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31 Oct 2024

The main pond is totally overrun with Iris plants, some of which have formed seed capsules that burst open to release the rows of seeds.
They look rather appetising, but the WWW tells us that they taste bitter and are mildly poisonous to humans and most animals.


Ref: DF3_20240916_1111_005 Iris Open seed capsule.jpg

Both native and Harlequin Ladybirds have appeared in unusually low numbers this year. Here this 7-spot Ladybird was one of two on this thistle plant - the first of any Ladybirds that we have seen for weeks.


Ref: DF3_20240917_1102_113 7-spot Ladybird on thistle leaves.jpg

In the gloom under a conifer we find several clumps of Fungi.


Ref: D72_20240919_1037_004 Patch of Fungi on path by Conifer (orig & final).jpg

30 Oct 2024

This one night saw multiple visits to both the Meadow Post and the perch outside the Kitchen. This seems to be a new visitor since the moult - the Vee shape above the beak being distinct from the more recent visitor.


Ref: D01_20240915_0229_139_FB6 Tawny Owl 2 minute visit to Meadow Post 1 of 3 (crop).jpg

It is very rare to get more than 1 Owl image per visit to the kitchen perch because the camera controller electronics isn't 'clever' enough. So we guess that the 4 pics we got, at a spread of times, is actually separate visits within about 20 minutes. Here are 3 of the images are here montaged along a ridiculously 'stretched' perch.


Ref: E60_20240915_0327_086+0337_087+0347_089_FB3 Tawny Owl images at kitchen perch in 20 minutes 1+2+4 of 4 (montage).jpg

29 Oct 2024

Transient sightings of Hawker Dragonflies are supplemented by perched Darter Dragonflies who at least keep still in photographable places. This is a female Common Darter Dragonfly - long past breeding condition but still helping keep the midges under control.


Ref: DF3_20240914_1347_041 Common Darter Dragonfly female on horizontal armrest of bench.jpg

The IR sender pole seems to be a favourite hunting perch for what is probably a regular visitor. These two frames about 140mS apart do portray the delicacy of this little creature, here landing after a brief hunting excursion.


Ref: DF3_20240918_1300_509+510 Common Darter Dragonfly female hunting from Meadow IR sensor beam post to 2+3 of 4 montage @7fps.jpg

28 Oct 2024

Here is the male Reeves' Muntjac Deer with the full antlers ...


Ref: E64_20240914_0059_151_FB2 Muntjac Reeves Deer male (full antlers) at hedge bottom.jpg

... and here is another male Reeves' Muntjac Deer with new Antlers growing in their 'velvet' sleeves.


Ref: BU7_20240915_1414_219 Muntjac Reeves Deer male (antlers in velvet half grown) at south hedge gap.jpg

27 Oct 2024

We haven't managed to ID this Moth, which flew past us, and then upwards to land on this decades old disused Telephone cable insulator where from the ground it 'disappeared'. The camera zoom found it - what camouflage!


Ref: D72_20240913_1036_100 Moth unident camouflaging with lichen on black telephone insulator.jpg

A second brood female Green Veined White butterfly has hopefully laid per eggs to overwinter as Chrysalises for next years emergence. Meanwhile this adult ends her days feeding on some also 'past it' Ragwort flowers.


Ref: DF3_20240918_1304_518 Green Veined White Butterfly feeding on Ragwort flowers.jpg

This Red Admiral Butterfly resting quietly on a thistle seed head opened and closed their wings several times.


Ref: D72_20240919_1550_011+1551_016 Red Admiral Butterfly on Thistle seed head wings closed and open (montage).jpg

At the end of the season several butterfly species feed on the juice leaking from overripe Blackberry fruits


Ref: D72_20240919_1552_019 Comma Butterfly on Blackberry fruits.jpg

26 Oct 2024

Here this Buzzard spends a couple of minutes on the Meadow Post, photographed automatically without us knowing at the time.


Ref: D01_20240912_1205_011+1204_010-009_FB6 Buzzard 2 minute visit to Meadow Post 3+2+1 of 4 (montage leftwards 500mS + 1min).jpg

Half an hour later stepping out of the house we were not expecting to see this Buzzard, now perched on the top of the wood power pole about 30m south of the Meadow Post. The Buzzard wasn't pleased to see us, and quickly vanished.


Ref: D72_20240912_1232_006 Buzzard on wooden power pole 30m after Meadow Post.jpg

Hours later walking outside the south hedge disturbed this (possible the same) Buzzard from the young Lombardy Poplars along the Farm Road down to the buildings. Having got 'caught out' by this happening in past encounters, the camera was for once ready to catch the departure, clearly giving us a jaundiced eye.


Ref: D72_20240912_1607_019 Buzzard disturbed from Lombardy Poplar (crop).jpg

These three pics of a Buzzard in flight cover about 1 second, the 'approaching' effect is real - the bird came quite close to us.


Ref: DF3_20240918_1740_542+546+549 Buzzard gliding in flight 1+5+8 of 8 (impression montage over 1 second).jpg

25 Oct 2024

This Heath Grasshopper (Crickets sport hugely longer antennae) on the top of his sock.. Trying to sweep the insect in to the long grass resulted in it instead landing on an arm.


Ref: D72_20240909_1536_031+1537_035 Heath Grasshopper (Chorthippus vagans) on leg and arm (montage).jpg

Eventually getting this human tolerant creature onto the corrugated iron sheet, we caught this dramatic moment.


Ref: D72_20240909_1549_052 Heath Grasshopper (Chorthippus vagans) on corrugated iron sheet with shadow.jpg

Moving round to the sunny side found this more conventional and detailed view.


Ref: D72_20240909_1551_065 Heath Grasshopper (Chorthippus vagans) on corrugated iron sheet with shadow.jpg

24 Oct 2024

We only see a tiny fraction of the Horse Chestnut Conkers that get cached by these seemingly inexhaustible Grey Squirrels.


Ref: E64_20240909_1309_042+20240908 019_1716_022_FB2 3 Grey Squirrels carrying conkers (accurate montage over 2 days).jpg

Yet another conker taken by a Grey Squirrel from inside our patch (we have the only Horse Chestnut trees for about 100 metres around). We watched this Squirrel take it onto the grass verge some 100m away and bury it.


Ref: D72_20240908_0829_155 Grey Squirrel on Farm railings with partly eaten conker in mouth then buried.jpg

One of the Grey Squirrels here seems to prefer collecting corn ears from the field to the west - we expect that different individuals have different food preferences, just like humans.


Ref: E60_20240905_1642_006_FB3 Grey Squirrel nibbling corn ear.jpg

These two Grey squirrels seem to be having-a-go at each other.
The overall impression reminds us of 'helmet cam' footage now a common part of motor racing coverage.


Ref: E64_20240911_1758_177_FB2 Grey Squirrel leaping towards another close to camera.jpg

23 Oct 2024

We have 'seen' this Tawny Owl visit the meadow post dozens of times in the last few weeks, and despite seeing the Owl bringing a Rodent to the post have not seen any related activity at the nearby Meadow photo site until this sequence. The Tawny Owl spent about 4 minutes on the post, in the last photo casting their gaze in the direction of the Meadow Photo site about 10m away to the right. The camera at that site caught what looks like a passing swoop by the Owl, possibly touching the ground (low enough anyway to break the photo trigger beam a few centimetres above the ground) that missed the intended prey.
The Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) is a montaged illustration of a possible target taken a few minutes before the event.


Ref: D01_20240908_2222_041-FB5_2232_85_FB6 Tawny Owl 4 minute visit to Meadow Post ends in failed attack 2+4+6+1 of 6 (montage).jpg

A single visit by a Tawny Owl to the Meadow Post.


Ref: D01_20240828_0220_011-0223_017_FB6 Tawny Owl 5+ minute visit to Meadow Post 1-3+5 of 5 (montage).jpg

22 Oct 2024

Enter the Fox through the south hedge, already in hunting mode.


Ref: BU7_20240907_2154_156 Fox enters at south hedge gap already stepping stealthily.jpg

Next morning we think a different Fox stops off for drink at Duck pond before continuing their stealthy hunt.


Ref: BU8_20240908_0625_094+096+0626_097+099 Fox drinks at Duck Pond (just topped up) then wanders on (montage).jpg

In the dark of the night this Fox checks out the stone at the hedge bottom in a slight confusion of legs, tail and head.


Ref: E63_20240910_2135_107_FB1 Fox exploring Hedge Bottom.jpg

21 Oct 2024

For the second time we see the post that mounts the IR trigger beam sender used as a Darter Dragonfly hunting post.
Here are two 'return to base' moments for the insect to wait for another midge


Ref: D72_20240906_1240_088+090 Common Darter Dragonfly female hunting on Meadow IR sender pole 05+07 of 12 (approx montage).jpg

Yes, this insect really did fly backward to judge a good landing!


Ref: D72_20240906_1241_113+114+116 Common Darter Dragonfly female hunts on IR pole 09+10+12 of 12 of 12 (Approx montage @8fps).jpg

This female Common Darter Dragonfly basks in the ever weakening daytime sunshine on the warmed corrugated iron. An unidentified fly seems to be enjoying the same moment.


Ref: D72_20240909_1531_022 Common Darter Dragonfly female warning on corrugated iron sheet.jpg

20 Oct 2024

A few sightings of Fieldmice (Wood Mice) at the hedge bottom taken over 90 minutes. We have no idea whether this is the same or different mouse.
We notice 3 slugs on the ground - all from the right hand mouse original.
Over the decades we have seen many direct mouse-on-slug interactions, many of which seem to be mice licking the apparently sweet (we haven't tried it!) mucus that coats the slugs. Our best effort at catching this behaviour can be found at
http://www.moorhen.me.uk/imgofday/arch 2011 dec.htm#31


Ref: E63_20240912_0151_201+0243_202+0318_203_FB1 3 Fieldmouse (Wood Mouse) + 3 slug visits to hedge bottom over 90m (montage).jpg

19 Oct 2024

A Darter Dragonfly perched on the vertical tip of a broken-off Blackberry stem. Darters normally choose more sloping stick end, so this one has to grip the wood by wrapping the legs around the twig.
We have watched these lovely little creatures for decades, and never perceived the legs as being this long!


Ref: D72_20240830_1224_027 Common Darter Dragonfly female perched on tip of broken twig with legs wrapped around the stem.jpg

A few hours later we see a male perched on a stick at a preferred angle.


Ref: D72_20240830_1551_049 Common Darter Dragonfly male perched on sloping twig.jpg

This male Common Darter Dragonfly caught an eye perched on one of the mains cables on its final span from concrete pole to house. We don't have any reference to a similar sighting. The Dragonfly was behaving normally for a Darter - sitting quietly before leaping out to grab some, to us at the distance of perhaps 6 metres, invisible prey item, before returning to the same perch. When the perch is a stick or similar you can keep the camera firing images until the hoped for return, but hundreds of twists of copper wire look the same to both man and beast, and the Dragonfly never landed in the same place twice!


Ref: D72_20240901_1558_089 Common Darter Dragonfly male hunting from overhead mains cable.jpg

18 Oct 2024

Suddenly what seems to be this single Tawny Owl is making multiple visits to the camera sites set up to 'see' their visits. Here are two visits over one night about an hour apart.


Ref: E60_20240901_0143_035+0057_034_FB3 Tawny Owl visits to Kitchen perch over 1 hour 2+1 of 2 (montage).jpg

Next night are these two visits about 3 hours apart. This Tawny Owl has brought some sort of rodent to the top of the Meadow Post. Unfortunately the bird turned their back to camera while consuming his prize.


Ref: E60_20240902_2034_006+2332_007_FB3 Tawny Owl landing on Kitchen perch 3 hrs apart (montage).jpg

Most of the Tawny Owl sighting are at the moment distant Meadow Post where the camera takes pics for up to 5 minutes. Here the Tawny Owl brought back some sort of Rodent catch to eat, and then turned back to camera to eat the unfortunate Rodent.


Ref: D01_20240903_2341_103+104+2345_111_FB6 Tawny Owl 5+ minute at Meadow Post + prey in Talons 1+2+4 of 4 (montage 500mS & 4m).jpg

17 Oct 2024

The sequence of Squirrel importing corn ears seems to have stopped, but collecting the kernels of Conkers (Horse chestnut fruits) as become quite intensive.


Ref: E63_20240830_0805_055_FB1 Grey Squirrel female (damaged right eye) carrying conker kernel across Hedge Bottom site.jpg

A week ago the Squirrels where mostly collecting Wheat ears from the harvested field to the West. Now the dominant subject for caching is Horse Chestnut 'Conkers', some transported in their green outer husks, and some as just the nut kernel.


Ref: E64_20240902_0802_008_FB2-E63_20240903_1807_104_FB1 Grey Squirrels collecting Horse Chestnut conkers (montage over 34Hrs)-.jpg

Continuing the theme, this Squirrel has climbed to the top of the Meadow Post with their latest plunder.


Ref: D01_20240904_1706_117_FB6 Grey Squirrel carries conker to top of Meadow Post.jpg

16 Oct 2024

A slightly unusual looking Fox stops and looks back for a moment after entering through the south hedge gap.


Ref: BU7_20240830_0213_022 Fox pauses on entering through south hedge gap.jpg

What's that?


Ref: BU7_20240901_0227_047 Fox alert to event to their right.jpg

This 'long muzzled' Fox makes a pass over the Mound on the next night of the same day.
English language is very awkward when talking about different days overnight.


Ref: SP1_20240901_2113_574_SP1 Fox hunting on Round Mound.jpg

15 Oct 2024

This Red Kite graced us with a flyby.


Ref: D72_20240827_0844_034 Red Kite in flight @8fps 1 of 9 (crop).jpg

Starting at the detail frame above, the flight speed and camera speed means we have to montage alternate images. Here is one set of odd numbers from the sequence ...


Ref: D72_20240827_0844_034-042 Red Kite in flight 1+3+5+7+9 of 9 (accurate montage alternate frames).jpg

... and here the even numbered frames.


Ref: D72_20240827_0844_035-041 Red Kite in flight 2+4+6+8 (accurate montage alternate frames @8fps).jpg

A bit later on in the flight the magnificent bird starts to turn away.
We don't have an positional references here so the positions are strictly eye-candy.


Ref: D72_20240827_0844_054-058 Red Kite in flight (impression montage @8fps).jpg

14 Oct 2024

A fantastical leap by the Squirrel on the left. What's actually happening is difficult to even guess.


Ref: E64_20240820_1721_052_FB2 Grey Squirrels squabbling catches one in spreadeagled leap.jpg

Committed.
No changing the Squirrels mind about the 1.5m drop now!


Ref: E60_20240826_1159_009_FB3 Grey Squirrel jumping down about 150cm.jpg

This grey squirrel must be leaping across to the IR sense beam box about 1.5 metres to the right. No wonder these boxes keep getting knocked out of alignment!


Ref: E6C_20240828_1151_044_FB4 Grey Squirrel leaping up from Tree-stump.jpg

13 Oct 2024

The male Reeves' Muntjac Deer appears to have completely shed his Velvet covering to his right (our left) Antler, but still with fragments of fur stuck to the 'inside' edge of his left antler.


Ref: E63_20240816_1829_065_FB1 Muntjac Reeves Deer male visit to Hedge Bottom - traces of velvet on antlers.jpg

Here is what seemed to be the (at that time) only male Reeves' Muntjac Deer visiting. His antlers have mostly shed the velvet that allowed them to grow, but a few bits of dead skin are still stuck to the far antler.


Ref: E64_20240824_0626_106_FB2 Muntjac Reeves Deer male with left Antler still with shreds of velvet.jpg

OK - this sweetie moment is a montage about 1 minute apart - but we regularly see them side by side in poor photo quality night-time moments.


Ref: BU7_20240826_1457_019+1458_022 Muntjac Reeves Deer female (right) followed by male 1 minute later (montage).jpg

A new adult male Reeves' Muntjac Deer arrives on our site. This one has antlers in Velvet about half grown.
These deer can apparently mature in 6 to 12 months, so this may be one of the male Fawns we showed you earlier in the year.
Although from the USA, this fact sheet seems very relevant
https://idahofallsidaho.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5065/Reeves-Muntjac
The idea that this species has been around for maybe 35 million years gives us real pause for thought.


Ref: BUA_20240828_2340_211_SC8 Muntjac Reeves Deer with Antlers in velvet - new individual.jpg

12 Oct 2024

This Grey Squirrel is carrying part of a Conker to his cache.
How do animals 'know' that they must store food against months of cold to come?
Those that don't have less chance of surviving to pass on their genes next year.
So its 'in the Genes' - but its still an amazing feat.


Ref: E64_20240823_1806_100_FB2 Grey Squirrel carrying piece of Conker kernel.jpg

Two days later the Wheat field to our west has been harvested (the only nearby source of corn ears), and this Grey Squirrel is picking up some of the crop that the combine harvester dropped.


Ref: E64_20240825_0711_140+0802_142_FB2 Grey Squirrel collecting corn ears from field to west (montage over 1 Hr).jpg

Over 4 days we see 4 passages of Grey Squirrels carrying another Ear of corn from the field to our west. How many actual passages the Squirrel makes without triggering the photo evidence is impossible to even guess.


Ref: E64_20240826_0856_011-20240829_0720_114_FB2 Grey Squirrel collecting corn ears (montage over 4 days).jpg

11 Oct 2024

A male Ruddy Darter Dragonfly.


Ref: D72_20240825_1020_273 Ruddy Darter Dragonfly male.jpg

This female Migrant Hawker Dragonfly hangs up in a sun-warmed hedge.


Ref: D72_20240826_1546_004 Migrant Hawker Dragonfly female on hedge.jpg

This female Common Darter Dragonfly was perched on the rather unattractive top edge of an old Satellite dish of pierced grey-finished steel that serves as a safety lid to our incinerator ring of weldmesh.


Ref: D72_20240827_1635_184 Common Darter female on edge of junked satellite dish.jpg

10 Oct 2024

A male Ruddy Darter Dragonfly perched on the top of a seed head, ready to dart out and grab some passing midge.


Ref: D72_20240823_1254_178 Ruddy Darter Dragonfly male.jpg

The week brought a flurry of Dragonfly activity. Here a female Migrant Hawker flew between a couple of twigs. The order is the slightly counter-intuitive top left to bottom right.


Ref: D72_20240823_1249_160-162 Migrant Hawker Dragonfly female in flight @8fps (approx montage top downwards).jpg

The first male Southern Hawker sighting this year 23 Aug 2024. Here he is hanging from leaves of the Lodgepole Pine trees facing south.


Ref: D72_20240823_1255_182 Southern Hawker Dragonfly male perched on Lodgepole Pine leaves (crop).jpg

This female Common Darter Dragonfly is perched on the arm rest of an old bench.


Ref: D72_20240823_1302_221 Common Darter Dragonfly female on old wooden bench.jpg

09 Oct 2024

A pair of Fieldmice (Wood Mice) mingling their whiskers must be the nearest thing they can reach to a good snog.


Ref: E6A_20240822_2052_034_FB5 2 Fieldmice (Wood Mice) mingling whiskers (crop).jpg

It's hardly the Grey Squirrel mating season, but males of most species go on 'having a go' as long as they can.


Ref: E64_20240822_1925_053+1929_054_FB2 (Grey Squirrel possible mating activity (montage over 4 minutes).jpg

08 Oct 2024

Imagine our surprise when checking/refocussing the camera that 'watches' the Meadow post showed us this first ever visit, that we know of, of a Red Kite visiting the Meadow Post at about 5 p.m.


Ref: D01_20240821_1650_104_FB6 Red Kite 5+ minute visit to Meadow Post 1 of 6 (crop).jpg

This about half-a-second after the pic above. Stopping a bird this big isn't easy.


Ref: D01_20240821_1650_105_FB6 Red Kite 5+ minute visit to Meadow Post 2 of 6 (crop).jpg

The bird stayed for at least 5 minutes (the camera stops photographing after 5 minutes of continuous photo-trigger beam break) so we got this little sequence of the bird sometimes quite intensively studying the ground below.


Ref: D01_20240821_1651_107-1654-113_FB6 Red Kite 5+ minute visit to Meadow Post 4+3+5+6 of 6 (montage).jpg

A detail from the 3rd from the left image in the montage.


Ref: D01_20240821_1653_110_FB6 Red Kite 5+ minute visit to Meadow Post 5 of 6 (crop).jpg

07 Oct 2024

We have 3 Oak trees mature enough to produce Acorns, but this year almost every 'Acorn' has been parasitised to make a Knopper Gall (right). On the largest tree (35 years old) are also Marble Galls growing from leaves, another insect parasitisation. So far we have found just one unspoiled acorn, but these trees are huge and probably contain many more.


Ref: D72_20240813_1054_027+1051_022 Oak Galls - Left - Marble Gall aka Oak Nut + Right - Knopper Gall (montage).jpg

Its the time of year for plant Galls.
This one on a Thistle was made by the aptly named 'Thistle Gall Fly'.


Ref: D72_20240818_1253_113 Thistle Gall - made by Thistle Gall Fly (Urophora cardui).jpg

06 Oct 2024

A Common Darter Dragonfly returns to their previous perch after a hunting excursion Intermediate in size between Hawker Dragonflies and Damselflies, Darter Dragonflies hunt by 'Darting' from perches to catch passing Midges, often returning to the same perch. Very convenient for a photographer!


Ref: D72_20240818_1258_175 Common Darter Dragonfly female flies from perch and returns 1 of 5 (crop).jpg

The return flight from the second excursion is caught on camera.


Ref: D72_20240818_1259_199-202 Common Darter Dragonfly female flies from perch and returns 2-5 of 5 (montage @7fps).jpg

A Migrant Hawker Dragonfly stops long enough to catch a photo.


Ref: D72_20240818_1230_088 Migrant Hawker Dragonfly female on part fallen cut Blackthorn stem.jpg

A female Southern Hawker Dragonfly resting on a vertical stem


Ref: D72_20240820_1415_069 Southern Hawker Dragonfly female hanging from plant stem.jpg

05 Oct 2024

We belive that this moth is a Mint Moth (pyrausta aurata).
Originally identified as pyrausta purpuralis (which matches our ID book photos better than P. Aurata) the ID was corrected by Mike Kelly of the Seaford Natural History Society (https://www.seafordnaturalhistory.org.uk) with the following (paraphrased) explanation:-
     The wings are well apart - a spot on the hind wing that would be
     present in pyrausta purpuralis is missing - Hence pyrausta aurata.
Thanks Mike.


Ref: D72_20240817_1000_023 Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata).jpg

The Brown Argus Butterfly has appeared in most recent years. The bottom-side of the wing is lighter and differently patterned to the side you see here. This Butterfly is classed as a 'Blue' despite the dominant colour of brown.
There are a few images of Brown Argus butterflies from previous years, including images in-flight, starting at https://www.moorhen.me.uk/iodsubject/butterflies_04.htm#13 or the pages that follow.


Ref: D72_20240819_1017_008 Brown Argus Butterfly (upperside only) - 1st of 2024.jpg

The two white dots inside the black spot say 'Gatekeeper Butterfly'.


Ref: D72_20240816_1248_036 Gatekeeper Butterfly.jpg

04 Oct 2024

A period of very few sightings of Kestrels in the last few weeks is brought to an end by firstly this immaculate female Kestrel making a short visit to the Meadow Post.


Ref: D01_20240816_1708_053+054_FB6 Kestrel female brief visit to Meadow Post 1+2 of 2 (montage over 500mS).jpg

2 days later we were delighted to spot this male Kestrel perched on the 11kV power cables over the bridleway to the north.


Ref: D72_20240818_0927_056 Kestrel male on northern 11kV cable.jpg

03 Oct 2024

This Fox was wandering about on the grass between the main pond and the house. From upstairs we watched this apparently sleepy Fox quietly sit down for a drowse in the sunshine.


Ref: DF5_20240816_1405_015+1407_028+036 Fox hunting + sitting drowse + reacting to something off-camera (montage over 3 minutes).jpg

As far as we know we didn't disturb the Fox, but something alerted the fox who looked right and then quietly got up and walked right until disappearing behind one of our screening hedges.


Ref: DF5_20240816_1407_034 Fox awakened from doze in sunshine.jpg

As the Fox began to walk quietly out of view the cameraman followed the Fox with the camera taking about 7 frames per second for 46 frames - that's about 7 seconds.
This animation is displayed at about the real speed once fully loaded.


Ref: df5_20240816_1411_049 fox walking along grass by main pond @7fps 01-46 of 46 anim.gif

02 Oct 2024

We wouldn't want to be some small creature with this Fox bearing down on us.


Ref: BU8_20240815_1401_005 Fox crouching on hunt past Duck Pond.jpg

Compared to Foxes, Badgers are blundering creatures, but every creature has to find their niche. Power is the badger's forte.


Ref: E63_20240816_0338_036_FB1 Badger at hedge bottom.jpg

01 Oct 2024

Fieldmice (Wood Mice) have 'invaded' the outdoor sites. Here is the meadow site montaged from 41 pics over 7 hours, the Fieldmice (Wood Mice) taking a distinctly different route from Voles across the site who are slightly nearer the camera.


Ref: E6A_20240815_2108_036-20240816_0400_076_FB5 Fieldmice (Wood Mice) & Vole visits to Meadow overnight (montage selected from 41 frames).jpg

At the hedge bottom a few nights later more twee Fieldmice (Wood Mice) on either side of midnight. We judge this as two different individuals.


Ref: E63_20240821_0318_149+20240820_2206_148_FB1 Fieldmice (Wood Mice) before and after midnight (montage).jpg

 


 

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