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Wildlife

Garden birds and their predators

Posted in wildlife by Richard Jones at 10:49 am on Wednesday 3 March 2010 35 Comments
Black and white cat peering through a fence. Photo by Vic Grimshaw.

[...] when a Siamese cat strutted along the back wall we contemplated the Mammal Society’s and RSPB’s calculations that cats kill some 55 million birds each year in the UK.

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Rare ladybirds

Posted in wildlife by Richard Jones at 11:47 am on Wednesday 17 February 2010 8 Comments
Hinged wooden case containing hundreds of insect specimens

[...] you can find fascinating wildlife anywhere, even the smallest garden. All you have to do is watch and wait, and something will come along.

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Hoverfly puparia

Posted in wildlife by Richard Jones at 11:55 am on Wednesday 3 February 2010 4 Comments
Syrphid puparium

The snow has gone completely now, and I take these latent packages as a good sign that spring is coming.

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Dead frogs

Posted in wildlife by Kate Bradbury at 3:33 pm on Tuesday 26 January 2010 30 Comments
Rescue frog, photo courtesy Julie Watson

This week at gardenersworld.com we’ve received lots of letters, emails and blog comments from people who have found dead frogs in their pond.

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Birds: thrushes and fieldfares

Posted in wildlife by Richard Jones at 4:31 pm on Wednesday 20 January 2010 17 Comments
Fieldfare sitting on a bare winter branch, with a red berry in its mouth, image copyright RSPB Images

When I peered out later in the day, the apple tree was bending under the burden of several plump … birds.

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