Wildlife -Winter 2008

[Anthony Darby]

The toads usual defense mechanism is to inflate itself so it is too big to swallow. This seems to have backfired and the poor beast burst. I take it the pics were taken last year?

[Jo]

Interesting Anthony, I didn't know that. The pic is an old one, in fact its before I had a digital camera. I tried to make my daughter (about 16 at the time ) take pictures for me . She wouldn't go near....ugh its grossssss mum. So thats when I learn't how to use a digital camera

[Carol Shaw]

I have removed the offending pictures of the Robin to avoid any further embarrassment

Michael please put the robin pix back - I loved looking at them and I don't believe they embarrassed anyone! Some of our forumnists have an odd sense of humour... your robin looked exactly like the little guys strutting their stuff in our garden 

[Lesley Cox]

Wow!  Thanks for the extra info.  Wish there was something I could do for bats in my garden... I know we do get some around here, at least a couple of native species in this area, but no idea how I could provide them with homes or anything like that.  They're such cool little mammals!! 

Yes, I see you struggle with bats in Oz at the moment

Yes, Ponting, Hussey and the like are really in deep.....trouble. 

Sorry but I couldn't resist. I'm sure Paul, that you'll be able to get your own back with knobs on, over the next weeks. For some reason this thread vanished off my radar on Dec 25th (too much pudd?) so I've been catching up since page 4.

[David Nicholson]

I expected Paul to respond Lesley, but he must not have seen it, or didn't realise what I was on about

[Michael J Campbell]

Returned by popular demand.

[Maggi Young]

Excellent, Michael... he is a lovely bird!

[David Nicholson]

Thank you Michael, lovely picture of a lovely little bird.

[Carol Shaw]

Thank you Michael... oh the power of the populist consumer

[Anthony Darby]

Thanks Michael. I'm going to look at our robins with renewed interest.

[Lesley Cox]

And you must remember how much pleasure these bird pics give to those of us who live where the birds don't. These are gorgeous.

[tonyg]

One for Maggi whose love of furry critters is well known.
Alas this chap will ensure that our hoped for wildlife garden is a quiet place
Timmy arrived in a november storm and has taken up residence.  Despite all our attempts to find his owners .... and our various cat baskets, he makes his own choice of where to sleep

He is very furry!!  Come and see for yorself one day M

[Rob Potterton]

GOOD CAT !!!!!  This mouse was partly responsible for eating through £20 worth of Crocus during the last couple of nights.

[Rob]

It looks more like a field vole than a mouse, but well done to the cat!

[Rob Potterton]

Hello Rob, yes it does look a bit like a vole from that angle in the photo. You can't see the long tail properly but definately a mouse, or maybe all those Crocus inside its belly mishaped it.