May 24, 2015
Our Hedgehogs are decling faster than tigers! I’m sure you would agree whether you are a wildlife gardner or not, seeing hedgehogs roaming in your own garden is a pleasant experience. Unfortunately, they are rapidly declining. In the 1950’s it was...
May 9, 2015
The Chalcid wasp that is a small silent assassin of leafcutter bees! I have seen this over the years here and in my last garden. I overlooked it thinking it was a small fly! How wrong I was! I never realised how lethal this wasp is. Pteromalus wasp is very small. I...
May 5, 2015
Bee fly, Bombylius major, a bumblebee mimic feeding in my wildlife garden This large bee fly looks like a dark-edged specimen, Bombylius major, one of only four species in Britain. It looks rather innocent as it feeds upon the nectar from your garden flowers. It has...
Apr 30, 2015
Probably Bombus hortorum, the Garden Bumblebee, feeding on primroses This is a longue tongued bumblebee which she would need to collect the nectar deep within the primroses. Its long narrow head helps with this task. Not all bumblebees, frustratingly for them!, can...
Apr 22, 2015
Filming hedgehogs safe inside my hedgehog feeding station Its great to have one hedgehog in your garden but to have two and film them eating makes my day! One has been visiting regularly for some time now. I noticed that sometimes ‘my hedgehog’ seemed to...
Apr 21, 2015
Flowers as used by Bumblebee queens in early spring Early spring flowers literally is the life blood for bumblebee queens and their colonies for newly emerged hibernating queens. The flowers can be crucial to the success or failure of their lives. The establishment...
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