Overview This is a new product that I had no knowledge about at all. I saw it painted on a Pilkington Glass HGV I passed on the motorway. It grabbed my attention. So I checked it out. I have had, over the years, several bird strikes onto my patio window, which have in...
Hairy yellow-face bee ( Hylaeus hyalinatus) I am assuming that this is the species! She nested inside a common yellow face bee (H. communis) nesting cavity. Looking at the BWARS site and Falk’s book ( links below) along with her two ‘shoulder...
Slow worm (Anguis fragilis), or legless lizard. A first for my wildlife garden. Today I saw something moving on one of two steps which lead to my garden. Lo and behold it was a slow worm, a first for my wildlife garden. I could see it was trying to climb the step to...
Goldfinches, sunflower hearts and wastage- what can you do? Like many people, I have been feeding sunflower hearts which attracted a lot of goldfinches to my garden. I noticed a huge increase in wastage on the ground underneath the feeder. Not only can this be...
How do you stop wood pigeons from using a bird feeder? Wood pigeons are now commonly seen in many gardens as they bully other birds away from the food whether it’s on the ground, on a table or in a bird feeder. They almost ‘hoover’ up wastage from...
I have found queens and worker bumblebees on the ground many times knowing that all they needed was a little sugar water ‘pick me up. Unfortunately, it is not something I carry around with me. Until now. This was not only a lovely idea but handy to have and nice...
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