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We had a visit from a Pied Wagtail this morning on our trip to see the sea.



Sweet little things, so full of energy, watched them jumping up and catching those pesky flies that always seem to inhabit seaweed.

Found this on my garage at the weekend. I don't know why I haven't seen it before as it isn't very well camouflaged!!

Invasion of the body snatchers when you wake up in the morning Nick...........you wont be Nick.

OK, I'm going to ask. Nick, what the devil is that thing? I think it's both incredibly lovely and incredibly scary.

That is a pupa.

In a few months it will hatch out into a moth. A fairly big one at that.

I have been reliably informed that it is the pupa, or chrysalis, of a green-veined white butterfly. It is very wierd. I can just imagine a little alien emerging from it!

Plenty of these things around.

NickMorgan wrote:I have been reliably informed that it is the pupa, or chrysalis, of a green-veined white butterfly. It is very wierd. I can just imagine a little alien emerging from it!

http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/B ... erflyId=26

John to respond to your reply to my last post, we get the washing-up liquids when they're on speical offer. We're always sniffing out the bargains when we can. Some of the Sainsbury's Basics range are quite decent. I'm going to have to film the squirrels again but from either the front room or from outside. The other wildlife we have quite regular are the unwanted rodent "guests". Unfortunately, our cat isn't any good (he's a proper house cat). The only time when he caught a mouse I had to put him in front of it and persuade him to kill it. A couple of strategically placed mouse traps (the traditional spring type made of plastic from the local B&Q) baited with some dry dog food has caught more mice than Billy (the cat) has ever done in his entire life.

I was going to comment here on seeing a brent goose at Warsash at new year that thanks to the excellent Earthflight ephisode last night I now realize
was not a slightly dirty canada goose.

So I have...but think the Earthflight series is worth a thread of its own, to spread the interest and not dilute our antipodean friends' experiences.

Jonners

That's a fantastic programme. Last night it covered two places where I have lived - the Camargue and East Lothian. I can't believe some of the shots they have. Do you know if it is all genuinely filmed as it appears or have they super-imposed the backgrounds to some shots? However it is done the photography is amazing.

Strange but 2 weeks ago I sadly could not avoid running over a frog hopping his/her way to sexual bliss at its pond as I saw it too late.
Now the cold weather will keep other frogs dormant until it warms again.
Diane and I stopped to watch a badger scuttle across the road and just 2 mile further near Clanfield we stoped again to let a roe deer escape back into its wooded home.
Very soon the snowdrops will cover the woods in the Meon valley and spring will force its way once again.

Just been enjoying the barrier reef TV programe which is not quite as good as Earthflight but a whole lot better than damn cooking shows and soaps.

trackerjack wrote: but a whole lot better than damn cooking shows and soaps.

Abso-bleedin-lutely!

I have been visiting the Amazon Rain Forest in Ecuador for the last four years. If you are into photography, this is the place to go. Here is my arow shaped spider also know as Micratena Sagittata.

That'a an amazing spider. I would love to go there to see the local wildlife.