More Hedgehog Photographs from the Trailcam

Rushing for the food before the cats and mice find it first ...

Gently does it ...

 

The New 'Wild Spaces' Project From Butterfly Conservation

 

David and I joined Butterfly Conservation at the start of the lockdowns. For the last two years I have been counting butterflies for the Garden Butterfly Survey. 

Butterfly Conservation has launched a new initiative called 'Wild Spaces'. Participants have the chance to write about their particular wild space and to post photographs. They also have the opportunity to see who else is taking part in their area (for obvious security reasons actual addresses are not shown).  

You can read about the project here. 

Sadly, with a few exceptions such as Holly Blue and Orange Tip, this has not been a good start to the 'butterfly season' for us in our neck of the woods. We noticed that Matthew Oates was saying much the same on X (Twitter) today. However, we finally saw our first Meadow Brown on Saturday, so perhaps things will start to pick up ...

 

βρεκεκεκέξ ~The Frogs Are Back

 

I am absolutely delighted to find that we have a resident frog in both our mini-ponds. Last summer we had one 'regular' with very occasional sightings of a second, so it is exciting to start my 2024 frog observations with two. 

 

Shame about the leaf!

 And this is the second frog in the second mini-pond:

 

For βρεκεκεκέξ see here.

Caught On Our Trailcam

 

We think this is a Song Thrush. rather than a Mistle Thrush: do you agree?

Robin taking off?

A hungry hedgehog

Hedgehog and snail

Hedgehog and snail (2)