wildlife

Am experimenting with letting the lawn run wild. Results are a bit patchy so far, some bits just look a mess but others are pleasingly colourful. The bees seem to like them too. Might try sowing some wild flower seed in the autumn. Have been perusing the Scotia Seeds website...

I’ve tried a few searches but there doesn’t seem to be a thread that covers this. I hope you don’t mind me starting a new one. I am prompted by wanting to share a fascinating interview with Roy Dennis made by the BBC Scotland Outdoors podcast. Dennis was involved in the safeguarding of the...

Funny, last fall I examined a dead badger as well. I was not aware badgers lived in my area. But they do.

We have at least two, possibly 3, hedgehogs that come and see us to have their dinner each evening, here's a pic I took a couple of minutes ago, And here's one from a couple of nights ago. Someone has been ripping the bin bags open recently too and I think I've found the culprit;

I find that birds and small animals allow a much closer approach with recumbent bicycles than with upright bicycles.

This one is perhaps not unusual in certain parts of Australia, but it probably occurs rarely enough to surprise people: http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/biggest-roo-peter-teasdale-has-come-across-during-many-years-working-in-nsw-outback/news-story/002012fccc21e98b3ce8ce0e50cef918 By the...

Some amazing photos on the BBC report

I'm not sure they're all particularly funny, but they are all great. at https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/oct/07/the-comedy-wildlife-photography-awards#img-5

Wondering if there's sufficient interest on here to keep a thread going on what wildlife we've come across during the day, out on the bike, in the garden, from work, whatever. Recent encounters for me were a ladybird on Sunday and a sparrowhawk on my way to work yesterday.