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Winter is approaching...
…and the bugs are preparing to hibernate. Here’s a green shield bug – now in its dark brown winter colours… more →
Hagbourne Wildlife
Winter is approaching...
bramblejungle wrote 6 days ago: …and the bugs are preparing to hibernate. Here’s a green shield bug – now in its d … more →
Hiding in the leaf-litter
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bramblejungle wrote 1 week ago: The recent stormy weather meant plenty of leaves to rake up, and with them a profusion of small crea … more →
Mushrooms and midges
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bramblejungle wrote 1 month ago: A warm damp autumn has extended the bug season and produced interesting crops of fungi: … more →
Hedgehopping kite
bramblejungle wrote 1 month ago: Red kites can be quite alarming when they hop over the hedge and look at you. … more →
More "finds"
bramblejungle wrote 2 months ago: Here are a few things I’ve encountered for the first time in the last few days: The caterpilla … more →
09/09/09
bramblejungle wrote 2 months ago: Not a lot in the garden last night (except the usual spiders, slugs, snails…) – but I co … more →
Shield bugs
bramblejungle wrote 3 months ago: I like shield bugs, and I’m pretty sure most of them are harmless (though I haven’t trie … more →
The Moth Collection
bramblejungle wrote 3 months ago: According to UK Moths, there are at least 2400 moth species in the UK; I guess I’ve only scrat … more →
More butterflies
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bramblejungle wrote 3 months ago: A few weeks ago I commented that we didn’t seem to have as many butterflies as usual. Perhaps … more →
Ladybirds
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bramblejungle wrote 4 months ago: I was hoping for some butterflies this week, but it’s been raining most of the time and I … more →
Bumblebees
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bramblejungle wrote 4 months ago: Bumble-bees are responding to warm weather and bramble flowers; I can’t match Jane’s tal … more →
300 species
bramblejungle wrote 4 months ago: This will never be a complete catalogue of the area’s wildlife, but even after 15 months or so … more →
Cricket season
bramblejungle wrote 4 months ago: Last year I found a few speckled bush crickets, but this year we’ve been lucky to have two bus … more →
Hunting beetles...
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bramblejungle wrote 5 months ago: …and slugs. Every garden should have one: this looks like a youngster, so I hope there are mo … more →
Moths
bramblejungle wrote 5 months ago: Late in the evening the air seems full of moths, especially round the nettles. Most of them are tiny … more →
Aphid control
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bramblejungle wrote 5 months ago: This has been a great year for aphids, round here at least. In the nesting season that’s not n … more →
Garden birds
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bramblejungle wrote 6 months ago: This seems to have been a successful breeding season for many garden birds, and I’ve seen a va … more →
Welcome to the WWW
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bramblejungle wrote 6 months ago: Wonderful World of Weevils, that is. The trouble with the pesticide-free wildlife garden is that som … more →
Bzzzzz
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bramblejungle wrote 7 months ago: What else can you say? It’s a cockchafer beetle (aka May bug). … more →
