What wildlife did you spot today?
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This little frog, which photobombed the mushrooms I had crouched down to take a photo of.
Dreams of Hollywood.
Dreams of Hollywood.
over here in central america we get a REALLY tiny variety pestering humans (and me), fortunately they're only annoying but don't spread diseases; on cane toads (bufo marinus) you get a big fat variety and not too long ago i removed one from the back shell of a small turtle...
I think I interrupted a meeting of some kind.
And I think this guy had a quest for me:
And I think this guy had a quest for me:
Not sure, but I reckon that might be a rustic wolf spider. I saw one the other day coming out of the workshop.
Oh, cool! Your 8 legged friend looks like a big one. Cool looking creature.
Definitely Trochosa but which species I can't tell (there are 4). The largest ones (up to 20mm) are T. robusta, but the sizes overlap so these are spiders that require microscopic examination to tell them apart 
(sorry if that's too much detail but these creatures fascinate me)
(sorry if that's too much detail but these creatures fascinate me)
Likewise, they are endlessly fascinating.
Yes, your right. I labelled the one I found as Trochosa ruricola, but only because they are supposedly that much more common than T. robusta.Definitely Trochosa but which species I can't tell (there are 4). The largest ones (up to 20mm) are T. robusta, but the sizes overlap so these are spiders that require microscopic examination to tell them apart
Stepped outside the backdoor to empty the cat's overnight offering, as you do, and there was a movement to my left. Decent sized brown bird lands on the grass not three feet in front of me, stalks across to the border, and hopes up on the lowest branch of a rhododendron. Back to me, utterly unconcerned. I peer at it (no glasses on - I mean who wants to see detail when emptying the litter tray...?) and it turns its head. Bless me if it isn't a tawny owl. Never seen an owl in the wild before, never mind right here in the back garden. So I'm rather chuffed.
Of course I couldn't stop myself saying hello to it, which got me a withering look of contempt and a move further away into the bushes, and thus our encounter was at an end.
Didn't get photographic proof, unfortunately. Hands were a bit occupied with, well, you know...
Of course I couldn't stop myself saying hello to it, which got me a withering look of contempt and a move further away into the bushes, and thus our encounter was at an end.
Didn't get photographic proof, unfortunately. Hands were a bit occupied with, well, you know...
I just love the way tawny owls will act as though it's you that shouldn't be there 
Couldn't see, as it was on the other side of my little valley in the woods, but heard a couple of stags bolving madly this afternoon. The sound realy does echo around here.
Been stood outside for a few mins this evening, I can see pipistrelle flying around the streetlamps, and hear owls and those stags still bellowing like mad .....
My neighbours black cat slunk by aswell.
It's Halloween, so maybe I'd better stay inside and lock the door. It's a bit spooky!
Couldn't make it up.
Been stood outside for a few mins this evening, I can see pipistrelle flying around the streetlamps, and hear owls and those stags still bellowing like mad .....
My neighbours black cat slunk by aswell.
It's Halloween, so maybe I'd better stay inside and lock the door. It's a bit spooky!
Couldn't make it up.
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