Garden Wildlife UK

Rats are a problem when you feed birds. We have an ongoing battle with keeping a rat out of the garden dammed thing is clever at making new ways into the garden. Last year we were losing the battle and at one point had 6 baby rats as well. This year we have only recently had it reappear a couple of ...

Found this little fella running(!) along my path last night, bug app says it is will become a Ruby Tiger Moth, not that I have ever seen one. Looked on google, that would be a very nice looking moth Trev. Hopefully we get to see it once it transforms into a moth. BTW Snappy, like your avatar, it re...

Found this little fella running(!) along my path last night, bug app says it is will become a Ruby Tiger Moth, not that I have ever seen one.

Jacksparrow wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 11, 2025 7:25 pm

Very talkative for no obvious reason.

Unmistakable

As it took me 68 years before I saw a Hummingbird Hawk Moth, I am not holding out hopes of seeing a Jersey Tiger

Willpar wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 31, 2025 8:50 am

Have seen the Jersey one a week or so ago. Very nice Snappy.

We had a juvenile Robin a couple of weeks ago, could see the orange of his/her red breast forming. We hope it stays around, as we do not have a regular Robin any more. We appear to have a juvenile robin and a pair of juvie goldfinch visiting the last couple of days... Next mission, have the camera t...

We regularly have a couple of these in our tiny garden :) Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata) Photo taken in the garden. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54691138269_33dc22dd48.jpg Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata) by SnappyMac , on Flickr Species Information: https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/mint-moth

Not great quality, max zoom on iPhone! Mr B and baby B

...and gone again since I replied they have disappeared again

As if by magic, I know see both pages and hence the initial photos