We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

« previous next »
Pages: 1 ... 11 12 [13] 14 15 ... 30   Go Down

Author Topic: Wildlife summer 2012  (Read 53707 times)

daveyp1970

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1620
  • Country: england
  • bulbs and corms you've got to love them.
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #180 on: June 15, 2012, 07:56:45 PM »
Stunning pic of the Heron Fred.
Logged
tuxford
Nottinghamshire

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #181 on: June 15, 2012, 09:44:58 PM »
13 Cuckoos are now carrying tags. http://www.bto.org/science/migration/tracking-studies/cuckoo-tracking

One is already on the way to Africa. What happened to the rhyme ... in June he changes his tune and in July he flies away
Logged
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

Michael J Campbell

  • Forum's " Mr Amazing"
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2456
  • Country: ie
    • lewisias.
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #182 on: June 15, 2012, 10:46:14 PM »
Mark, with the weather we are having I think the cuckoo made the correct decision. ;D
Logged

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #183 on: June 16, 2012, 07:16:23 AM »
If I could fly I would about these islands also
Logged
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #184 on: June 17, 2012, 06:55:48 PM »
fox/es and or badger/s have destroyed my local sand martin colony. Terrible to see it up close.



Logged
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

ArnoldT

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2077
  • Country: us
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #185 on: June 17, 2012, 11:11:31 PM »
A robin's nest.  Apparently there's a cherry tree nearby.
Logged
Arnold Trachtenberg
Leonia, New Jersey

Anthony Darby

  • Bug Buff & Punster
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 9647
  • Country: nz
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #186 on: June 18, 2012, 11:42:31 AM »
Looks like a blackbirds nest?
Logged
Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
"Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution"
http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/Choir/The-Choir.html

Maggi Young

  • Forum Dogsbody
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44789
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #187 on: June 18, 2012, 11:47:08 AM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on June 18, 2012, 11:42:31 AM
Looks like a blackbirds nest?
An American Robin is in the Blackbird family, is it not?
Logged
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

Peter Maguire

  • Camera-toting Gadabout - and new Grandad!
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1043
  • Country: gb
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #188 on: June 18, 2012, 12:30:56 PM »
So is the european Robin. ;)
Logged
Peter Maguire
Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.

"I've killed so many plants. I walked into a nursery once and my face was on a wanted poster." - Rita Rudner

http://www.pmfoto.co.uk/

Maggi Young

  • Forum Dogsbody
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44789
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #189 on: June 18, 2012, 01:21:19 PM »
Quote from: Peter Maguire on June 18, 2012, 12:30:56 PM
So is the european Robin. ;)
Is it?  I thought with a face like that it was different!
Logged
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

fredg

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1232
  • Country: gb
    • Carnivorous Plants & Friends
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #190 on: June 18, 2012, 05:46:39 PM »
A couple from the garden this morning.

1. Living bird dropping

2 Shield bug ( whatever instar it is )
Logged
Fred
Quot Homines Tot Sententiae
Mansfield Notts. UK Zone 8b

http://fredg.boards.net/

daveyp1970

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1620
  • Country: england
  • bulbs and corms you've got to love them.
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #191 on: June 18, 2012, 05:49:43 PM »
OMG The first moth pic is incredible,nice one Fred.
Logged
tuxford
Nottinghamshire

ronm

  • Guest
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #192 on: June 18, 2012, 06:08:10 PM »
annuva moff = Hecatera bicolorata, the Broad-barred White. A rather lovely member of the Noctuidae. Nice catch Fred, ;D
Logged

daveyp1970

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1620
  • Country: england
  • bulbs and corms you've got to love them.
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #193 on: June 18, 2012, 07:14:47 PM »
I don't know where to post this,but it's a fantastic watch.
Logged
tuxford
Nottinghamshire

annew

  • Daff as a brush
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5424
  • Country: england
    • Dryad Nursery: Bulbs and Botanic Cards
Re: Wildlife summer 2012
« Reply #194 on: June 18, 2012, 08:09:02 PM »
 That is utterly astounding. What a fabulous creature!
Logged
MINIONS! I need more minions!
Anne Wright, Dryad Nursery, Yorkshire, England

www.dryad-home.co.uk
Pages: 1 ... 11 12 [13] 14 15 ... 30   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal