Wild and Wonderful

Having thought we had had no Hedgehog sightings yet, the Trailcam proved me wrong.  A chilly evening Fat Mouse (or a descendant) looking as ...

  I have just taken part in the annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch . It is always interesting (and fun) to sit down with a mug of coffee, a no...

  Photo credit: David Gill   We were absolutely thrilled to find this beautiful insect , a summer visitor, on our self-seeded Valerian this ...

Nearly a fortnight on ... and the hedgehog is still visiting.    I would love to know if s/he may yet hibernate. We have already had a cold ...

  A very happy new year,  filled with wildlife,  to all who are reading this post.     Some of you will know that we have been feeding a ...

  We looked out the window yesterday morning at about 10.30 ... and were greeted with the sight of this rather magnificent toad. This is the...

  © David Gill 2024   Some years ago we were delighted to find an Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar very close to our home. This afternoon we ...

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

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

  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 ...

  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...

These self-seeded Oxeye Daisies are very popular with bees and beetles We would love to think that butterflies were attracted to our butterf...