Only me! Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Blackbirds swooping about doing what looked like nest material/stuff collecting yesterday!& the tree blossom is out.Just me ... or does all this still seem just a bit early? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-526514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twirly Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I was thinking that myself today Only me! And it probably is. Saw a dead bumble bee today. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-526535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Oh dear, I saw a dead bee today, too. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-526577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 I captured a huge bumble bee yesterday and let him out of the house. He seemed very dozy. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-526657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee quinnie Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Frogs are back in the pond chez Wee Quinnie. Also hearing an owl every night. Blossom on the cherry trees. I love Spring! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-526714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas59 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 yeh the foxes get a bit naughty on my doorstep at times Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-526954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I poured frogspawn (thanks lousmith) into my tub from a jar and it sank.I was expecting it to float back to the surface, but it hasn't and I can't see it in the tub (the tub is black so a bit hard to see things in it).Is it OK for it not to be at or near the surface? Do I need to put my hand in, locate it and pull it up?:-$ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-527734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousmith Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hi Sue. Try and get it back to the top. The plants I gave you should float and support it. You can get some more weed if you need. It will hatch at the bottom, but may be much slower without the sun's warmth. You could even hatch it indoors in a big enough jar?or ?ub. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-527749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Oh dear, OK I'll go and have a fish around in the tub! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-527765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Have hauled spawn to top of tub where it is now resting on weeds just below the surface - let's hope the weather does not get even colder and it freezes :-S Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-527779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 There is a quite realistic plastic duckling on the pond at Peckham Rye :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-529683 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I went away for the weekend and when I came back there was no sign of ANY of my frogspawn - it hasn't sunk to the bottom again, it has just completely disappeared.It hasn't hatched - no sign of tadpoles.I've just googled and apparently cats and some birds will eat it :-SI had removed the netting over my tub - now I wish I hadn't. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-532065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousmith Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I too went away for a week and found a decimation of frogspawn. There was a bit on the side of the pond. I blame the magpies! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-532087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only me! Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Two dead Bumble Bees as i walked the 50m to the car this morning.Warm days & crisp nights seems to be bad news for them. Shame. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-533544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I just saw what looked remarkably like a swallow (only one) fly overhead.Is this possible? When do they arrive?ETA: Just looked up swallows, and it didn't seem to have such a forked tail as a swallow, but two very long "streamers" (and no, it wasn't a green parrakeet!) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryb Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Are you sure it wasn't a Swift? They are more common in London or maybe a House Martin. They all arrive about now. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
first mate Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Heron was out in Japanese Garden in Peckham Rye today- enjoying the sun. Saw three rats too- very busy. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Starlings completely ravished the entire contents of my squirrel proof bird seed feeder. Bastards! Still, mustn't discriminate! It's meant for littler birds than them! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmah Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 A massive frog behind my house, I'm hope he's not gobbled up by a fox. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
reetpetite Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Six beautiful ducklings and four baby coots (or moorhens ..can never remember which is which) on Peckham Rye lake today. Hope they stay safe from the Heron.! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynamehere Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Is it starlings that get the fat balls hung on metal hooks on 2+ metre metal poles in the middle of clear lawn? We thought that the squirrels jump vertically and somehow manoeuver it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537488 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandsneighbour Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Jimmah, thanks for pic, but you've got a toad, not a frog! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 If there is red on the beak, it is a moorhen (remember the 'r' in moorhen). White is a coot. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 henryb Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Are you sure it wasn't a Swift? They are more> common in London or maybe a House Martin. They all> arrive about now.xxxxxxxYes, might have been, but tail seemed very long.Will be lovely to see the swifts swooping about again.PGC, I was about to post the same thing about the coot/moorhen thing, it is the only way I can remember which is which! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
reetpetite Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> If there is red on the beak, it is a moorhen> (remember the 'r' in moorhen). White is a coot Thanks I'll try to remember .They are coots :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/330000-ed-nature-watch/page/50/#findComment-537575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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