Your day's wildlife

[kynikos]

Brief walk with new camera before lunch;

 

[The Crofted Crest]

Seals sunbathing on the Dollard, a couple of km shy of the German border.

 

[rockyroller]

big surprise. daytime coyote. Rosie cat better watch out

 

[Way-Out-West]

Some more bee action.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Seals sunbathing on the Dollard, a couple of km shy of the German border.

This youngster hauled itself out of the water next to me on Horsey Gap beach yesterday, under the watchful eye of several adults. Atlantic Grey.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

 

[biggs682]

Well it's not every day you have a bat flying around the kitchen of an elderly relative , absolutely no idea how long and how he got in the house but safely put outside and it flew off

 

[gbb]

Every day is, or should be, a learning day.
Today, we're (grandkids, their dad and.me) sat on a patch of.mud at a local park looking at ant holes which the girls for whatever reason seem really interested in.

It occured to us, hang on, there's loads of, are they bees ?
5mm long perhaps, each with a packet of pollen on their back legs

So small scissor bees apparently, apologies for the zoomed in poor quality photo..

 

[gbb]

If we're including flora..walked the dog today out on the brickpits...saw an Early Purple Orchid...rubbish photo, apologies..

And at that point, I remembered I'd seen one last year nearby. Wandered over to that point 100 yards away perhaps, there was a second one.

It kinda cheeses me off, it's not a brownfield site technically because there have been no buildings on it but has had clay extraction for maybe 20 years prior to closure..but its not really greenfield either, but the point is land like this is absolutely teeming with wildlife yet (barring this sizeable patch) is often bulldozed for housebuilding. This area, sizeable as it is, only represents possibly 10% of the former pits as a whole. All that rich wildlife habitat gone forever

 

[rockyroller]

windy day at Mom's house. I think this little guy got blown out of a tree. it was looking around like, "OK, now what?"

 

[rockyroller]

keeping an eye on these this year

 

[biggs682]

Green fly and other creatures on our rose plants

 

[rockyroller]

Green fly and other creatures on our rose plants

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nice rosebuds

 

[Windle]

If we're including flora..walked the dog today out on the brickpits...saw an Early Purple Orchid...rubbish photo, apologies..
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And at that point, I remembered I'd seen one last year nearby. Wandered over to that point 100 yards away perhaps, there was a second one.

It kinda cheeses me off, it's not a brownfield site technically because there have been no buildings on it but has had clay extraction for maybe 20 years prior to closure..but its not really greenfield either, but the point is land like this is absolutely teeming with wildlife yet (barring this sizeable patch) is often bulldozed for housebuilding. This area, sizeable as it is, only represents possibly 10% of the former pits as a whole. All that rich wildlife habitat gone forever

It always surprises me how new housing estates always seem to have so little greenery. I appreciate it takes time for areas to mature but they all just look like a sea of brick, concrete & tarmac. The more upmarket ones do try a bit, but generally they're like a desert for nature. And that's before half the house owners have concreted over what little front lawn they have for car parking.
On a positive note, working in the industrial side of construction you can see far more effort being made. Many new industrial estates have lots of trees, hedges and wildlife provision, usually ponds as well, serving both as water management and wildlife habitat. It's a shame that housebuilders can't be encouraged to go the same way, although I suppose the land they're using is far too valuable for them not to cram more houses on.

 

[srj10]