wildlife

[Palustris]

No, that was one of the things we checked. There are no holes under any of the sheds and we have lifted all the shrubs etc. to look under for damage. Nice idea though.
We did have rabbits in once. We found out when we saw one bolting down the middle path closely followed by two cats. We followed and found the scrape where they were attempting to live. Cats had rabbit for lunch, dinner and probably breakfast too!

[FrazerHenderson]

A caterpillar, a butterfly and a bird.

[ashley]

Lovely photos Frazer.  Where were they taken?  Central Asia is a big place 
And do you know what that blue flower is in the butterfly photo?

[Steve Garvie]

The wee bird looks to be a Little Forktail which has a wide range in southern Central Asia, China and the Indian sub-continent.

[ashley]

Considered a flycatcher but behaves rather like a dipper.  Convergent evolution I suppose.

[Anthony Darby]

A caterpillar, a butterfly and a bird.

The pics of the nymphalid caterpillar pre-pupa and black-veined white butterfly are kind of sidieways.

[Maggi Young]

The pics of the nymphalid caterpillar pre-pupa and black-veined white butterfly are kind of sidieways.

Onlyshowing sideways in the thumbnail here -  they correct  on  enlargement.

[fermi de Sousa]

And do you know what that blue flower is in the butterfly photo?

Is it an Ixiolirion?
cheers
fermi

[Blonde Ingrid]

Delightful addition to the garden, I had noticed that my Kniphofia Ice Queen was being sublet for a brilliantly camouflaged nest (so well hidden that my two hopeless guard dogs completely missed it!)

Today, a Red Legged Partridge and numerous chicks emerged!

Seriously going to curtail dog activity in the garden.

[Maggi Young]

Thanks Ingrid - what a sweet family - perhaps the dogs were the ones  running the sub-let?

[Tristan_He]

Thanks Ingrid - what a sweet family - perhaps the dogs were the ones  running the sub-let?

(cue Mutley style chuckle)

Pair of choughs flew over today. They nest on the coast and quite often come a short way inland to feed once the young have fledged.

[SusanH]

Mr. Fox enjoying the sunshine while I am pottering in the garden!!!

[Roma]

This squirrel had most of its body inside the box when eating nuts and when the rain came on really heavy went right inside leaving its tail sticking out

[Hoy]

This Noctua fimbriata (?) was "born" while we watched last night. It took a while to pump up the wings and I forgot to take pictures until it was almost too late.

[admin]

Puffins near Arbroath this afternoon.








My local  Ospreys yesterday afternoon. They are 10 minutes from my house. This is the closest (legal) viewing point but is still far away. 600MM lens  - heavily cropped images. There are 4 chicks in that nest.