Damp mornings are perhaps not the best ones to go out with a camera but yesterday the garden didn’t disappoint revealing another new wildlife sighting. Refreshed foliage, flowers with raindrops and a soggy bee resting on a flower were to be expected, The final moult stage of a seven spot ladybird was definitely not. Research… Read More Soggy bee on allium for GBBD
Weather-wise, Day 3 for 30 Days Wild was much cooler, thank-goodness! We had clouds but we didn’t see much rain. On my mid evening garden wander, I could hear swifts calling but couldn’t see them through the clouds. I decided that would be my contribution – last bird sounds from the evening garden. I, for… Read More #30DaysWild Days 3 & 4 – Evening sounds and ants
Doing no good to bees whatsoever, was the pretty bee hotel sitting on a shelf in my potting shed. I have to admit I liked seeing it there, this birthday gift from a very dear friend. It made me think of her. However, this has been the month of June when The Wildlife Trusts having… Read More #30DaysWild Day 29 – Putting up a bee hotel
Blogging for 10½ years has led the garden along many paths. Many shades of green and foliage plants have given way to colour and a variety of flower shapes in the borders. Taking photographs goes hand in hand with blogging and with the flowers came pollinators and many photo opportunites. Happy to be doing my… Read More #30DaysWild Day 17 – Perhaps not helping bees 🙁
Butterflies and bees really are a welcome sight in front as well as back gardens. However, I am feeling a wee bit miffed at all the talk on gardening programmes (Gardeners’ World on Friday night for example) about how many of our front gardens are a concrete ‘whatever’ as we use them for parking cars… Read More Front garden car parks
This post is especially for those who enjoy seeing wildlife photos from my garden. It is also quite a contrast from frost in the previous post. I am delighted that today I finally managed to get photos of the Red Admiral butterfly visiting the plants in my garden around 12.30pm when it was warm and… Read More Wildlife sunbathers
Okay, I’ve registered my blog to say that I have taken part with a post today. I am also recycling the photo above. The organisers say:“Our aim is to get people thinking, discussing, questioning and talking about the environment, from every angle, niche, viewpoint and personality.” I am simply going to say that directly through… Read More Blog Action Day
“On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind – the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic.”To find out more go to Blog Action Day I first found out about this by reading this… Read More Blog Action Day October 15th
This afternoon I had some visitors in the garden that I have never noticed before. Since writing this gardenwatch blog I am paying much more attention to all my visiting wildlife. Butterfly identification is completely new to me – but I can now spot a small tortoiseshell quite easily now. I went out with my… Read More Painted Lady and Peacocks