I’ve started feeding the birds again now that the weathers started to change , already they’re getting through 2 seed feeders a day. While the small bids are nice to see i thought a change was needed.
While out on saturday i picked up a road kill rabbit , i had a cunning plan to try and get Buzzards to come in and feed , Damn me it worked !!!!
this was a quick shot out of the window , now i know they’ll come in – i can think about setting up some different stuff.
I’d seen the posts of Kingfishers on various web sites and blogs , some nice stuff – i thought i’ll have a go at this .
After trying to catch them on the canal near us – with no success, off i trotted to where they were thick on the ground . Now and then anyway.
Anyone recognise the stick !!
I’ve been trying to get the Dragonflies with a black background behind them , all you need is for the damn things to land in the right place !
i saw this one and grabbed the camera , thinking it would be gone by the time i’d set up.
it was quite content to sun itself flying off now and then to feed on small flies , but returning to the same spot.
At last , the rains stopped and the suns back out – just in time for Autumn ! i’ve noticed the Dragonflies are now out and about sunning themselves in the afternoon sun and then becoming more active just as the sun dips out of sight.
when i disturbed one , it flew off only to return and land on my shoulder , darting off and returning twice before disappearing into the trees.
With the weather doing its best to look like autumn , the reptiles in the garden are having a tough time , one minute its warm with some sun and a good time for them to sunbathe, soaking up the warmth to allow them to move quickly and feed and the next moment no sun and cold rain cooling them, making them sluggish.
On the plus side its making getting close to them a bit easier ! These common lizards were basking in a few hours of sun , before the showers moved back in on sunday.
The Nature of Wales - Mostly !!
Welsh Wild Stuff 