Wild and Wonderful

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

  We thought we had a Cinnabar moth flying around our wild garden yesterday afternoon, but I think you will agree that it was a Ruby Tiger ...

To my surprise and delight, this small-to-medium sized toad appeared in the garden around 1pm. It was our first amphibian sighting of the ye...

      Like many of you, I took part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2025 today. I had hoped for higher numbers, and indeed I saw other bird...

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...

  This dainty Brown Argus is the most recent butterfly to appear in our garden this year. It represents the 15th species spotted within our ...

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

  Not the best photograph, but never mind.  There was a hush of great excitement this afternoon when this beautiful Slow worm was seen drap...

Scarlet Tiger moth, Anglesey Abbey, Cambs. We have been to the water mill at Anglesey Abbey on many occasions. We have often watched swans, ...

  Taken: 1 May 2024 Those who have visited my blog before will know that I have been keeping a list of the wildlife I see in our suburban S...