After the spell of hot weather we were hit by a cooler blast of air. I'm not a sun worshipper so it didn't really bother me. And it certainly doesn't affect the wildlife.
I haven't seen the old battered Muntjac for a few days, but a couple of evenings ago I spotted a new male in the field. He's slimmer, with no new or old injuries to his legs, and he's a little braver than the old Muntjac. He has also lost both of his antlers but they will regrow over the summer....
The cooler weather hasn't stopped the birds in the garden visiting the little stream and pond. The Blackbirds are a regular visitor....
as are the Goldfinches and their newly fledged youngsters, although I couldn't get a photo of them actually in the water....
We are lucky enough here to have a healthy population of House Sparrows breeding in the scrub in the field, and they are also regular visitors to both the feeders and the stream and pond.
This little one was all fluffed up in the strong winds yesterday...
Any insects that were about yesterday were not settling long enough to grab any photos, and I couldn't find the little hoverfly that had been guarding his patch of stream.
My god-daughter, Chelsey, got this cracking photo of a Large Red damselfly resting on the side of her boys paddling pool...…
These are our most commonly seen damselfly, and can be seen from March through to September. The females usually have some yellow markings on the thorax but colour variations occur a lot in this species. Any where there is water you can find Large Reds nearby although they don't like fast flowing water....
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| Large Red damselfly - photo by Chelsey Cannon |
The fox family in the corner of the field are becoming more unpredictable. I haven't seen them for a few evenings, and she surprised me by being out in the open at 8am the other day.
Last night she appeared again in the flattened clearing, and was shortly joined by just one cub.
Again, I'm not overly worried as I had seen her taking food in to the den earlier so the other three cubs were possibly still filling their little bellies.
Like always the vixen was only out for about 20 minutes before silently telling the cub to go back whilst she ventured out looking for food...
and within minutes of me taking the photo above, the young male Muntjac appeared in the clearing.....
They are obviously living quite happily side by side. Neither seem to be a threat to the other. It would be fantastic if I could one day get a photo of a muntjac and a fox cub in the same frame !
Keep well everyone and stay safe
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