A ball of spiderlings bursts into life! The female lays eggs inside a silken egg case, often seen over winter under windowsills and sheltered crevices. Each one may contain 100’s of eggs. Not all may survive though. After hatching these spiderlings (possibly...
Excuse me. When do I get my red breast? Said the robin to the chaffinch! You will see that in the video there are some photographs of robins that do not have the familiar red breast of adult robins. They look almost sparrow or dunnock-like with their speckled brown...
If HS2 goes ahead what suggestions are there for wildlife? “Whatever you measure it against -by Government legislation, guidance or rhetoric-the current proposals for HS2 fall very short when it comes to the environment. It is at odd with the ambitions for...
Great tit and Robin make a nest each and lay eggs It’s Easter Sunday so I thought it appropriate to show a different kind of egg! Oak leaves collected in early spring to mulch my garden borders, moss raked from lawn and left in situ, wool from the countryside...
Both greenfinch and goldfinch show trichomonosis symptoms Trichomonosis (fat finch disease) was discovered by members of the public taking part in the British Trust for Ornithology, Garden Bird Watch Scheme, (not the RSPB scheme!) in 2005. This is a Citizen Science...
Bird box or tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) nest box! This interesting concept can make it possible to watch tree bumblebees, Bombus hypnorum, oust blue or great tits from their nests by a using a very clever strategy, made more fascinating as a prey item ousts its...
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