Great photo @bertrand-mabel and does look quite cute in your hands........but, they are a nuisance in our garden. I can't believe such a little thing can cause so much damage 😥
The house opposite filled in their koi pond ten years ago … but every year, when he has young to feed, we see him come back every day, just in case the fish have reappeared
Here he is again this evening!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They're not daft, that's for sure. One appeared here as soon as I'd created the new pond. We have lots of water nearby, and plenty of herons, but it's surprising just how quickly they find potential new restaurants. Sitting in the sun the other day, the damselflies were out. They eventually found the water The sparrows were enjoying the bathing facilities
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've moved the trailcam. We have lots of clips of the deer crossing my lawn and then turning right under the pergola. This is what she did next. She goes past the apple trees she has gently grazed, up towards the veg patch. She disappears for 5 minutes because it's too far away for the camera to pick up, and exits by jumping into my onion patch. She's probably going for the new shoots on the hawthorn hedge there.
I think I would need six trailcams to get an accurate picture of what she's up to. No sign of babies yet.
Rescued this little chap on Friday morning, I was opening up the greenhouse at 04.10 before going to work and he was on the greenhouse step looking a little worse for wear.
I think a cat might have had him, so rather than let the crows or magpies finish him off I popped him in the garden bin until I came home, nice and dark with plenty of creepy crawlies to eat, plus it was a safe place to spend the day.
By nightfall he had made a very good recovery, hopping about without issue, so I wetted him down and popped him behind the bin box and left him to get on with life.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Sitting in the sun the other day, the damselflies were out. They eventually found the water
The sparrows were enjoying the bathing facilities
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think a cat might have had him, so rather than let the crows or magpies finish him off I popped him in the garden bin until I came home, nice and dark with plenty of creepy crawlies to eat, plus it was a safe place to spend the day.
By nightfall he had made a very good recovery, hopping about without issue, so I wetted him down and popped him behind the bin box and left him to get on with life.