Blogs on wildlife

Mouse... and friends

Every summer we get a mouse or 2 in the garden, so was pleased to see that they had come back again....... here is one of...

Quick - hot water and towels!!

OK, I am exaggerating a bit but it was exciting all the same :) I haven't been able to get on to GoY for...

Daffys' Story

Last night I went up to see a good friend and have some tea. Driving back I caught a cat in my headlights and saw it was...

Garden Visitor.....

For the last 2 days ive had a young hedgehog come in my garden in the afternoon... the weathers been warm amd he was looking...

Turtle Feast!

Large turtles eat large amounts of food, and sometimes that takes a big chunk out of one's income. I have about 100 turtles...

Mugged by a Squirrel........

On saturday i was pottering in the garden and had a sit down when a large Dragonfly landed on my arm....it was at the top...

We had an unusual visitor yesterday

Bearing in mind we live in a city, we were a little surprised at who came to see us yesterday evening. He seemed to know...

Wood mouse

I spotted this little fella running in and out of my plantpots (he'd been nibbling the Hemerocallis leaves !), but he was...

Mouse

i have often seen a little mouse running round my patio , but it has been so fast i have not been able to take a photo of...

Wildlife in my garden

Most of us tend to have routines we keep to, get up at the same time, shower, breakfast etc. Well, it dawned on me the other...

Baby squizzles.

This afternoon while at work I spotted four baby squizzles running around at the top of a willow. One f the babies ran down...

Little Rascal

This little rascal lives at the bottom of my garden nothing will grow just here, but i have some 2 1/2in down pipe for wild...

Long Time has passed

It has been a long time since I last logged on, guess I lost my way for awhile.... All is well here, still lots of wild life...

Some wildlife and new bloomers!

We've had a couple of interesting visitors to the garden. Firstly a green woodpecker and then a fox. It had an injured hind...

GUILTY M'LUD - VANDAL EXPOSED

One of the joys of living on a small, quiet development a mile out of town, with countryside on three sides, is the pleasure...

Deer Hunters

We have experienced shooting of Deer by Poachers just recently! This went on late at night or even early Morning. Word...

Gardening for Bumblebees

~ just had this booklet in the post and some of the advice I hadn't thought of~ like...

Night Visitors

Thanks to all members who took interest in my visitors. What a surprise!!! I was overjoyed to hear from so many that love Wildlife,...

Battling the Badgers!

I smell of Jeyes fluid. It's a horrible smell-I just hope that the badgers think so, as well! The story continues. Having...

WILDLIFE DRAWINGS

I have always enjoyed sketching but an evening course in 2003, run by a highly talented artist by the name of Mary Hirst,...

Our Red Squirrels Return for Winter (Blog)

We hadn't seen our red squirrels since about May / June, but over the last few weeks they have returned to the nuts. Thought...

MY BIRD FEEDING STATION Part 2

MY BIRD FEEDING STATION Part 2 On Thursday the garden was visited by the Grey Squirrel who enjoyed a good meal of the cake...

Put Some Wildlife Friendly Ideas into Your Gardens In 2010

Thats if u have`nt already???? I know many GOY Members R Wildlife Friendly & love to see the Bees,Butterflies,Birds,Hedgehogs,Frogs...

Mice - again

I think I put this comment in the wrong place before. This is the first time I've used a blog, and I'm a bit unsure of it....

Squirrel mayhem!

On my way today to start to clear my mum's house; she died in the summer. Lost my job too this week! Meanwhile, this morning...

The brighter side of life ..?

When your heart is heavy and the world seems truly mean , Step into your garden and look for things unseen, Your spirits...

A lovely spring day ..for autumn.

Late October and the sun was shining birds singing what a lovely day says Jane ..get your shorts on and climb in the pond...

hedgehogs may be extict in 17 years

today i was reading garden news and read an atical on hedgehogs, which shocked me, these lovely garden visitors may be extinct...

do you have loveble pests

I'm going to show a photo of some pest type mischief If i have shown the correct photo, your probably sayimg he's lost...

Joke...

This joke was the favourite at the Glastonbury Festival this year...not that I went...was too busy on Goy! If you get it......

Autumn Watch Returns :)

Yes Good Old Autumn Watch is back with us On BBC2 October 2nd so join them every Friday @ 9pm till 10pm if u love Wildlife...

Moles and How I Get Rid of Them !!!

This is such a delicate thing to write-please accept my apologies well in advance. I have a problem with moles in the garden....

Wildlife and a very windy day............

It is so very very windy down here on the south coast today.......winds as strong as in the winter..... only hope all my...

WILDLIFE IN THE GARDEN.

AS WELL AS THE BIRDS, ITS NICE TO SEE OTHER WILDLIFE IN THE GARDEN..........HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS I TOOK TODAY........ THE...

Unexpected visitor this evening!

Get a load of what decided to visit my backyard this evening: That explains why the rabbit and mouse population is down.....

Arn't they sooooo cute

watering my hanging baskets I noticed I had a spectator. My estamate is it's about 8wks old by the size (brother had pet...

Reddish grey Squirrel

A new addition to the breakfast table appeared this morning , a small grey squirrel with reddish bits. Dont know if you can...

Poor Grey Squirrel :(

Iv just seen on My BT Yahoo News Page that Prince Charles wants to ERAICATE this Poor Creature from the UK :( What are your...

The Blackbird, The mouse

Today is sunday morning, a lovely day, My husband is painting the ceiling and i'm out in the garden, we have a blackbird...

Planning and creating a wildlife-friendly garden

A good wildlife garden is more than just a corner of a garden left to go wild. Whether you are creating a new wildlife garden,...

The Wildlife Pond - or giant birdbath , one year on.

Having joined Goy one year ago on 04. 04 .08 and asked questions about how to proceed with a wildlife pond now seems like...

Gardening with Wildlife in Mind - free CD

Hi! I'm hoping this blog will encourage all you lovely GOY folks to think about gardening with wildlife in mind. There is...

Collecting Hoggy&Co From The Wildlife Centre & Letting Them Go Free

The Entrance Sign Nice & Big so u dont miss it :) The Nurse Writing Out The Tag Numbers which are on The Hedgehogs Spikes These...

Hoggys Coming Home :)

Iv Had A Call From Wildlife Centre This Morning & itl be 5pm today i go &collect Hoggy & 2 Others with him !...

Gardening with wildlife.

Following a lovely week end-well for February , it was such a treat to spend the whole week end in the garden.We ve only...

You naughty people ...thank you

To those of you who uncovered the secret of my birthday ... a special thank you to you all.Think I can guess the little birdie...

Snowblog.In search of buried treasure ..

Garden again covered in the white stuff , sun peeping through and beginning to thaw poor plants no sooner recover than get...

Get out of my garden!

Unlike BB's garden where Cyril & Twiggy are living in harmony, my garden visitors seem to hate each other! Yesterday...

Poorly Hedgehog :(

Remember the Little Hedgehog who i fed in the Eveings & My Daughter Photo`d him/her trying2climb the Little Path Step...

wildlife gardens and builders

Hi Carolynen here over the time it has taken Antler Homes to destroy the wildlife habitats I have tried everything I can...

wildlife gardens and builders

I have spent the last almost 20 years trying to garden organically to encourage wild life into my garden. We had rare toads,...

# 4. UP-TO-DATE NEWS of GARDEN shows on TV !!!

*Photo from my GoY Homepage ~ BUTTERFLIES ON SEDUM SPECTABILE ~ picture taken about 20 years ago in a Cambridgeshire...

Please dont dig up the lawn...

Anyone having read my blogs will know that we are working hard on the garden in preparation for "The Wedding" next May. We...

Hedgehog Liveing In My Home Made Hog House :)

Back in Febuary this Year i decided 2 make a Hegehog House so i looked around my Garden for something 2 make it with ? HHHHHhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm...

Birds and other things (no flowers!)

Something Marguerite wrote the other day about Australian native wildlife set me thinking. In Oz they can be fined for feeding...

Operation Mole-Stack

Top-Secret – for your eyes only Thanks to everyone for their very helpful advice. Worry no more – Operation Mole-Stack has...

Invasion!

Yesterday I proudly showed my visiting daughters my newly tidied, well pruned, replanted back garden; neat paved pathways,...

Hedgehog Population Boom?

Hi, Greetings to everyone on this wonderful site, literally stumbled in last night for the 1st time :0) It's been an awful...

Possum Magic

Since we have moved here we have had almost every night without fail had some horrendous clamoring about on our roof-usually...

Hodgeheg

I found a hedgehog wandering around the garden last night (I used to call them hodgehegs when I was a kid!). I was crouched...

Rabbits

Gosh darn those little furry critters, they seem to haunt my every waking day! They eat my tulips. They eat my Periwinkle....

ODDIE

Did anyone watch Bill Oddie in his garden on spring watch, i'd love to go explore his garden, i can imagine there are lots...

Rats!

What do you do with these? Do you do anything? They were last seen last year. They are to be expected since there is a wood...

Blog 9. Garden Wildlife

My parents aren't talking to me! Yummy! Oops! Going, going, ..... This young robin hasn't yet learned to bathe...

Wildlife Pond is a Bit Too Effective.....!!!

Well, I always imagined that once I had the pond finished, it would start to attract wildlife. I envisaged frogs aplenty,...

Wildlife part2.....

Went on a Nature Hunt 2 day in the Nettles/Weeds behind my Laurals Didnt no what id find but i could see the Nettles had...

Wildlife.....

Seems my Wildlife Garden is doing its job already ! Seen so many Insects in the Wildflower/Garden Area that i just had 2...

UK Mole Survey

BBC news are running a story on a survey to count the number of mole hills across the UK. The report claims moles can actually...

Videos about my garden

I have made a video about Twinkle and the little mouse and put poetry to it as I write poems and short childrens stories....

Wildlife in the Garden.

Wildlife in my garden. Behind the garden shed we left a large nettle patch, this is needed by some butterflies for reproduction.I...