Well, despite regular calendar reminders to update this I keep forgetting! Which is a pity as there is lots going on in the garden at the moment.
1) Bumble Bees - we can haz them! Which is good because they're a bit endangered in the UK at the moment, but we always have a few buzzing around. Sue did the BBC Springwatch BioBlitz the other weekend and found we had more than one species of them.
2) Pond - I pulled out some of the more rampent weeds from the pond to open up some water, much to the annoyence of one of the newts! Going carefully through the weeds I pulled out to make sure any creatures got back into the pond I found a HUGE dragonfly lava which has clearly been lurking among the weeds for a couple of years and must be pretty much fully grown. We get damsel flies over the pond but I've not seen a dragonfly...though this beastie means we must have them now and again
3) Bird Boxes - again, no use of either box this year. This is odd as they're in a good place according to the books but not of interest to the birds. We did have a blackbird nesting in the hedge this year though, as we had a few juvenile blackbirds appear on the lawn one day hopping around and getting the hang of this flying lark! Also no sign of our custom-made, built in bat box being used..again..
4) Hedge - all new planting from a couple of years ago has got away in a manner which can only be called 'rampant', might even get some sloes on the sloe bush.
The only slight disappointment is that there has been no sign (or sound) of hedgehogs yet this year - but I'm optimistic we will hear them at some stage.
1) Bumble Bees - we can haz them! Which is good because they're a bit endangered in the UK at the moment, but we always have a few buzzing around. Sue did the BBC Springwatch BioBlitz the other weekend and found we had more than one species of them.
2) Pond - I pulled out some of the more rampent weeds from the pond to open up some water, much to the annoyence of one of the newts! Going carefully through the weeds I pulled out to make sure any creatures got back into the pond I found a HUGE dragonfly lava which has clearly been lurking among the weeds for a couple of years and must be pretty much fully grown. We get damsel flies over the pond but I've not seen a dragonfly...though this beastie means we must have them now and again
3) Bird Boxes - again, no use of either box this year. This is odd as they're in a good place according to the books but not of interest to the birds. We did have a blackbird nesting in the hedge this year though, as we had a few juvenile blackbirds appear on the lawn one day hopping around and getting the hang of this flying lark! Also no sign of our custom-made, built in bat box being used..again..
4) Hedge - all new planting from a couple of years ago has got away in a manner which can only be called 'rampant', might even get some sloes on the sloe bush.
The only slight disappointment is that there has been no sign (or sound) of hedgehogs yet this year - but I'm optimistic we will hear them at some stage.
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