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How right you are.Packham's step-daughter was better than Michaela too.
How right you are.Packham's step-daughter was better than Michaela too.
My Mrs, bless her, got me one of those days a few years back. Not really my bag, but it was an interesting day.To my surprise, in Backhouse Park, near to where we live, I saw two parakeets the other day.
Not wildlife per se, but in Mowbray Park today had an interesting chat with a chap exercising his Harris hawk. He has a contract with the council here to keep the pigeon numbers down. Does experience days, so will be booking one of those when things re-open.
Well, the second brood has fledged, and mother is now sitting on the third lot of eggs in the same nest, which is beginning to look well lived-in. Not as bedraggled as dad though who was feeling the pressure as the last lot grew and is still keeping an eye on them. Fingers crossed.blackbirds successfully rearing more than one brood this year, one in the climbing rose above the kitchen window, which has been a delight in watching the non-stop efforts to keep mouths fed.
We have had a few cinnabar moths around here recently, although not seen any for a few days with all the storms we've had. Very striking creatures.
Before it started raining earlier this week we had 5 Spot Burnets which are also red and black day flying moths (they look a bit more like a beetle the way they use their wings when flying) so could also be those you see.Had a few of them as well. Beautiful red and black and out in daytime making them easier to identify
We have had a few cinnabar moths around here recently.
Yes they areAre they the ones with the yellow/black caterpillars on ragwort?
The Blue Tits have left their box about a week or so ago, always good to see and found this The Blue Tit Diary quite interesting.
Although this year we had a Red Kite dive bomb the box, luckily the birds escaped their clutches.
One time we actually sat in the garden and watched as 9 little Blue Tits left the box.
We had a walk in Stapleford Woods recently and saw a couple of White Admirals, which are, confusingly, mostly black. I had never heard of them before either!We had a Red Admiral in the garden the other day. I christened it Lord Nelson.