Your day's wildlife

[Illaveago]

This is what my wife spotted on our washing line yesterday.

A female Sparrowhawk.

 

[nickyboy]

Emergence of flying ants in the garden today.

Loads of flying ones but also the non-flying ones are all going mad. Wonder what that's all about?

Edit: a few hours later nothing.... you'd never know they were there. Most strange

 

[PeteXXX]

One of the 4 or 5 baby hedgehogs that share our garden and next doors (through a shallow scrape we leave them under the fence)
Mum or dad were a few feet away, keeping an eye out for this one as it had some water.

 

[Paulus]

Spotted this afternoon in the garden. A sloworm, neither a worm or slow.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Mid Pokéhunt with my 9 year old daughter yesterday this Southern Hawker fancied a rest.

Dragonflies are symbolic of magical change and transition. Things are about to be good.

 

[Dave 123]

I’ve been to Welney with my brother and sister in law today.

5 common cranes
Pintail
Marsh harrier
Hobby
Avocets
Green shank
Redshank
Green sandpiper

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Red Grouse on summit of Barrow in the Lake District yesterday. I haven't went fell walking for 9 years due to thinking a knee injury is worse than it is, and not pushing myself following operations. I decided to go because my Dad passed away on Saturday morning, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia for the past 4 years. Just felt like the place I wanted to be, lovely day, get away from things. I've seen these before, usually just fly up out of the heather if you get within several feet of them. I've never seen one like this before. It was within 2 feet of people, was very vocal, really distinctive call that was amusing, also the way it moved, I get the whisky advert now. It wasn't fazed by anything at all.

I've been reading about them and they are not a really social bird, but I guess that is not always the case. It's made me a feel a lot better to get out in nature, I somehow feel that this bird was connected to my dad in someway. A positive message. Just something out of the norm. Probably talking utter sh1te, but it made me feel a lot better so I'll take it..

 

[Glow worm]

Hoopoe the other day from our kitchen window while on our holiday in southern Portugal. He'd be there every morning. Absolute beauty. (Poor quality pic as taken through window- it flew off the every time I tried to open it!)

 

[Cavalol]

Every now and then I let our dog decide which way he wants to walk. Today, he sort of decided not to take our usual route and cut through a shorter way instead. Just happened to look in the greenery next to the path and saw this little fella (or lady, I didn't ask) asleep...

Didn't see any of his/her family about so rang the hedgehog rescue people to ask for advice. Seems they shouldn't be seen in daylight so they asked me to bring it to them tomorrow, so it's currently snuggled up in a box in the shed with some water and cat food. It managed to lie in the cat food before possibly deciding that's not a good idea, then ate the bits that fell off it's spikes! Lovely little thing, hope it's ok tonight and ready for a trip to the rescue place tomorrow.

 

[philk56]

It's that time of year here in Perth. An Australian Wood Duck couple with their family carefully crossing the cycle path. There are probably at least two sets of youngsters here, these ducks are well known for "adopting" other duck's children!

 

[biggs682]

Just had a nice couple of hours walking around a small nature area .

Spotted these fungi along with a couple of nuthatches , great tits and blue tits that were all too quick for my phone camera .

 

[uphillstruggler]

I’ll follow Biggs first, couldn’t quite catch the light on these but hopefully you get the idea

 

[uphillstruggler]

Then a favourite walk with the pooch brings these handsome fellas

 

[philk56]

Many migratory birds have started arriving for the Perth summer. It amazes me to think that these birds have probably flown down from Siberia. Common Greenshank and Curlew Sandpiper.

 

[biggs682]

Some more fungi from last night and this morning's walk .

Then we spotted a nuthatch on the patio