Your day's wildlife

[Dirk]

Sitting in our caravan in Hanley Castle, near Malvern, listening to my first Cuckoo of the year.

 

[Illaveago]

Scientists want us to report the sighting of Spittlebugs . They have been carrying a disease which has been devestating olive trees in Europe.

Now if they had said Cuckoo Spit I would have known what they were talking about. I spotted some on our hazel bush yesterday .

 

[steveindenmark]

The blackbird chicks are doing well.

 

[Birdie]

I seem to attract herons! The last couple of times I've been out, I've had one flying along with me just above my head! But today, just two kamikaze squirrels took there time to get out of my path. I couldn't move so glad they did

 

[Illaveago]

I saw a Hornet last night whilst I was sat in a beer garden having a drink with a couple of friends . I wasn't sure what the large orange /yellow brown insect was until I went over to have a closer look .

 

[MartinQ]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YXJw9KIyw4s


Stevehog and Fingle have returned to the garden.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

In my car port, behind the oil and cans etc, a Robin's nest with six eggs in (taken a while back), just had a look today at the chicks.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A herd of goldfinches Brynteg Anglesey....no chance of a photo.

No photos either so here's a book cover!

 

[philk56]

I have been searching for these beauties for a while. They are a family of Tawny Frogmouths - iconic Australian birds and not uncommon but difficult to find as they blend in so well with their environment. Finally succeeded today

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I have been searching for these beauties for a while. They are a family of Tawny Frogmouths - iconic Australian birds and not uncommon but difficult to find as they blend in so well with their environment. Finally succeeded today

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Fabulous!

 

[Poacher]

A few minutes ago: Hummingbird Hawk Moth in our garden. I haven't got to grips with this camera's capabilities; sorry for the blur - if I was a more expert bullshitter I'd claim it was deliberate.

After sampling the delights of this Verbena, it transferred attention to a white Sweet Rocket, before being closely pursued from the garden by a jealous Robin.

Edit: While checking Wikipedia to find out which plant the larvae feed on, I found this interesting snippet from 75 years ago today:
Hummingbird hawk-moths have been seen as a lucky omen. In particular, a swarm of the moths was seen flying across the English Channel on D-Day, the day of the Normandy landings in the Second World War.

 

[Aravis]

Today's wildlife spot was a white squirrel, which ran across the road as I was riding into the village of Pirton, near Croome Park, Worcestershire.

Based on those few seconds, the body seemed to be almost pure white, the tail and ears flecked with some brown hairs. I think the eyes were a natural colour. It seems they're pretty rare in this form, but of course, still members of an alien species.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Today's wildlife spot was a white squirrel, which ran across the road as I was riding into the village of Pirton, near Croome Park, Worcestershire.

Based on those few seconds, the body seemed to be almost pure white, the tail and ears flecked with some brown hairs. I think the eyes were a natural colour. It seems they're pretty rare in this form, but of course, still members of an alien species.

A white grey then, not a black red. I've seen black reds in Switzerland.

 

[Andy in Germany]

A white grey then, not a black red. I've seen black reds in Switzerland.

They're common here too.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

They're common here too.

I didn't even know they existed until I saw one!