wildlife

[Maggi Young]

Still too cold in our pond - our frogs are always late!

[Cfred72]

Je ne les considère pas en retard. Pas en avance non plus. Chez nous, c'est souvent en mars avril que les grenouilles viennent pondre. J'ai creusé une nouvelle dans le terrain derrière chez nous l'automne passé. Ce sont les pluies de l'hiver qui ont fait le reste.

[Tristan_He]

Tres interessante Fred. En Grande Bretagne les hivers peut etre pas si froid, alors les grenouilles commencent en Janvier ou quelquefois en Decembre! Il y a varieuses possibilites en zones climatiques differents:
http://www.pnas.org/content/107/18/8292.short

Apologies for my appalling French!

[Cfred72]

Tres interessante Fred. En Grande Bretagne les hivers peut etre pas si froid, alors les grenouilles commencent en Janvier ou quelquefois en Decembre! Il y a varieuses possibilites en zones climatiques differents:
http://www.pnas.org/content/107/18/8292.short

Apologies for my appalling French!

 
Your French can not be worse than my English 

[Roma]

A pair of Siskins on the bird feeder this morning.

[mark smyth]

A pair of Siskins on the bird feeder this morning.

Do they nest near you?

[mark smyth]

A fool and his money ... I made these on Friday and put them up today. I told the local biodiversity officer about the plans and she said "you do not have permission from the council"

[Roma]

Do they nest near you?

I saw them again this morning so I think they could be nesting nearby.

[Anthony Darby]

Don't often see a yellow admiral (Vanessa itea) in the garden, so when this one decided to stick around long enough to be photographed I was delighted. Looks as though it's been round the block a few times!

[ian mcdonald]

Mark, when did "the council" ever take any notice of the public?

[Neil]

Web Cam for Peregrine Falcons nesting on Chichester Cathedral

http://www.chichesterperegrines.co.uk/live%20link.htm

[brianw]

We have found Siskins are much less nervous about disturbance than other birds. To their loss when the Sparrow Hawk comes around. Several piles of feathers around at present; not all Siskin of course.

[ian mcdonald]

Siskins are regularly seen at Jack Drakes nursery.

[Tristan_He]

Siskins are regularly seen at Jack Drakes nursery.

From what I can remember about half the small bird population of the Highlands can be seen at Jack Drake's nursery Ian, together with various red squirrels and woodpeckers! And all very easy to enjoy over a cup of tea and a slice of cake..

[Susan]

On the other side of the world - here is the webcam for one of our northern  royal albatross chicks.   It is the only mainland colony in the Southern Hemisphere.

http://www.doc.govt.nz/royalcam

Susan