Swallows Successful Brood
When I moved into The Rest Home 3 years ago, there was a swallow nest located above my front door under a high roofed porch…
Category: Wildlife
Resident European Toad
Our resident toad is out and about most evenings. Captured her tonight just taking it easy. She loves a quick dip in our newly created…
Lesser Stag Beetle
Just checking around my garden this evening before turning into bed and spotted this great beetle scuttling around. Quite large at around 1.5cm and obvious…
Tree Bumblebee
Today the foxgloves I have planted outside my kitchen window are full of busy bumblebees. The vast majority of these are Tree bumblebees. To distinguish…
Hedgehog (Video), Croxton
Using a night time video camera tucked away in an old metal garage, I capture a visiting hedgehog who regularly wonders in to finish off…
Broad Bodied Chaser, Croxton
I’m pleased that we had a visit from a Broad Bodied Chaser to our newly created garden/wildlife pond. It’s truly amazing just how much a…
Croxton Trail Cam 25/01/2021
Trail Cam footage captured on the evening of 25th January and early morning of 26th January 2021. I placed the trail cam at 4.50pm. It…
Great Crested Newts, Croxton
The UK’s biggest newt, the Great Crested Newt is rare to see and is a protected species. It’s fantastic to find them in my garden. I’m fortunate…
Mint Moth, Croxton
I photographed this Mint Moth sitting on sage leaves next to a huge bed of mint and lemon balm. Items and software used in the…
Green Woodpecker
Spotted this Green Woodpecker outside in my front garden today. It was bouncing around the lawn probably after ants. There is a lot of ant…