Your day's wildlife

[biggs682]

Unable to get the wildlife camera out , so sat in dining room watching a small hog patrol the patio and bottom section of the garden.
We also spotted some bats flying around the front of the house as well .

 

[Poacher]

Yesterday two Goldfinches were taking wool (no pic, sorry!).
Today was a Great Tit.

Must be second broods, I suppose.

 

[Andy in Germany]

A tiny gecko ran halfway across the side street I was riding down, looked at me, and changed his mind.

 

[All uphill]

My phone just about captured an image of this stork on its nest. Taken on Sunday in Groningen, Netherlands.

We saw loads of them in the fields - thrilling!

 

[All uphill]

Meanwhile our son was using his clever Raspberry Pi camera to see who visits the feeder.

I think this is a coal tit.

 

[Willd]

One of these, very casually crossing the road a few feet in front of me - not my photo though

Plus a hare and 2 rabbits.

2 badgers & a fox that didn't use the green cross code

 

[gbb]

Over local brick pits, its a riot of small flowers, large daisies, so many flowers you realise you see so many but have no idea what they are...but this lone plant shone out...a purple toadflax...what an awesome name.

 

[Poacher]

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Over local brick pits, its a riot of small flowers, large daisies, so many flowers you realise you see so many but have no idea what they are...but this lone plant shone out...a purple toadflax...what an awesome name.

Are you sure? Looks like an orchid to me. Even more exciting!

Edit: have a look at southern marsh orchid, bearing in mind that they have quite a variable flower colour from pink to purple.

Edit2: from the size of the flower spike, could be a hybrid of Common Spotted-orchid and Southern Marsh-orchid.
From that link: Intermediate between Common Spotted and Southern Marsh Orchids; often very large and long flowerheads, due to the phenomenon of 'hybrid vigour'.

 

[annedonnelly]

I think purple toadflax is usually a bit later flowering too. At least up here.

 

[gbb]

Are you sure? Looks like an orchid to me. Even more exciting!

Edit: have a look at southern marsh orchid, bearing in mind that they have quite a variable flower colour from pink to purple.

Edit2: from the size of the flower spike, could be a hybrid of Common Spotted-orchid and Southern Marsh-orchid.
From that link: Intermediate between Common Spotted and Southern Marsh Orchids; often very large and long flowerheads, due to the phenomenon of 'hybrid vigour'.

As I googled 'wild flower purple UK' that orchids show up, I thought...oooh
Tbf, it has a very compact cone of flower heads, many photos of toadflax show a longer 'heads and less compact flowers. Could be then

 

[Poacher]

As I googled 'wild flower purple UK' that orchids show up, I thought...oooh
Tbf, it has a very compact cone of flower heads, many photos of toadflax show a longer 'heads and less compact flowers. Could be then

Interesting website local to you with quite a few pics of orchids - some difficult to tell apart!
https://wildsideofpeterborough.co.uk/?page_id=971
Probably worth sending your pic and location to your local wildlife trust to see what they reckon. Could be a new record for them.
https://www.wildlifebcn.org/wildlife-explorer/discover-orchids

 

[Asa Post]

There are sightings of Southern Marsh Orchids around Peterborough, though not many of them.
iNaturalist is a useful site for recording what you've seen. There's a linked app called Seek that lets you point a phone camera and tells you what you're looking at. If you choose to, you can then take a photo and upload it to iNaturalist. You would need to create an account, but it's all free.

 

[newfhouse]

Can the last one out switch off the light please?

 

[biggs682]

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Over local brick pits, its a riot of small flowers, large daisies, so many flowers you realise you see so many but have no idea what they are...but this lone plant shone out...a purple toadflax...what an awesome name.

I think it's a Pyramid orchid

 

[biggs682]

Our rose buds are crawling with bugs