Resting by the backdoor this morning...one of the Common Crab Spiders...there are several that all look very similar, so I'm not going to guess as to which one it is.
Size wise, about 7mm from tip of Thorax to end of Abdomen.
We live in a big village in a rural area, most houses have very large gardens with lots of trees and hedgerows, but no sparrows. We do see quite a lot when visiting the Donkey Sanctuary, which is very rural, but with lots of mixed hedgerows, hawthorn and the like. It can be deafening walking past some sections of hedges, almost alive with sparrows, all chatting away to each other! Our last house had starlings living in the eaves, just above the bathroom window. We didn’t have frosted glass, and it was a bit alarming to be sitting on the loo and see the starlings heading at high speed towards you, only veering away at the last minute! I do miss them.
We have loads of sparrows here - house and hedge, although the hedge sparrows are being encouraged to join up with other colonies which is great. Load of starlings too. We're right on the edge of the nearby small town, and then it's mainly countryside leading up to the nearby moors, plus a small NT garden a few hundred yards away, so there are lots of varieties of birds, but they don't always have the need to come into gardens for food. Dunnocks are one of our most common garden visitors.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
On a walk during my lunch break today I was going along in a daydream when I saw something right beside me, I had to do a double take! A female sparrowhawk chilling on the tree stump, I must have been 2 metres away and she stayed for a couple of pics, well chuffed.
I kept forgetting to add this at the time. Mid January. I could see 'something' on the raised bed, from the [very dirty ]kitchen windows, and moved nearer to get a better look. The bird feeding cage is just above him/her... so this pic shows him/her almost thinking -"I'll just wait for lunch to pop out of that so that I can have a go"
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Size wise, about 7mm from tip of Thorax to end of Abdomen.
Our last house had starlings living in the eaves, just above the bathroom window. We didn’t have frosted glass, and it was a bit alarming to be sitting on the loo and see the starlings heading at high speed towards you, only veering away at the last minute! I do miss them.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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We're right on the edge of the nearby small town, and then it's mainly countryside leading up to the nearby moors, plus a small NT garden a few hundred yards away, so there are lots of varieties of birds, but they don't always have the need to come into gardens for food.
Dunnocks are one of our most common garden visitors.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The bird feeding cage is just above him/her...
so this pic shows him/her almost thinking -"I'll just wait for lunch to pop out of that so that I can have a go"
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...