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I like to help wildlife with sympathetic gardening and being a dragonfly perch!
I planted bare root Spindle two and three years ago. Three young trees have the odd fruit on and Autumnal leaves, but two were stripped bare by Ermin caterpillars and recovered, but no fruit.
October 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I planted bare root Spindle two and three years ago. Three young trees have the odd fruit on and Autumnal leaves, but two were stripped bare by Ermin caterpillars and recovered, but no fruit.
Update. We found three caterpillars!
July 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Update. We found three caterpillars!
Prolific in our rewilded garden and covered in all sorts, but three years on now and still no stripey caterpillars.
July 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Prolific in our rewilded garden and covered in all sorts, but three years on now and still no stripey caterpillars.
Me too. First Ringlet in our garden since we moved in, flitting amongst the grasses. (Not in this pic.)
June 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Me too. First Ringlet in our garden since we moved in, flitting amongst the grasses. (Not in this pic.)
Good idea, it might grab somebody’s attention and make them think.
June 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Good idea, it might grab somebody’s attention and make them think.
90% of our bee hotels are occupied, so I made another one! This one has access to the cavity in the pitched roof for anything that needs somewhere to over Winter.
June 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
90% of our bee hotels are occupied, so I made another one! This one has access to the cavity in the pitched roof for anything that needs somewhere to over Winter.
I phone photoed (without my glasses on) a shiny black beetle on lavender, I thought might be some kind of ladybird. When I looked on my phone (with glasses) and zoomed in, it turned out to be a beautiful Rosemary Beetle. New to me!
May 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I phone photoed (without my glasses on) a shiny black beetle on lavender, I thought might be some kind of ladybird. When I looked on my phone (with glasses) and zoomed in, it turned out to be a beautiful Rosemary Beetle. New to me!
Do you mean Hartley?
May 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Do you mean Hartley?
Loving his channel. Some fascinating stuff.
May 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Loving his channel. Some fascinating stuff.
Great photo. I’m always late and just find the exuvia on plant stems. This is from May last year. Not sure what it is.
May 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Great photo. I’m always late and just find the exuvia on plant stems. This is from May last year. Not sure what it is.
First job in my garden this morning is pull a clump up that has appeared. Unfortunately plant sellers are only interested in making money and are probably totally ignorant of the impact on native UK flora and fauna.
May 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
First job in my garden this morning is pull a clump up that has appeared. Unfortunately plant sellers are only interested in making money and are probably totally ignorant of the impact on native UK flora and fauna.
Agree. The gamekeeper is employed by the land owner or estate manager, so they are responsible for his actions.
May 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Agree. The gamekeeper is employed by the land owner or estate manager, so they are responsible for his actions.
I don’t think they’re restricting 🫣
May 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I don’t think they’re restricting 🫣
Just like the local Swifts, the Maybugs are a few days early!
April 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Just like the local Swifts, the Maybugs are a few days early!
I’d love to know how many birds have fledged from the Tit,Robin and Sparrow boxes I have put up in my own and friends and family’s gardens over the years. Made my first box when I was about nine and am still making them fifty odd years later.
April 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I’d love to know how many birds have fledged from the Tit,Robin and Sparrow boxes I have put up in my own and friends and family’s gardens over the years. Made my first box when I was about nine and am still making them fifty odd years later.
It’s getting a bit tense now, we are due a win. We definitely need some points to keep Khalsa at bay.
April 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It’s getting a bit tense now, we are due a win. We definitely need some points to keep Khalsa at bay.
An increasingly rare flyover bird of my suburban garden, makes coming across a colony in a village very special.
April 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
An increasingly rare flyover bird of my suburban garden, makes coming across a colony in a village very special.
It doesn’t matter where you go, a birder is always birding.
April 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It doesn’t matter where you go, a birder is always birding.
Wryneck on your patio? A mega garden tick!
April 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Wryneck on your patio? A mega garden tick!
Are the eggs on Alder Buckthorn?
April 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Are the eggs on Alder Buckthorn?
Had my first actually in the garden this week. Hopefully as our nature friendly garden creates more cover, a pair may make it the home, a male sings all spring in the park over the road.
April 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Had my first actually in the garden this week. Hopefully as our nature friendly garden creates more cover, a pair may make it the home, a male sings all spring in the park over the road.