Spicy
By this time of year I always feel that we’ve hit peak beetle and bug season, and today was notably buggy: apart from one Viburnum Beetle, the only things I found in the garden were bugs. This one was by … Continued
Butterfly day
This morning Butterfly Conservation emailed me to say that this year’s Big Butterfly Count has resulted in the lowest numbers ever recorded – which won’t come as a surprise to many people, because everyone on my socials seems to have … Continued
Fox of the Day
It was misty and cold first thing, the kitchen was frigid, and I’m still sporting summer plumage, so I’d taken my tea and toast back to bed and was tucked up warmly under the duvet with a book, trying not … Continued
Lucky for some
Firstly, thanks to everyone who said nice things about the news I shared yesterday: I very much appreciate your generosity and all-round niceness! After all that excitement I was keen to get back to normal invertebrate service today, but what … Continued
Nymph mania
It was so dark, damp, and chilly in the garden today that nothing was mad enough to sit around in the open exposing itself to the elements, and risk being consumed as fuel by something bigger, so I had to … Continued
Spider season
This Garden Spider had the truly brilliant idea of building her web between the plastic hanging sections of the Boy Wonder’s swing, where it was effectively invisible, and any unwary insect flying up or down the garden might easily hit … Continued
Mystery hopper
It was grimly autumnal again, and I woke up feeling tired and flat. A walk around the garden turned up a Field Grasshopper, a couple of Common Carders and a Small Tortoiseshell, but very little else, so I wandered down … Continued