Animals
A small cluster of animal pictures, including horse galloping!Baby Pigeon
[13 Sep 2011]
One would imagine that pigeons will build substantial nests, in trees or stout hedgerows. However, we have located a pigeon's nest (with two ...
Enormous Spider!
[16 Sep 2011]
We were hanging around in the kitchen, when we noticed this critter hurrying along the floor towards us. Thankfully it stopped before getting ...
Baby Robin Trapped Indoors
[24 Jul 2011]
Birds can get easily confused. This young robin got stuck on the wrong side of our kitchen window, and only after a photo shoot and random ...
Feeding birds in freezing conditions
[18 Dec 2010]
A few birds have been spotted on our bird table. Pictured here, the Robin and the Blue Tit.
Wasps' Nest
[22 Aug 2010]
One patch of the garden has been getting a lot of attention from wasps, as the appear to be collecting soil from our garden and carting it ...
Dragonfly
[26 Jul 2010]
This beautiful dragonfly was resting on the underside of our trampoline, probably trying to work out where the pond had gone. (Pond has been ...
Baby Wrens
[03 Jul 2010]
We've had a nest of wrens in a home-made nesting box attached to the wall outside our kitchen, and buried inside a honeysuckle. There were around ...
Swift Nesting Box
[27 Jun 2010]
DIY Swift nesting box by Edward Mayer: Simple swift box at Londons-Swifts.org.uk. Use 12+mm exerior plywood, to build a 50x20x25cm box, topped ...
Strange orange-legged insect
[24 Jun 2010]
What is this insect? It was crawling around on the lawn, climbing over blades of grass.
Bumble Bee
[24 Jun 2010]
Here is a bumble bee feasting on a clover flower.
Baby Spiders
[24 Jun 2010]
These little beauties all hatched out on a water butt tap, in the warm June sunshine. Aren't they cute?
Honey Bees Mating
[09 Jun 2010]
These honey bees were at it for several minutes, buzzing loudly whilst mating on top of a water butt in our front garden.
Pet Mice
[04 May 2010]
Here are some pet mice belonging to our eight-year-old, Isabel.
I Like Turtles
[21 May 2008]
This is at the Waterfront Park, downtown Portland. This clip was taken by 8 News. The boy, when asked a straightforward question, gave the ...
White Grub in Bacton Woods, Norfolk
[03 May 2008]
This is a largish white grub we saw on a rest break whilst cycling through Bacton Woods. It was around an inch and a half long.
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