Wildlife in the Slow Lane. Nature and wildlife photos and information
A nice sunny day for a change after the almost ceaseless rain of the past few days and the first opportunity for a little wander. First surprise was the number of large dragonflies hurtling around down by the river and ...
I was watching one of the huge Carpenter Bees gorging itself on a flower when a large Bumble Bee bumbled onto the scene. Hardly ever seem to see them around here so tried to get a couple of shots for ...
The Eri Silkmoth, or Ricini Moth, Samia cynthia ricini, is a subspecies of the Samia cynthia moth and is found throughout Asia. The wings of the Samia cynthia are different shades of brown with a small eye-spot at the tip of ...
This rather magnificent and colourful creature is the Atlas moth, Attacus atlas, a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia and a common sight throughout the Malay archipelago. The Atlas moth is one of the ...
We have had a couple of days of heavy rain on and off so the pond is full and most of the channel round the edge is submerged. I will have to keep an eye on it. There has also ...
It has been getting much chillier here and today the rain has been teeming down since early morning. I have only been on three short walks, one round Southlake, one round Maiden Erlegh lake, and one to Crowthorne and didn't ...
I had a quick walk round Southlake but workmen were there cutting trees etc so I didn't stay too long. I did see a few dragonflies - a couple of Darters and several Migrant Hawkers which were still very active. This ...
I haven't been out as much the last week or two but I did get to a couple of local places. Again, there was nothing really unusual but I did take some photos. There are still butterflies and dragonflies taking ...
It is a good time of year for moths and I have been surprised at how many seem to like the dwarf butterfly bush. The moths feed on it every night and one or two have been out in the ...
When we put the pond in, we placed a couple of large pieces of slate under the water in the shallower end with a slate bridge over the top to give the frogs somewhere to both shelter and also to ...
The Mother of Pearl moth (Pleuroptya ruralis ) is one of the larger micro-moths and a widespread night-flyer. It has a lovely pinky-pearly sheen like the inside of an oyster shell. These photos were taken at night in my garden. ...
Since having the pond, I have been going out in the garden at night to see if the frogs are in the garden. I have seen several frogs but am not sure which of the four they are, although I ...
These dragonflies, butterflies and other wildlife were all taken around local lakes in the last couple of weeks. The first one shows a Migrant Hawker dragonfly which has just taken off. This is also a Migrant Hawker in flight (not the ...
There is a lull at the moment in the garden although there are still lots of sparrows around. The two Dunnocks in Woodley are still visiting daily and sunbathing when possible in their favourite spot. and a young Robin is always hopping ...
The birds are still eating lots of food - usually by now there is a little lull. This is a baby Robin that comes into the garden every day. We have had lots of baby sparrows this year. This one practically ...
Yesterday I saw dozens of yellow and black caterpillars while out walking in two completely different places, miles apart. When I looked them up, I found they are the larva of the Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) which is mainly nocturnal ...
