light of the camera scared it and it dashed off. A shame - it has beautiful markings - a clear white death's head on the abdomen.
I went back to look tonight, behind the shed, and there seems to a load of false widows back there. I spotted about five in different webs about the place. I tried to take pictures, but they don't like the light.
I wonder what the best course of action is. They are amongst the various compost bins, so they would be disturbed. That have been seen in that area before. I have workmen coming to repair the shed. I imagine there is a fair chance they might encounter them, as we will need to move the bins to get access for works... Friends regularly help me out, in that area too.
I know the bites aren't fatal, but can be unpleasant and not something to wish on anyone....
Ladybird larvae are rapidly clearing the aphids around here! I think this may be a young Adonis ladybird larva, despatching a winged blackfly which was feeding on a lily bud. It is only 3 or 4 mm long at this stage:
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Driving into town I saw a workman standing on the verge frantically waving at me. As I began to round the corner I saw a young fawn running along the edge of the road looking for an escape route. Having slowed right down to a crawl, I had another car behind me flashing its headlights at me and then a third vehicle sped past both of us, far too impatient to slow down or wait. Fortunately the fawn found a hole in the hedge to dive into and disappear, still in one piece.
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Had 2 Greater Spotted Woodpeckers, together, on my feeder this morning. Lovely.
Seen at my local country park yesterday.
Fortunately the fawn found a hole in the hedge to dive into and disappear, still in one piece.
Any ideas? Seen on Jura last week
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border