Wildlife in the Slow Lane. Nature and wildlife photos and information
I had another nice walk round the lake last week and saw lots of interesting things. There were quite a few birds, ducks and butterflies and the damselflies were starting to appear. I did catch sight of one large dragonfly ...
The garden is quite busy at the moment and there are hordes of noisy baby starlings coming to feed several times a day. I don't know how the adults recognise their babies as they all look exactly the same but ...
Sunday was a glorious, hot sunny day. The sea was as flat as a pancake and there were quite a few critters about when I went for a stroll by the river on my way to watch Chris Stewart shear ...
The front garden in Woodley attracts all sorts of things when it is nice and sunny, including the Small Copper butterfly which likes to fly around at a very low level, often settling on the grass. A Large Red Damselfly was also ...
I've been to Moor Copse (Pangbourne) before but not for ages. There are lots of different walks you can do, and - if you're like us - that includes one where you get completely lost in a boggy bit of ...
It was a beautiful morning, the sun glistening on the leaves and water, and there were quite a few dragonflies whizzing up and down. This is the Scarlet Dragonfly, Crocothemis erythraea, also known as the Scarlet Darter. ...
Last week I had a quick look around the ponds at Winnersh but, as expected, there was very little going on at this time of the year. I did see a couple of late dragonflies and a few of the ...
Since it wasn't actually raining, just damp and muddy underfoot, I had a quick walk at Moor Green. It was relatively quiet but still enjoyable. This Jay was on the nut feeder. The feeder had lost its lid, probably due ...
It was lovely and sunny today and milder than the last few days but there was a very strong wind. I called in briefly at two local lakes. It was really quiet at the first one and I didn't really ...
Dungeness is a shingle wilderness on the English Channel with a couple of roads, tiny village and large power station. There are lots of lakes but little vegetation so it is ideal for water birds and there is a big ...
There were a few pairs of dragonflies flitting around along the rio Chillar and they did keep pausing for a few moments to let me grab the odd photo, which was very nice of them I must say.
The weather is very unpredictable and quite chilly at the moment. These are just a few photos I have taken on two short walks at Dinton Pastures. The first shows the cloudy sky with a little patch of blue. A Common ...
More birds are coming to feed again now the weather is turning chilly and there have also been a couple of butterflies and a dragonfly, but insect numbers are generally falling. The Blackbirds seem to come all the time and there ...
I had a short visit to the lake yesterday before the rain set in again. There was a nice Little Egret on the scrape as well as lots of ducks. You can see the bright orangey-red head of the Pochard duck ...
Yesterday was very showery and the rain was quite heavy at times. I went for a little walk, complete with waterproof coat, boots and umbrella. It was quire pleasant despite the weather and I took a few photos although conditions ...
In-between the rain, I have been on two short walks, one to Dinton Pastures and one to Moor Green Lakes. Both were on the quiet side, but I did see the usual gulls, geese and dragonflies as well as a ...
