I have a red frog

well i found this litttle chap siting on some bog in my pond
the other day, hes very red and apparently
this is quite normal :)

With all the rain and sunshine we have been having my garden is looking very green, mind you the grass is growing sooooo quick aswel!

Sad Day :(

Well today is a very sad day as after not seeing the blue tits going in the box for a week i decided to see what had happened as i opened the box the female was sitting on the nest but she was dead :(
There weren't any eggs. I'm not sure why she died but can only guess that the sudden rise in temperature maybe caused her to dehydrate or the male was sooo busy defending the territory that he forgot to feed her. what ever it was has really saddened me. I have removed her and the nest and can only hope another pair will decide to build a nest there.

TODAYS FINDINGS in my WILDLIFE GARDEN 28th April 08

I took a stroll round the garden and below are what I saw that interested me.

New visitors to my garden

Today 25th April I saw a chaffinch in my garden so all the different bird food i putting out is defenately attracting different species of birds.

On the 13th April i found this little guy/girl on my decking, think it lives under my decking

Also on that day I had a Greenfinch in my garden, first time ive seen one of them in my garden too :)

Crazy weather!!

well the 4th April saw my very first tulip, the sun was very warm and i sat in my garden for ages,A squirrel came and joined me but had a mad itching moment and a pair of snails cudded up together, I hope they dont decide to have babies!! it was just a beautiful day.

But then the 6th of April we had a heavy snow fall !! can you believe it, T-shirts one minuite then big coats the next.... Crazy weather!

snow flurries today

well can you believe it.. we are having small snow flurries, its not settling though thank goodness, im just hoping its not going to affect the frogspawn, in fact im very tempted to lift it and bring in to the home but im thinking thats messing with nature ;)
A bluetit was banging away at the hole in the beech birdbox, see the picture.

And a Mistle thrush came and visited the garden, infact i had a pair so im thinking they are nesting somewhere near but cant find out where.

MY SELF MADE HEDGEHOG HOUSE

I decided to have a go at making my own hedgehog house with stuff i had around the garden. I used a round terracotter pot, some pipe and log rolls, below is a picture of the result.