Category: Wildlife

View From The Conservatory


Nuthatch

The Nuthatch has become a regular visitor to our feeders.

And just below this feeder we have been blessed with these lovely blooms.

Campsis Radicans, Trumpet Vine

Aliens !!!


My daughter is currently on holiday in Fuerteventura, the Canary Islands. I for my sins have been tasked with watering her plants. Imagine my horror when I note that her Lupins are looking very sorry for themselves. Suspecting that I had failed the, one and only, task I had been given I gave the plants a closer look.

Lupin Aphids

Both plants are infested with what I believe are Lupin Aphids (according to Google).

I have treated them with a proprietary bug spray but I suspect they have gotten to great a hold and the damage is done.

Only time will tell if the plants will recover.

Pecker Time … Again !!!


Great Spotted Woodpecker

I can’t get enough of these birds. We had four in the garden yesterday.

View From The Conservatory


Our back garden fence provides a wildlife highway, running North to South. Here is a Grey Squirrel, heading in a southerly direction.