I.G - I bought one last year for about 50 quid, as we had a family of hedgehogs . It's reasonably decent. No badgers caught on mine, but certainly foxes and all the birds through the day. Great photos Bob I had a female blackie visiting constantly through late winter, w.edges, and she was totally oblivious to me too. I had builders working on the wall of the house, and she wasn't fazed by them going in and out either, despite being so close to her. Not particularly 'wildlife', but I love meeting the natives when I'm out on a hill. I sometimes wonder what's going through their heads when they see walkers....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It is switched to video mode now, so will have to upload some clips to youtube and link them here. @ImpatientGardener I have a couple of them, one is a £65 Swann Outback camera which has its merits but is trickier to use and a £200 Browning - mine is the previous model to this one.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I love the photos on here. I've just returned from a dog walk round the lanes and came across what I assumed was a dead slow worm. Near him was his separated tail still wriggling. When I looked closer at the slow worm he was still alive but had lots of wounds. I put him in the hedge so hope he survives. A magpie flew away nearby so maybe that's what attacked him and he shed his tail hoping to escape.
This guy came and shared our picnic lunch with us today. Not very 'wildlife' as it was tame enough to take bread and cheese from my fingers but still a great close encounter. They're much smaller birds than you think up close. Total contrast to the previous day when I was working in an old barn with a jackdaw nest in there. Those were wild birds with a healthy fear of people.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Ravens are truely huge birds. I wish I could get a photo of one next to a jackdaw so you could see the massive size difference. They sometimes fly together around here and it's only when you see them next to each other than you really get a sense of the sizes. The raven probably has twice the wingspan of the jackdaw and maybe 7 or 8 times the bulk.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I was really relieved to see quite a lot of bees and bumblebees today in our garden. There were so few of them around recently that I started getting worried.
And what a wonderful sound it is, the zooming bees in the garden! My favourite kind of noise 😊
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No badgers caught on mine, but certainly foxes and all the birds through the day.
Great photos Bob
I had a female blackie visiting constantly through late winter, w.edges, and she was totally oblivious to me too. I had builders working on the wall of the house, and she wasn't fazed by them going in and out either, despite being so close to her.
Not particularly 'wildlife', but I love meeting the natives when I'm out on a hill. I sometimes wonder what's going through their heads when they see walkers....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've just returned from a dog walk round the lanes and came across what I assumed was a dead slow worm. Near him was his separated tail still wriggling. When I looked closer at the slow worm he was still alive but had lots of wounds. I put him in the hedge so hope he survives. A magpie flew away nearby so maybe that's what attacked him and he shed his tail hoping to escape.
Sitting in bed bed listening to a songthrush 💕
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.