rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
hmmm ... what else you got?
Your day's wildlife
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rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
gonna need a better mousetrap. might have to go old school
Unusually for birds, they breed at any time of the year.
Psamathe
Über Member
Maybe explains the vast numbers I see on my rides. Rural East Anglia countryside and everywhere pigeons (and not a lot else). At home in garden (with peanuts, sunflower hearts and fat ball in pigeon proof feeders) mostly pigeons (followed by rooks) in terms of numbers/sightings.
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
Flying things not flying
SteveO69
Well-Known Member
- Location
- S.W. London / Surrey
Yesterday, caught a glimpse of a Kingfisher from the bedroom window, on the River Ash, Surrey. We seem to have a (fairly) regular one, recently.
Have travelled to the Forest of Dean for a week and whilst walking the dog around Cannup Ponds, caught another glimpse of one by a stream.
No photos, cause they are soooo bloomin’ quick.
Have travelled to the Forest of Dean for a week and whilst walking the dog around Cannup Ponds, caught another glimpse of one by a stream.
No photos, cause they are soooo bloomin’ quick.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
With luck you might find one of the perches where it rests if you can follow the river. I managed to get some photos of one resting on a low branch over the river Ravensbourne in Deptford.
SteveO69
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- Location
- S.W. London / Surrey
My wife has previously got some photos of the one at home. We watched one day as it fished from a fence post at the bottom of our (fairly short) garden, for about 15 mins. We believe we had a pair at that time.
I‘ve spoken to a few fairly avid birdwatchers , who despite many years of “twitching”, have never seen them.
It is a privilege and not taken for granted.
I‘ve spoken to a few fairly avid birdwatchers , who despite many years of “twitching”, have never seen them.
It is a privilege and not taken for granted.
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
fwiw had a few convos w/ customers & colleagues & found a better mousetrap. don't know if you all have these in the UK but probably something similar, also peanut butter over attractant 👍. Tomcat Press 'N Set. sad to say we got the little guy in the outside a/c unit but no activity with the upstairs attic crawl space. wonder if it was the same critter. will have to put the cameras back up there. one customer swears that they can see infrared, so didn't use them last night, at least not out back, on the ground & upstairs
had the usual skunk around 12:34am
and an interesting critter under our front steps. on the fence about it's fate. will have to see if there is more activity inside. might have too get them where I see them
funny thing is, these are prefab steps sitting on a concrete base. there's a large void under the steps. at each side, where the steps butt up against the building there are fairly large gaps, which are much easier to enter thru. so is this mouse squeezing thru this crack into the void? why not go thru the big openings? are other critters sharing the space & guarding those entrances? or does it have a cozy spot inside the prefab steps somewhere? & does it lead into the house?
had the usual skunk around 12:34am
and an interesting critter under our front steps. on the fence about it's fate. will have to see if there is more activity inside. might have too get them where I see them
funny thing is, these are prefab steps sitting on a concrete base. there's a large void under the steps. at each side, where the steps butt up against the building there are fairly large gaps, which are much easier to enter thru. so is this mouse squeezing thru this crack into the void? why not go thru the big openings? are other critters sharing the space & guarding those entrances? or does it have a cozy spot inside the prefab steps somewhere? & does it lead into the house?
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
2 for 2 today. got the one in the attic crawl space
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Spotted on the underside of a runner bean leaf
briantrumpet
Legendary Member
- Location
- Devon & Die
I think that's probably the 'orrible box tree moth.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
It's spider season! This one was pretty big with a bum bigger than a swollen thumb.
My knowledge of spiders is pretty much house spider and garden spider. This is neither so I'll identify it by location. It's a Bermondsey Spider.
My knowledge of spiders is pretty much house spider and garden spider. This is neither so I'll identify it by location. It's a Bermondsey Spider.
Google Lens says it's a Tube Web spider
