1st Comma butterfly of the year in garden yesterday morning
Tony Koziol said
Sun Mar 27 2:13 PM, 2022
Last evening the first Hedgehog of the spring turned up at 19.15 in our Stockport garden.
An hour later a fox turned up and recycled a dead Woodpigeon I had found earlier in the day.
Tony Koziol said
Tue Mar 1 8:44 PM, 2022
Hi Simon, double fingers crossed.
simon ghilks said
Tue Mar 1 12:04 PM, 2022
In late November we had a surprise visitor to our Dukinfield garden, a Hedgehog. First one I had seen here since 1999. I thought it looked a bit small for the time of year so we put some dog food out for it, over the next few of days the food disappeared over night but we were not sure if a cat may have taken it, however we did see the Hedgehog again so we contacted Tameside People for Wildlife they advised catching and weighing which we did. It was found to be 200g under recommended weight so they came and took it into care. Good news is that it was released back in the garden on Sunday evening, fingers crossed it manages to thrive in the area.
Tony Koziol said
Sat Nov 20 4:31 PM, 2021
Yesterday at around 14.30 a Red Admiral in our Stockport garden again around the Magnolia.
Hedgehogs last visit was on the 25th of October.
Leaves from the Silver Birch glistened in the late afternoon sunshine looking like gold sovereigns a pity they were not real !
Tony Koziol said
Wed Oct 20 1:40 PM, 2021
Red Admiral on and around the Magnolia for at least an hour yesterday.
Hedgehog still visiting the garden every evening, how long will it be before it hibernates we wonder?
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Sun Oct 10 11:21 AM, 2021
Red Admiral on the Buddleia this morning.
Lez Fairclough said
Sat Sep 18 4:52 PM, 2021
A very strange looking T shaped insect just flew in from the garden, I was even more surprised when it was identified as
A Meadow Grasshopper in a garden in Moston, Manchester this morning.
pete berry said
Tue Aug 3 3:46 PM, 2021
Good nos. of butterflies in the garden today,most I've seen this year. Several sightings of Holly Blue ,Gatekeepers, Peacocks,Small Tortoiseshells,Green Veined Whites ,Comma and good nos. of Large Whites
Karen Foulkes said
Sun Aug 1 10:05 PM, 2021
In my sister's Audenshaw garden tonight, I was fortunate to see an adult Hedgehog. No sign of any others, but my sister has seen at least one hoglet on several occasions recently.
Tony Koziol said
Sun Aug 1 3:17 PM, 2021
Three Hedgehogs have been regular visitors to our Stockport garden over the last few weeks. We can almost set our watches 21.30/35.
Martin Loftus said
Mon Jul 26 9:38 PM, 2021
Volucella zonaria, Hornet mimic hoverfly in my garden in Walshaw, Bury. Yesterday evening.
3 Large White in the garden simultaneously today and a Speckled Wood in the kitchen. A Small Tortoiseshell visited the kitchen on Tuesday.
Chris Porter said
Thu Jul 15 11:26 AM, 2021
Firswood... had a quick peek outside around midnight last night to see if the hedgehog was eating the food I'd put out, and was surprised to see a fox there, which looked at me and then scarpered. Will have to get a wildlife/trail camera...
-- Edited by Chris Porter on Thursday 15th of July 2021 11:26:35 AM
Chris Porter said
Tue Jul 13 4:58 PM, 2021
A hedgehog has been visiting our Firswood garden most nights the last few weeks. Have left some food out ('hedgehog food' from Hulme Garden Centre) and it seems to love it. I'm also pretty sure there's at least one young one as I saw what I think was a smaller hedgehog scurrying past on the pavement (surprisingly fast) while the big one was tucking in. It always visits just after it's too dark to get reasonable photos.
Karen Foulkes said
Wed Jun 30 11:47 AM, 2021
A report from my sister.
A Hedgehog has been visiting her Audenshaw garden over the last few nights.
Paul A Brown said
Fri Jun 18 4:03 PM, 2021
Meadow Brown in my Astley garden this afternoon; my first of the year.
paul shaw said
Tue Jun 15 10:30 PM, 2021
Red Admiral and Speckled wood in my Bredury garden early evening today.
dave broome said
Sat Jun 5 10:20 PM, 2021
Over our garden near Mosley Common, what I presumed to be the same Four-Spotted Chaser passed by twice in half an hour this afternoon. A 14-Spot Ladybird in the garden last weekend was the first one I had seen here.
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Sun May 30 5:38 PM, 2021
I recently picked up two hedgehogs going the whole hog (pun intended) on one of my camera traps.
https://youtu.be/p07TSC0KdzY
-- Edited by Adrian Drummond-Hill on Sunday 30th of May 2021 07:19:09 PM
Karen Foulkes said
Sun May 30 1:40 PM, 2021
Four species of butterfly in the garden early this afternoon.
Large White, female Orange Tip, Small Tortoiseshell and a bright male Brimstone.
Also the cotoneaster has been covered in bees and other pollinators over recent days
Richard Thew said
Tue May 25 1:52 PM, 2021
just as I was prepering to visit the land of nod, I could hear a kind of barking outside the window in my Radcliffe garden. I went and had a peep, and to my amazement, a pair of hedgehogs were flirting with each other.
With great care, I managed to get some pictures of them (now on my Flickr page). They weren't the slightest bit bothered at all.
Ta!
sid ashton said
Wed Apr 14 9:56 PM, 2021
sid ashton wrote:
At about 11 this morning had a fox strolling around our Hale garden.
Reading up on foxes it is apparently, not unusual to see foxes during broad daylight hours but twas a first for us
It is definitely not unusual to see foxes in gardens in our road during daylight hours at the moment!!
Neighbours on both sides have seen them recently, in one case his lawn had been excavated in patches, fox worm-hunting I guess.
sid ashton said
Tue Apr 13 12:23 PM, 2021
At about 11 this morning had a fox strolling around our Hale garden.
Reading up on foxes it is apparently, not unusual to see foxes during broad daylight hours but twas a first for us
dave broome said
Sat Feb 27 12:46 PM, 2021
A queen Tree Bumblebee was in our Tyldesley garden today visiting Crocus flowers
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Sun Feb 21 2:03 PM, 2021
Checking our garden camera traps today, it looks like we had four hedgehogs visit us last night. The first of the year.
dave broome said
Sun Feb 21 1:52 PM, 2021
A queen Buff-Tailed Bumblebee dropped in to the garden this morning, before continuing on its Sunday morning mooch
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Sat Jan 2 11:48 PM, 2021
Lez Fairclough wrote:
Adrian Drummond-Hill wrote:
Lez Fairclough wrote:
Let the cat out at 19:30 tonight to be surprisingly met by a small hedgehog helping itself to the cat food.
I thought hedgehogs hibernated during the winter months - especially in these temperatures & conditions.
They do but they need to be at least 750 grams to survive the winter. Keep feeding it and if it's very tiny it will need to go to a rescue centre.
Thanks for the advice Adrian - I'll be hedgehogging at night & birding during the day but definitely keeping an eye on things.
Lez, if you can, it's worth catching it and weighing it. There are several, local rescue centres and if you want to know the nearest, just let me know.
Lez Fairclough said
Sat Jan 2 10:29 PM, 2021
Adrian Drummond-Hill wrote:
Lez Fairclough wrote:
Let the cat out at 19:30 tonight to be surprisingly met by a small hedgehog helping itself to the cat food.
I thought hedgehogs hibernated during the winter months - especially in these temperatures & conditions.
They do but they need to be at least 750 grams to survive the winter. Keep feeding it and if it's very tiny it will need to go to a rescue centre.
Thanks for the advice Adrian - I'll be hedgehogging at night & birding during the day but definitely keeping an eye on things.
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Sat Jan 2 8:48 PM, 2021
Lez Fairclough wrote:
Let the cat out at 19:30 tonight to be surprisingly met by a small hedgehog helping itself to the cat food.
I thought hedgehogs hibernated during the winter months - especially in these temperatures & conditions.
They do but they need to be at least 750 grams to survive the winter. Keep feeding it and if it's very tiny it will need to go to a rescue centre.
Lez Fairclough said
Sat Jan 2 8:23 PM, 2021
Let the cat out at 19:30 tonight to be surprisingly met by a small hedgehog helping itself to the cat food.
I thought hedgehogs hibernated during the winter months - especially in these temperatures & conditions.
We had a hedgehog visit last night. It's been quite a while since we'd seen one so extra food has gone out in case it returns. We have high hopes as it had a feed last night and spent almost an hour in the garden.
Karen Foulkes said
Thu Oct 29 5:37 PM, 2020
Today, I saw one Grey Squirrel, but before 4pm there was a Pipistrelle bat flying around the garden. It flew around for about quarter of an hour despite the rain and then landed somewhere near the gutter on the side of the house.
Karen Foulkes said
Wed Oct 28 10:52 AM, 2020
Three Grey Squirrels were the first I've seen for a while in the garden over the weekend.
Also the ivy flowers are full of pollinators whenever there is any sun.
Steven Nelson said
Sun Aug 30 1:24 PM, 2020
Quite a few butterflies this morning feeding on Michaelmas Daisies:
1 Painted Lady 2 Small Tortoishell 1 Red Adirmral 1 Large White
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 12 8:57 PM, 2020
Originally posted today by Ivan Ellison:
Have just had a hornet mimic hoverfly in my Prestwich garden. Never seen one of these in uk before. Grabbed camera but it had flown off when I got back outside.
Steven Nelson said
Fri Jul 31 1:49 PM, 2020
2 Pipistrelle bats hunting over the garden yesterday evening.
This morning a Cricket sp was calling a few times from the plum tree but I couldnt see it.
Steven Nelson said
Wed Jul 22 8:35 PM, 2020
A Common Blue butterfly in the garden this afternoon
Tony Koziol said
Fri Jul 17 2:24 PM, 2020
An amazing Swallowtailed Moth this morning resting on the Magnolia a first for us, what a sight, just magic.
Steven Nelson said
Wed Jun 24 11:08 PM, 2020
In my Irlam garden today:
Emperor Dragonfly 1 Comma butterfly
John Watson said
Tue May 12 10:47 AM, 2020
Couple of years back, my next-door neighbour found a wasp nest in his front garden, hanging from a twig on a shrub, and with a hole on the side. He has 3 kids, so had to get it removed. Pest control chap said it was the most perfectly shaped one he'd ever seen
We get many prospecting queen wasps each spring, though curiously none this year
Many queen bees though this year, don't often see them - had to trap & release half a dozen. They're enormous !
sid ashton said
Sun May 10 4:23 PM, 2020
Late on yesterday afternoon, Saturday 9th, we had a large "swarm" of wasps, no other way to descibe it, around the front of the house with probably a dozen or so inside, not nice. Luckily I had new can of wasp spray. A bit strange spraying outside but fortunately the wasps appear to have taken the hint and are not present today. I don't like killing living creatures but we don't like being stung either. Never seen such a big group of wasps together and was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience.
Steve Christmas said
Mon Apr 27 10:38 AM, 2020
An early Heart & Dart plus Flame Carpet, Oak-tree and Common Pugs in my Swinton garden moth trap this morning.
Steve Christmas said
Sat Apr 25 10:16 AM, 2020
The bumblebee mimic Volucella bombylans in my Swinton garden yesterday.
paul shaw said
Thu Apr 16 11:27 PM, 2020
1 male Brimstone, 2 orange tip and 2 peacock in my Bredbury garden today.
sid ashton said
Wed Apr 15 9:22 PM, 2020
Several bats flying around our Hale garden this evening, no idea whatsoever as to the species but they certainly move around with some speed!!!!!
paul shaw said
Sat Apr 11 9:51 PM, 2020
Bredbury.
Holly blue,orange tip, peacock and comma in the garden today.
1st Comma butterfly of the year in garden yesterday morning
Last evening the first Hedgehog of the spring turned up at 19.15 in our Stockport garden.
An hour later a fox turned up and recycled a dead Woodpigeon I had found earlier in the day.
Hi Simon, double fingers crossed.
I thought it looked a bit small for the time of year so we put some dog food out for it, over the next few of days the food disappeared over night but we were not sure if a cat may have taken it, however we did see the Hedgehog again so we contacted Tameside People for Wildlife they advised catching and weighing which we did. It was found to be 200g under recommended weight so they came and took it into care.
Good news is that it was released back in the garden on Sunday evening, fingers crossed it manages to thrive in the area.
Yesterday at around 14.30 a Red Admiral in our Stockport garden again around the Magnolia.
Hedgehogs last visit was on the 25th of October.
Leaves from the Silver Birch glistened in the late afternoon sunshine looking like gold sovereigns a pity they were not real !
Red Admiral on and around the Magnolia for at least an hour yesterday.
Hedgehog still visiting the garden every evening, how long will it be before it hibernates we wonder?
Red Admiral on the Buddleia this morning.
A very strange looking T shaped insect just flew in from the garden, I was even more surprised when it was identified as
a 'Plume Moth' - it looks anything but a moth!
The three hedgehogs still continue to visit our Stockport garden at dusk each evening.
A new garden butterfly for us today in the shape of a Gatekeeper. Binocular camera shot attached.
A Meadow Grasshopper in a garden in Moston, Manchester this morning.
Three Hedgehogs have been regular visitors to our Stockport garden over the last few weeks. We can almost set our watches 21.30/35.
Volucella zonaria, Hornet mimic hoverfly in my garden in Walshaw, Bury. Yesterday evening.
-- Edited by Chris Porter on Thursday 15th of July 2021 11:26:35 AM
A Hedgehog has been visiting her Audenshaw garden over the last few nights.
Meadow Brown in my Astley garden this afternoon; my first of the year.
A 14-Spot Ladybird in the garden last weekend was the first one I had seen here.
I recently picked up two hedgehogs going the whole hog (pun intended) on one of my camera traps.
https://youtu.be/p07TSC0KdzY
-- Edited by Adrian Drummond-Hill on Sunday 30th of May 2021 07:19:09 PM
Large White, female Orange Tip, Small Tortoiseshell and a bright male Brimstone.
Also the cotoneaster has been covered in bees and other pollinators over recent days
With great care, I managed to get some pictures of them (now on my Flickr page). They weren't the slightest bit bothered at all.
Ta!
It is definitely not unusual to see foxes in gardens in our road during daylight hours at the moment!!
Neighbours on both sides have seen them recently, in one case his lawn had been excavated in patches, fox worm-hunting I guess.
At about 11 this morning had a fox strolling around our Hale garden.
Reading up on foxes it is apparently, not unusual to see foxes during broad daylight hours but twas a first for us
Checking our garden camera traps today, it looks like we had four hedgehogs visit us last night. The first of the year.
Lez, if you can, it's worth catching it and weighing it. There are several, local rescue centres and if you want to know the nearest, just let me know.
Thanks for the advice Adrian - I'll be hedgehogging at night & birding during the day but definitely keeping an eye on things.
They do but they need to be at least 750 grams to survive the winter. Keep feeding it and if it's very tiny it will need to go to a rescue centre.
Let the cat out at 19:30 tonight to be surprisingly met by a small hedgehog helping itself to the cat food.
I thought hedgehogs hibernated during the winter months - especially in these temperatures & conditions.
We had a hedgehog visit last night. It's been quite a while since we'd seen one so extra food has gone out in case it returns. We have high hopes as it had a feed last night and spent almost an hour in the garden.
Also the ivy flowers are full of pollinators whenever there is any sun.
1 Painted Lady
2 Small Tortoishell
1 Red Adirmral
1 Large White
Originally posted today by Ivan Ellison:
Have just had a hornet mimic hoverfly in my Prestwich garden. Never seen one of these in uk before. Grabbed camera but it had flown off when I got back outside.
This morning a Cricket sp was calling a few times from the plum tree but I couldnt see it.
An amazing Swallowtailed Moth this morning resting on the Magnolia a first for us, what a sight, just magic.
Emperor Dragonfly
1 Comma butterfly
We get many prospecting queen wasps each spring, though curiously none this year
Many queen bees though this year, don't often see them - had to trap & release half a dozen. They're enormous !
Late on yesterday afternoon, Saturday 9th, we had a large "swarm" of wasps, no other way to descibe it, around the front of the house with probably a dozen or so inside, not nice. Luckily I had new can of wasp spray. A bit strange spraying outside but fortunately the wasps appear to have taken the hint and are not present today. I don't like killing living creatures but we don't like being stung either. Never seen such a big group of wasps together and was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience.
An early Heart & Dart plus Flame Carpet, Oak-tree and Common Pugs in my Swinton garden moth trap this morning.
The bumblebee mimic Volucella bombylans in my Swinton garden yesterday.
Several bats flying around our Hale garden this evening, no idea whatsoever as to the species but they certainly move around with some speed!!!!!