A garden I worked at today had frog tadpoles swimming by the edge.
Tony Koziol said
Thu Mar 26 8:00 PM, 2020
Stockport.
A lone Pipistrelle at 18.49 this evening.
Tony Koziol said
Thu Mar 26 5:31 PM, 2020
Stockport
Butterlies:
Comma and Peacock this afternoon within minutes of each other.
bernard hooley said
Thu Mar 26 9:32 AM, 2020
Pipistrelle bat flittering about my Kearsley garden yesterday a.m.
John Rayner said
Sun Mar 22 1:58 PM, 2020
Comma and Small Tortoiseshell in my garden this afternoon. Comma was too swift for the camera. If I am confined to the house due to self isolation I might try to get my old moth trap working again.
Lots of frog spawn appearing in our Hale garden pond this morning.
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Wed Feb 19 1:34 PM, 2020
Two fighting field mice in our garden last night. Incidentally, we had a male hedgehog sniffing in the hedgehog boxes, where at least two females are still hibernating.
Lez Fairclough said
Tue Feb 4 10:57 PM, 2020
Caught red handed this evening helping itself to the cat biscuits & doesn't mind us watching either!
After the sighting of a badger the night before last, last night one of our hibernating hedgehogs made an appearance.
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Mon Feb 3 1:14 PM, 2020
First time for a badger in our back garden last night. He ruined a few fence panels but I'd already earmarked them for replacement. I can only assume he was confused or disoriented and was looking for ways out.
Lez Fairclough said
Mon Feb 3 12:58 PM, 2020
Obviously due to the unseasonably mild conditions at least one of the three regularly visiting Hedgehogs have come out of hibernation and been helping themselves to the cat food & biscuits.
Last week I mistakenly bought a pack of dog food!! & apparently they like that even better so as long as the mild spell continues they will be having a feast every night.
Shocked to learn though that their average lifespan is only 2 to 3 years but so glad to be helping this now endangered species.
Tony Koziol said
Sun Feb 2 2:21 PM, 2020
In our Stockport garden, new leaf growth appearing on our hawthorn hedge today this is seven days earlier than last year.
Tulip and Daffodil growth also well under way.
Steven Nelson said
Tue Dec 31 1:09 PM, 2019
Its the 31st December and a butterfly (probably Peacock or Small Tortoishell) has just flown over my Irlam garden in the early afternoon sunshine!
Tony Koziol said
Thu Dec 12 3:37 PM, 2019
11/12/19 10.30
Frog croaking heard in a garden pond in Heaton Chapel, Stockport.........it is December
sid ashton said
Mon Sep 2 6:36 PM, 2019
With the help of Google I identified an Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar in our Hale garden this afternoon, about 6cm long, quite a monster. Never seen one previously and was surprised to read that they are quite common in the UK.
Karen Foulkes said
Sat Aug 3 1:55 PM, 2019
Lots of Painted Lady on the buddleia in our garden. Minimum of 10 at any one time. Also at least two Large White, 3 Peacock and a Comma
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Sat Aug 3 1:40 PM, 2019
At least 8 Painted Lady on the buddleia in our Openshaw garden. Seems there is a once in a decade eruption of this species at the moment coming through the country.
Female Roesel's Bush Cricket in our Leigh, Lilford garden yesterday. Apparently this is the first ever record for Greater Manchester (per the GMLRU). It's a fairly common species in the south and east, but like a lot of things, it's spreading northwards.
OMG (as they say), what a record. You are indeed a very fortunate person. When I was out walking the local moors yesterday, I kept seeing bugs jump out of the way and I thought of this species as I knew it is spreading. Now I'm going to have to look even harder at the ground.
Andy Bissitt said
Tue Jul 30 8:23 PM, 2019
How can a day with peacock (3), red admiral, comma, small tortoiseshell and painted lady all in the garden be bad (this morning, obviously)!
Paul Richardson said
Tue Jul 30 5:00 PM, 2019
Female Roesel's Bush Cricket in our Leigh, Lilford garden yesterday. Apparently this is the first ever record for Greater Manchester (per the GMLRU). It's a fairly common species in the south and east, but like a lot of things, it's spreading northwards.
Comma Small Tortoiseshell Speckled Wood Gatekeeper Ringlet Meadow Brown Green-veined White Small White
An adult and juvenile Hedgehog in the garden last night was a very satisfying sight
A Small Skipper fluttering across Ashton Market, at 3.30 this afternoon, was a very unusual record
Steven Nelson said
Thu Jul 25 5:06 PM, 2019
Female Black Darter dragonfly in my Irlam garden today. First record. Also Holly Blue butterfly again.
Andy Bissitt said
Tue Jul 23 9:28 PM, 2019
Reporting through this thread as Bramhall does not have one for other wildlife. My brother had a dark-green fritillary nectaring in a Bramhall garden (where he was working) this afternoon, a pretty extraordinary record for Stockport.
Steven Nelson said
Sun Jul 21 10:58 PM, 2019
Holly Blue butterfly in my Irlam garden this morning.
We have a total of four hedgehogs visiting our garden. There are two others in the Rochdale Hedgehog rescue centre, to be picked up and released soon. Better oder some more food.
Link to two of our visitors fighting over food, last night. https://youtu.be/LfnjfRQ1RmU
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Wed Mar 27 6:04 PM, 2019
Queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee, in our Openshaw courtyard garden.
sid ashton said
Sun Feb 24 8:27 PM, 2019
4 frogs croaking and splashing about in our Hale garden pond for the past couple of days.
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Sun Feb 17 12:45 PM, 2019
We had a hedgehog last night. Possibly the mild weather brought it out of hibernation.
Link to video https://youtu.be/_GymxTFkqKg
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Sun Feb 17 12:24 PM, 2019
A first for our Openshaw courtyard garden, a Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)
-- Edited by Peter Nolan Woolley on Sunday 17th of February 2019 12:34:48 PM
A Migrant Hawker dragonfly spent about 10 mins in and around my Irlam garden at noon today and seen to catch a few flies in mid flight. A garden first.
sid ashton said
Sat Sep 1 8:26 PM, 2018
We have many Green shield Bugs in our Hale garden this year, possibly there in previous years but not noticed them
Shannon Llewellyn said
Mon Aug 6 8:19 PM, 2018
Nice first for my Chorlton garden just, in the shape of a common blue perched up on my clothes line.
As with Vic a Humming bird Hawk Moth in my Kearsley garden
yesterday.Also too slow with the camera .
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 2 11:04 AM, 2018
Originally posted today by Vic Chatterton:
ummingbird Hawk-moth in my garden near Hyde Hospital, Gee Cross at 9.40am feeding on phlox. Unfortunately it flew off at a great rate of knots just as I was about to click the camera shutter
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Sun Jul 29 7:51 PM, 2018
I managed to get a few pictures of one of our resident hedgehogs last night. This is a female but so far she hasn't brought any youngsters with her.
Just been watching a fox, possibly a female in our Hale garden. It could have been looking to drink from our pond but was very nervous and didn't stay long.
Simon Johnson said
Mon Jul 16 11:22 PM, 2018
A total of 27 Large Whites, a single Painted Lady and a Brown Hawker moved through my Whitefield garden on Saturday afternoon!
Some of the large whites were moving very high up and only picked up with bins! Really was impressive
sid ashton said
Sat Jul 14 5:49 PM, 2018
Yes Simon, quite impressed with the numbers of large White butterflys through our Hale garden today as well.
Simon Johnson said
Sat Jul 14 2:09 PM, 2018
Seems to be a decent movement of large Whites today several moving through my Whitefield Garden
paul shaw said
Tue Jul 3 5:42 PM, 2018
1 Ringlet in my Bredbury garden.
simon ghilks said
Sat Jun 30 11:01 PM, 2018
30/6/2018 Dukinfield
Whilst sitting in the garden waiting for bats to appear this evening a large hawker type dragonfly flew between a couple of trees for a few seconds, probaly about 20 foot up. The time was 22:10, I cant recall seeing a dragonfly on the wing after sunset before.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jun 7 6:09 PM, 2018
Despite having no real interest in moths as such, I couldn't ignore the rather impressive (for a non-moth person anyway) Elephant Hawk Moth which found its way into my Astley conservatory this morning. Beautiful colours on its underparts in particular.
Palmate Newt in my garden pond in Swinton today during lockdown
Stockport
A garden I worked at today had frog tadpoles swimming by the edge.
Stockport.
A lone Pipistrelle at 18.49 this evening.
Stockport
Butterlies:
Comma and Peacock this afternoon within minutes of each other.
If I am confined to the house due to self isolation I might try to get my old moth trap working again.
Cheers John.
Lots of frog spawn appearing in our Hale garden pond this morning.
Two fighting field mice in our garden last night. Incidentally, we had a male hedgehog sniffing in the hedgehog boxes, where at least two females are still hibernating.
Caught red handed this evening helping itself to the cat biscuits & doesn't mind us watching either!
After the sighting of a badger the night before last, last night one of our hibernating hedgehogs made an appearance.
First time for a badger in our back garden last night. He ruined a few fence panels but I'd already earmarked them for replacement. I can only assume he was confused or disoriented and was looking for ways out.
Obviously due to the unseasonably mild conditions at least one of the three regularly visiting Hedgehogs have come out of hibernation and been helping themselves to the cat food & biscuits.
Last week I mistakenly bought a pack of dog food!! & apparently they like that even better so as long as the mild spell continues they will be having a feast every night.
Shocked to learn though that their average lifespan is only 2 to 3 years but so glad to be helping this now endangered species.
In our Stockport garden, new leaf growth appearing on our hawthorn hedge today this is seven days earlier than last year.
Tulip and Daffodil growth also well under way.
11/12/19 10.30
Frog croaking heard in a garden pond in Heaton Chapel, Stockport.........it is December
With the help of Google I identified an Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar in our Hale garden this afternoon, about 6cm long, quite a monster. Never seen one previously and was surprised to read that they are quite common in the UK.
At least 8 Painted Lady on the buddleia in our Openshaw garden. Seems there is a once in a decade eruption of this species at the moment coming through the country.
OMG (as they say), what a record. You are indeed a very fortunate person. When I was out walking the local moors yesterday, I kept seeing bugs jump out of the way and I thought of this species as I knew it is spreading. Now I'm going to have to look even harder at the ground.
How can a day with peacock (3), red admiral, comma, small tortoiseshell and painted lady all in the garden be bad (this morning, obviously)!
Butterflies this afternoon
Comma
Small Tortoiseshell
Speckled Wood
Gatekeeper
Ringlet
Meadow Brown
Green-veined White
Small White
An adult and juvenile Hedgehog in the garden last night was a very satisfying sight
A Small Skipper fluttering across Ashton Market, at 3.30 this afternoon, was a very unusual record
Also Holly Blue butterfly again.
Reporting through this thread as Bramhall does not have one for other wildlife. My brother had a dark-green fritillary nectaring in a Bramhall garden (where he was working) this afternoon, a pretty extraordinary record for Stockport.
First fox cub of the year in our Stockport garden at 13.10 today.
1 Holly Blue
1 Brimstone
1 Large White
My first Orange Tip butterfly of the year in flight today in a Stockport garden.
Nursery web spider in our Openshaw garden this afternoon.
We have a total of four hedgehogs visiting our garden. There are two others in the Rochdale Hedgehog rescue centre, to be picked up and released soon. Better oder some more food.
Link to two of our visitors fighting over food, last night. https://youtu.be/LfnjfRQ1RmU
Queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee, in our Openshaw courtyard garden.
4 frogs croaking and splashing about in our Hale garden pond for the past couple of days.
We had a hedgehog last night. Possibly the mild weather brought it out of hibernation.
Link to video https://youtu.be/_GymxTFkqKg
A first for our Openshaw courtyard garden, a Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)
-- Edited by Peter Nolan Woolley on Sunday 17th of February 2019 12:34:48 PM
A pretty worn Small Copper butterfly in my Astley garden around midday today.
We have many Green shield Bugs in our Hale garden this year, possibly there in previous years but not noticed them
yesterday.Also too slow with the camera .
Originally posted today by Vic Chatterton:
ummingbird Hawk-moth in my garden near Hyde Hospital, Gee Cross at 9.40am feeding on phlox. Unfortunately it flew off at a great rate of knots just as I was about to click the camera shutter
I managed to get a few pictures of one of our resident hedgehogs last night. This is a female but so far she hasn't brought any youngsters with her.
Just been watching a fox, possibly a female in our Hale garden. It could have been looking to drink from our pond but was very nervous and didn't stay long.
Some of the large whites were moving very high up and only picked up with bins! Really was impressive
Yes Simon, quite impressed with the numbers of large White butterflys through our Hale garden today as well.
Whilst sitting in the garden waiting for bats to appear this evening a large hawker type dragonfly flew between a couple of trees for a few seconds, probaly about 20 foot up. The time was 22:10, I cant recall seeing a dragonfly on the wing after sunset before.
Despite having no real interest in moths as such, I couldn't ignore the rather impressive (for a non-moth person anyway) Elephant Hawk Moth which found its way into my Astley conservatory this morning. Beautiful colours on its underparts in particular.