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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.