Apologies and belated thanks Fishy65 missed your post. (tablet malfuntions and busy visiting gardens).
Read info about the Kestral, beautiful bird, dont think they come this far north (Herefordshire) but we do get Sparrow Hawks regularly, some even eating their prey in the garden!
Had a large blue dragon fly in the garden after the rain, one of those muggy days. It zoomed about but didn't stay.
Enjoy just sitting to see what comes into the garden what a good life...
I thought I'd add the one that appeared in my conservatory a month ago - scared the OH no end, but our toddler was pointing at it and trying to hold it!
Beautiful to watch, couldn't believe we could actually see it breathing (due the body inhaling/exhaling). Wish we could have kept it in the conservatory to let it eat all the flys/wasps that keep getting caught in there!
that is amazing wolfsbane2k, to see one so close up and still.
The wings are incredible aren't they, two pairs which work independently so that they can hover. I read somewhere that helicoptor rotors were designed on the same principle.
The wonders of nature, thanks for sharing that: a 'made my day' moment
Those Sparrowhawks scare me, the noise is awful, We chase them off from the garden, there are fields and forests where they can catch birds and I cant see it.
I cant wait for my pond to be up and running and hopefully dragonflys will set in. We have frogs because earlier in the year I had spawn and reared dozens of froglets, so hopefully they will find the big pond and not come back to the muddy puddle I dug for them.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
A dragonfly catching flies today by the pond. I 'think' it might be a Common Darter,didn't get a pic but its body was a uniform reddish-orange. Hopefully we might get one to lay eggs in the pond but I think this one was a male judging by the all-seeing Mr Google
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Apologies and belated thanks Fishy65
missed your post. (tablet malfuntions and busy visiting gardens).
Read info about the Kestral, beautiful bird, dont think they come this far north (Herefordshire) but we do get Sparrow Hawks regularly, some even eating their prey in the garden!
Had a large blue dragon fly in the garden after the rain, one of those muggy days. It zoomed about but didn't stay.
Enjoy just sitting to see what comes into the garden
what a good life...
No apologies needed BizzieB
Yes Sparrowhawks will often venture into gardens,they prey almost exclusively on other birds.
I thought I'd add the one that appeared in my conservatory a month ago - scared the OH no end, but our toddler was pointing at it and trying to hold it!
Beautiful to watch, couldn't believe we could actually see it breathing (due the body inhaling/exhaling). Wish we could have kept it in the conservatory to let it eat all the flys/wasps that keep getting caught in there!
The wings are incredible aren't they, two pairs which work independently so that they can hover. I read somewhere that helicoptor rotors were designed on the same principle.
The wonders of nature, thanks for sharing that: a 'made my day' moment
We saw a Hobby the other evening, flying along a hedge bank near one of the Norfolk Broads - think it was after cockchafers or somesuch
Gorgeous aren't they Dove,shaped like a giant swift
Still lots of dragonflies around and this one landed for a rest before zooming off again.
Those Sparrowhawks scare me, the noise is awful, We chase them off from the garden, there are fields and forests where they can catch birds and I cant see it.
I cant wait for my pond to be up and running and hopefully dragonflys will set in. We have frogs because earlier in the year I had spawn and reared dozens of froglets, so hopefully they will find the big pond and not come back to the muddy puddle I dug for them.
A dragonfly catching flies today by the pond. I 'think' it might be a Common Darter,didn't get a pic but its body was a uniform reddish-orange. Hopefully we might get one to lay eggs in the pond but I think this one was a male judging by the all-seeing Mr Google