Nature & wildlife pictures

Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar - they've been struggling this year because the dill and fennel have been going to seed so quickly there's not been a lot of leaf.
   

Slow worm in the garden this morning. Very nearly got stood on. Sunbathing in the middle of the path.

   

Oh wow, isn't it long! Very pretty

My neighbouring geese, I counted 38 white ones today, there are also a flock of grey and white from last year so there’s a gander and 5 geese and they have about 10 young goslings which are just loosing their yellow face feathers but I don’t have a photo of them.

   

Dolphin, minke whale & Manx shearwater
Not great photos, but you can tell what it is.

         

   

   

How exciting SC. P says they're lovely photos and hes jealous, all we have round here are bl**dy rabbits!

Thanks SC, looks like you struck lucky with your outing.

How fabulous!

This was an a surprise find while I was cleaning the game’s room at work today.
A common pipistrelle bat.
Poor little thing was covered in cobwebs. So I removed as many as I could and took him outside so he could fly off when he was ready and find himself some food.

         

Collecting some compost this morning on the newest bin I noticed a very very big bumble buzzing frantically carrying around two smaller bumbles on her back. It was either mating or attacking. At lunch I goggled it. Obviously mating, the poor thing had 3 males acosting her.