Seen today

[Canardly]

I think it was a male scaly cricket on bedroom window. Too slow to get a decent photo. Cambridgeshire, so unusual apparently. Blobs on rear legs?

[rafletcher]

Last night, this.....  No idea what it is.

Untitled by Richard Fletcher, on Flickr

[Basil]

Sitting with my coffee in the garden early (For me) this morning, A sparrowhark landed on the decking post next to me.
First time I've seen one here, and the closest I've ever been to a stationary one.
Unfortunately, fumbling for my phone alerted it to my presence and it said "Oh, sorry mate", and flew off.

[Sergeant Pluck]

Last night, this.....  No idea what it is.

Untitled by Richard Fletcher, on Flickr

We had something very similar in the bedroom the other day. I took a photo and tried to match it up with online images of grasshoppers at various stages in their life cycle, but couldn't see an exact match. Neverthless I think it can only be some stage or other of grasshopper nymph.

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Swallows are gathering in York.  Lucky buggers..
 

[rafletcher]

Last night, this.....  No idea what it is.

Untitled by Richard Fletcher, on Flickr

We had something very similar in the bedroom the other day. I took a photo and tried to match it up with online images of grasshoppers at various stages in their life cycle, but couldn't see an exact match. Neverthless I think it can only be some stage or other of grasshopper nymph.

We think it’s a speckled bush cricket.

[Sergeant Pluck]

We think it’s a speckled bush cricket.

I think you are correct - for our bug as well as yours. Thanks! Must admit to not having heard of the species.

[Salvatore]

Last night, this.....  No idea what it is.

Untitled by Richard Fletcher, on Flickr

We had something very similar in the bedroom the other day. I took a photo and tried to match it up with online images of grasshoppers at various stages in their life cycle, but couldn't see an exact match. Neverthless I think it can only be some stage or other of grasshopper nymph.

We think it’s a speckled bush cricket.

So do I. This is one in my garden earlier this summer

[rafletcher]

And this morning, heard rather than seen, the first gathering of geese getting in practice for the winter migration.

[fuzzy]

Sunning itself on a footpath accross a common in Knowl Hill this morning-

[ElyDave]

Bringing my daughter home from ballet practice on Friday, as I turned into our lane, saw a flash of movement ahead, and then another...

It was a fox bouncing its way through the long grass. Neither of took a picture.

[nicknack]

A pair of chiffchaffs flitting about the garden. First time I've seen them here.

[nobby]

Saw a Grey Wagtail on the Wom Brook a couple of days back. The only one I have previously seen was in Lyme Regis nearly 20 years ago.
Went back yesterday to find the culvert under the A449 - thinking of taking the oldest grandson on a water vole sign hunt - and another/same Grey Wagtail flew out of the culvert.
It rather made my day.

[Wowbagger]

Dez told me that yesterday he had a pair of great tits on his fat balls. (Heads off for NSFW...)

[ElyDave]

Heard last night, the meeces are back in the loft.  Time to restock the humane traps with toothy meece comestibles

[nicknack]

Went down the beach yesterday. The sky was full of martins. Today there were none. I wondered if they were gathering for the long haul to Africa.

[Pingu]

Went down the beach yesterday. The sky was full of martins. Today there were none. I wondered if they were gathering for the long haul to Africa.

Maybe. That reminds me that we saw only one swallow on our pootle on Sunday.

[rafletcher]

The first time I've seen more than a fleeting glimpse of a weasel, and then it's been miles from the house.  Not this morning 

Courtesy of Phoebe.


Weasel by Richard Fletcher, on Flickr

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

A pair of Gadwall swimming around in a temporary pond on the top of the Hampshire Downs in Farleigh Wallop.  It really was the weather for ducks.  Probably the only time they have ever been spotted swimming in that parish, which has no permanent water.

[Chris S]

The first time I've seen more than a fleeting glimpse of a weasel, and then it's been miles from the house.  Not this morning 

Courtesy of Phoebe.


Weasel by Richard Fletcher, on Flickr

You know that's a squirrel, right?

[Andrij]

 

[nobby]

We have been seeing badger sign in the garden the last few days.
Yesterday the neighbour showed me footage of the beast taken in the twilight.
At first I thought it was Cycleman wild camping in our hollyhocks 

We are thinking of encouraging this by feeding - the badger not Cycleman - because they eat small mammals and we are plagued with rats if we use the bird feeders.

[PaulR]

The first time I've seen more than a fleeting glimpse of a weasel, and then it's been miles from the house.  Not this morning 

Courtesy of Phoebe.


Weasel by Richard Fletcher, on Flickr

You know that's a squirrel, right?

Or an edible dormouse?

[PaulR]

This family of mandarins have been smashing segments up and down the Thame lately
mandarins by PaulRide, on Flickr

[JStone]

Seen crossing the road on yesterday's ride - made it safely to the verge before the next motor vehicle arrived