Back Garden

The wildlife in and around my garden has been quite busy over the last few days.

Mating Slow Worms.

One of the two local Buzzards being harassed by a pair of Carrion Crows and a Jackdaw.

One of the first fogs to metamorphose from the tadpoles that have been living in the pond, which is not quite a year old.

A much larger Common Frog, that appears to live, on and off, in the pond.

There were at least six pairs of Large Red Damselflies laying eggs.

The empty case of a Damselfly larva, that must have been laid in the pond last summer. Since the pond is only one year old this cannot have been a Large Red Damselfly, which has a two year larval stage. Common Blue Damselflies have a one year larval stage, and they were seen around the pond last summer.