My niece was perplexed by a large hole in one of her containers so watched the wild life camera they'd had installed. A squirrel was burrowing some peanuts in it, then later to their surprise they saw a deer dig them up and ate them. I bet the squirrel was puzzled.
Yesterday morning my 4 year old rushed into the kitchen to tell me something large was flying about in the lounge. It was a peacock butterfly, inside the house, trying to get out of the window. I can only assume the pupae was in the house and it hatched. I didn't get a photo - it was moving too fast.
I had the choice of keeping it in (and it dying) or letting it out and it dying of cold. In the end I let it out. Either way, there was not going to be a good ending.
On a brighter note, today's warmth encouraged the bees out of their hives to forage on the crocus.
One of this afternoon's visitors: male pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) strutting by the corner of the greenhouse - the second time I've seen a pheasant in the garden - fairly suburban, so not exactly their normal habitat. I admired the previous one through the window until it started pecking at potted plants, when I chased it off. This time, I followed at a distance to get some photos until it flew away.
We thought the goldcrest was hunting by the pond, so left the trailcam out. All we got was foxes going back and forth, and the deer had a walk past. I think one of the foxes is blind in one eye as it doesn't reflect the camera light on one side. Something has been digging a hole at the back of the pond, so we have set the camera on that for tonight.
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I had the choice of keeping it in (and it dying) or letting it out and it dying of cold. In the end I let it out. Either way, there was not going to be a good ending.
On a brighter note, today's warmth encouraged the bees out of their hives to forage on the crocus.