I spent most of the weekend out and about, some of which i've already blogged about, with another coast blog to follow. Other than that due to work and illnesses (again) mine this time though (who gets a cold in summer?!) it's mostly been garden watching and a quick walk in the woods.
House Sparrow & Blackbird in the woods
We haven't mowed the lawn in a while and this Self Heal suddenly appeared, it's only very tiny little plants and I struggled getting a good photo, I should have waited until the sun moved!
There's finally been a few juvenile House Sparrows in the garden, we watched them being fed by the adults right by the window. The feeders i've hung by the front door are very popular with them. The juvenile Starlings are still mob handed at the feeder in the back garden, a Squirrel has been turning up regularly again and the Fox has been cleaning up around the feeder on a night. We had brief visits by young Blue and Great Tits and a Robin too.
I found this amazing Vapourer Moth Caterpillar in the garden, i've never seen one before.
This past week i've also contacted my local council about turning part of a neglected roundabout at the end of my street into a meadow. I'm not sure if anything will come of it especially as since the email i've noticed new sponsored by signs go up on it but it's worth asking as there's plenty of room to create a sizable patch on there. I'll post if anything should happen!
What a brilliant thing to do - asking about the roundabout meadow! I hope something good will come of it! The vapourer moth caterpillar was a great find too - I've never seen one either, only in pictures, aside from one at the insect fest (but that was brought along in a lunch box so it doesn't really count as a wild spot!
ReplyDeleteHopefully i'll at least get a response, nothing so far though! I didn't know what the moth was, though it was quite easy to find on Google! The lunch box bit made me laugh :)
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