Your day's wildlife

[Poacher]

Very poor quality pic of a distant female Blackcap, overwintering in our garden, taken through a dirty window.

She has occasionally fed from a nearer feeder (both with sunflower hearts) but I haven't managed to get a good shot; this male(?) (European) Goldfinch turned up within a couple of seconds of her departure yesterday.

 

[Dave 123]

 

[Ridgeway]

No culprit, sorry i mean wildlife but they left the evidence behind at the weekend😕

The Stone Marten is back🙀

 

[Poacher]

Just back from 3 week holiday
My arrival did not go unnoticed - female Blackbird saw me in the kitchen and watched intently until I gave in and fed her.

Further down the garden, overwintering female Blackcap was taking a close interest in the Mahonia, which came into flower while we were away. I've noticed Blackcaps around this plant before and thought they were watching for visiting insects...

... but it's quite likely she's finding nectar to her taste. Note the floret in her beak.

 

[Gillstay]

No culprit, sorry i mean wildlife but they left the evidence behind at the weekend😕

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The Stone Marten is back🙀

Could it have been a cat ?

 

[Dave 123]

I was working in a garden today when I spotted a leaf on the floor. I brought the leaf home with me as my eyesight is not what it was….

I looked through my loupe and a whole world appeared!

It’s a slime mold. I think it may be Physarum pusillum, but I’m not that educated on slime molds.

Anyway, the little lollipops were about 1mm tall.

I used my macro lens, and then cropped the image.

 

[Ridgeway]

Could it have been a cat ?

Definately a Marten, it’s a common thing they do. Mischievous little buggers😂

 

[Poacher]

Robin has been learning from Blackbird how to get food by staring into the kitchen, but seems surprised when I open the door and throw suet pellets out, and is beaten to it by the more canny bird.

 

[Windle]

No picture, but a Barn Owl wafted across the road in front of me in the half light this morning about half a mile from home.

 

[biggs682]

No picture as I was on the phone when I watched a magpie pick up a cooked new potato in it's beek and fly off

 

[Dave 123]

Just back from a ride and 4 long long tailed tits called by

 

[FrankCrank]

Had a visitor this morning

Nothing to croak about really.

 

[Chris S]

Last night I saw a badger run across a road, about 3 miles south of Birmingham city centre. It must have a sett in somebody's garden, there's nothing but houses for miles around.

 

[Poacher]

As well as the overwintering female Blackcap (feisty little bird was defending a sunflower feeder against Greenfinches, bigger than her), we had at least two Redpolls. Pleasing addition to the RSPB garden birdwatch!

 

[Poacher]

A couple of slightly better pics on a nearer feeder.