Im pretty sure its an
Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilphila elpenor)
It gets its name from the trunk like snout of the caterpillar. The maoth is orange and pink and lives in woodlands and gardens.
Another Hawkmoth Caterpillar!
Some friends just found this caterpillar and asked me to identify it...
Im pretty sure its an
Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilphila elpenor)
It gets its name from the trunk like snout of the caterpillar. The maoth is orange and pink and lives in woodlands and gardens.
Im pretty sure its an
Elephant Hawkmoth (Deilphila elpenor)
It gets its name from the trunk like snout of the caterpillar. The maoth is orange and pink and lives in woodlands and gardens.
Birthday Treats
Me and dad managed to lighten my otter picture taken earlier in the year in Scotland. Now you can see the otters fur better.
My birthday was in October and i had a really good time. I had a bagpipe chanter and lots of cool presents. A ferret named Moraig came to stay with us for a week.
As part of my birthday treat we went to west wales and stayed in a yurt which is a type of tent. It had a fire inside that we cooked sausages on. It was really cosy. This is the place we stayed at http://www.larkhilltipis.co.uk/ it had its own woods which you could walk around in and some cool wood carvings.
On the way back to the tent we stopped at Cenarth Falls to try to see salmon jumping up the waterfalls but we were unlucky. A fisherman nearly caught a big salmon but luckily it got away. We were watching his fishing rod bend right over.
We found a dead polecat by our house, it had been run over by a car.
We found this Bush Cricket sitting on the wall of my grampys house, it was quite big.
We have also had lots of big spiders in the house like this one.
We went for a walk to the beach on the weekend and as we were leaving our house we spotted these on the wall.
Up on the common we found a dead shrew
We found this worm crossing a road so i picked it up and moved it onto the grass so it wouldn't get squashed or eaten by a bird.
We spotted these sheep through a hole in a wall.
We had a break on the beach and had a cup of tomato soup and an apple for lunch.
We saw this red admiral sunbathing on an ivy plant.
And this dragon fly chasing insects around.
We stopped off at the Heritage Coast Centre to say hello to the stuffed badger, we call him Bloody Bill Brock after the badger in Tarka the Otter.
So, off the list are
Ferret
The Ferret is from the same family as Otters, Badgers, Stoats, Weasels, Polecats and Pine Martens. It is a domesticated animal which means it has grown to rely on Humans. It is kept by people as a pet or used for hunting rabbits where they send the ferret down the rabbit holes to scare them out.
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
This is described as a shrub which is a bit like a small tree. It has really sharp spines on the stems. The fruits are called Sloes and have a really weird dry taste. My dad makes Sloe gin out of the fruits every Christmas, which he says is really nice.
Polecat (Mustela putorius)
You would be really lucky to see a live polecat. Most people never see them and if they do its like me, dead beside the road. Its mainly nocturnal and marks its territory with scent. It feeds on rabbits, rodents and birds and is a really good hunter and killer.
Earthworm (Lumbricidae)
Earthworms have segmented bodies with 8 short stiff bristles on each segment. The one in my picture is an adult earthworm, you can tell this because it has a swollen band around the middle of the body called a clitellum. In a garden lawn you can have up to 40 worms in a square metre. They are an important food source for a lot of our wildlife.
Spider (Tegenaria gigantean)
These are known as House spiders and they like to come into homes in the winter. The ones in our house are really big. You can read more about them http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/02/specieswatch-house-spiders-climate
My birthday was in October and i had a really good time. I had a bagpipe chanter and lots of cool presents. A ferret named Moraig came to stay with us for a week.
As part of my birthday treat we went to west wales and stayed in a yurt which is a type of tent. It had a fire inside that we cooked sausages on. It was really cosy. This is the place we stayed at http://www.larkhilltipis.co.uk/ it had its own woods which you could walk around in and some cool wood carvings.
Our Tent
The view from the window
Cold outside, cosy inside
Carved Owl on top of totem pole
Tea cooking on the stove
We went to the Welsh Wildlife Centre (http://www.welshwildlife.org/) It was a really cool place but the weather was not very good so we didn't see much.
Sloes, the fruits of the Blackthorn tree
On the way back to the tent we stopped at Cenarth Falls to try to see salmon jumping up the waterfalls but we were unlucky. A fisherman nearly caught a big salmon but luckily it got away. We were watching his fishing rod bend right over.
We found a dead polecat by our house, it had been run over by a car.
We found this Bush Cricket sitting on the wall of my grampys house, it was quite big.
We have also had lots of big spiders in the house like this one.
We went for a walk to the beach on the weekend and as we were leaving our house we spotted these on the wall.
A Moth
A Harvestman
Up on the common we found a dead shrew
We found this worm crossing a road so i picked it up and moved it onto the grass so it wouldn't get squashed or eaten by a bird.
We spotted these sheep through a hole in a wall.
We had a break on the beach and had a cup of tomato soup and an apple for lunch.
We saw this red admiral sunbathing on an ivy plant.
And this dragon fly chasing insects around.
We stopped off at the Heritage Coast Centre to say hello to the stuffed badger, we call him Bloody Bill Brock after the badger in Tarka the Otter.
So, off the list are
Ferret
The Ferret is from the same family as Otters, Badgers, Stoats, Weasels, Polecats and Pine Martens. It is a domesticated animal which means it has grown to rely on Humans. It is kept by people as a pet or used for hunting rabbits where they send the ferret down the rabbit holes to scare them out.
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
This is described as a shrub which is a bit like a small tree. It has really sharp spines on the stems. The fruits are called Sloes and have a really weird dry taste. My dad makes Sloe gin out of the fruits every Christmas, which he says is really nice.
Polecat (Mustela putorius)
You would be really lucky to see a live polecat. Most people never see them and if they do its like me, dead beside the road. Its mainly nocturnal and marks its territory with scent. It feeds on rabbits, rodents and birds and is a really good hunter and killer.
Earthworm (Lumbricidae)
Earthworms have segmented bodies with 8 short stiff bristles on each segment. The one in my picture is an adult earthworm, you can tell this because it has a swollen band around the middle of the body called a clitellum. In a garden lawn you can have up to 40 worms in a square metre. They are an important food source for a lot of our wildlife.
Spider (Tegenaria gigantean)
These are known as House spiders and they like to come into homes in the winter. The ones in our house are really big. You can read more about them http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/02/specieswatch-house-spiders-climate
The Birds
We have not been able to get out much in the last two weeks so here is a short film of some of my favourite birds that we have seen and caught on camera over the last 9 months
Blackberries & Peatbog Faeries
I went to see one of my favourite bands last night, The Peatbog Faeries, it was awesome, i love the bagpipes. I was a bit tired at the end after all the jumping around.
Outside the concert i spotted these....
Everyone knows what these are, and how good they taste.
Bramble (Rubus fruticosus)
Also known as blackberry, good in a pie or a crumble or on its own. They provide a good food source for a lot of our wildlife. They are a well known plant and in the old days people thought that crawling under a bramble bush would cure boils. The fruit is made up of a cluster of segments called drupelets.
Outside the concert i spotted these....
Everyone knows what these are, and how good they taste.
Bramble (Rubus fruticosus)
Also known as blackberry, good in a pie or a crumble or on its own. They provide a good food source for a lot of our wildlife. They are a well known plant and in the old days people thought that crawling under a bramble bush would cure boils. The fruit is made up of a cluster of segments called drupelets.
Bloody Bill Brock - The Badger
Here's a little clip of Bloody Bill (the badger) snuffling for peanuts for breakfast in the woods
Pipistrelle Bat
This is a quick film of me out with my bat detector. Each bat makes a sound using a different frequency. The bat detector tells you what frequency the sound is which helps you identify the bat, this bat was a Pipistrelle.
Off the list
Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
This is the commonest bat in the uk and also the smallest. Its flight is quite jerky and it hunts quite close to the ground. Bats eat small flying insects. The Pipistrelle has recently been noticed as two different species (common pipistrelle and soprano pipistrelle). You can tell them apart using a bat detector. The frequency of a common pipistrelle is 45kHz and the frequency of a soprano pipistrelle is 55kHz. The bat in this film is a common pipistrelle. When we were on holiday in Scotland the bat flying around our house then was a soprano pipistrelle.
Fish Trap - Part 2
Sorry guys, we picked the fish traps up but didn't catch any Minnows. We did catch some Sticklebacks and lots of Freshwater Shrimp.......
We also left the camera out and got some pictures of an old friend.....
We also left the camera out and got some pictures of an old friend.....
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