One of our resident hedgehogs has woken up from his slumbering, it’s not that uncommon an event during warmer winter days . The hog spent an hour foraging in the garden , looking for food before returning to bed , unfortunately he was a little disoriented and initially tried to enter the fox hotel , before returning home ….

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WEEKEND WILDLIFE

Weekend Wildlife Saturday 24 July from the Meadow Hide Welcome to another Weekend Wildlife , today I’m joined in the hide by my wife Anne. It’s been hot , hot , hot this past week here in North Wiltshire with temperatures well above 30 every day so today’s rather cool temperature is a pleasant surprise. […]

by phans66 July 24, 2021

MONDAY MUG SHOTS – THE RAT

Here’s the full story, the Brown Rat , Rattus norvegicus The Brown Rat is a native of central Asia which was introduced to the British Isles around 1720. It has subsequently spread throughout the British Isles, and indeed much of the temperate world, carried especially by humans in ships. There is little doubt that due […]

by phans66 July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

Bullfinch

BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula Length            16 cm Wingspan        28cm Weight              35 g Population       400,000 One of the larger finches’s the bullfinch has a rounder more compact body , with a black face and head , bright pink underparts and […]

by phans66 July 18, 2021