Rain and Wind

Rain, rain, rain and wind. Me and my family were driving to Gloucester when we saw treetops poking up from underneath water. There are still a lot of birds in our garden eventhough it is raining horribly.

Me, my dad and a boy called Sam were standing up the garden when Sam told us that he had seen a peregrine falcon. A couple of weeks later, guess what we saw a peregrine falcon! We have also seen a red kite.

Today me and my mum's friend went nestwatching at nags head nature reserve with with a man from the RSPB to guide us. we saw some pied wagtail chicks, bluetits and great tits. and also, sadly some dead baby birds. 

We have got a slow worm living in our compost!

  A lizard wich we found in our garden pond.

A scarlet tiger moth which we have been looking after ever since they were caterpillars.

One of the scarlet tiger moths flew onto my head and then crawled onto my face.

        How to Make a Woodlouse Maze

                                    What you will need:

                                    Lego

                                    Clingfilm

                                    Woodlice

1. Build a maze out of lego, remember to leave an exit and a start point. 

 2. Put your woodlice at the start point, please look after the woodlice. 

 3. Cover the top of the maze with clingfilm. 

Remember to let your woodlice go when they have completed the maze!

Tip: If you want your woodlice to go another way,  shine a bright light at them, they don't like light so they will move away. This tip only works if you aren't in bright daylight.

  

      

Imogenswildlife

This blog is all about the wildlife I see.

This is me and some friends digging our pond.

This is the pond when finished.

    7th June 2013

Today we started doing a  BioBlitz which is basically recording all the wildlife and plants in your garden.We have recorded 121 species so far!

Here is what we have found:

                                                                                                                                                                      

Trees:

 dogwood

privet

white willow

goat willow

dafnordes [willow]

vitellina [willow]

cricket bat willow

bay-leaved willow

gooseberry

apple tree

quince

hornbeam

blackthorn

gorse

wayfaring tree

hawthorn

hazel

oak

holly

yew

field maple

gelder rose

ash

rowan

crab apple

silver birch

Flowers:

 groundsel

prickley sow thistle

petty sparge

red dead nettle

 thyme-leaved speedwell

ivy-leaved toad flax

dogrose

foxglove

daisy

moss

lichen

black puff ball fungus

ox eye daisies

violet

dock

brachen

wild iris

marsh marigold

cox foot

cut leaved cranes bill

ragwort

yarrow

salad burnett

scarlet pimpernel

selfheal

broad leaved willow herb

wild srawberry

ragged robin

black medick

common sorrel

hogweed

meadow buttercup

cats ear

 sheeps sorrel

common mouse ear

barren srawberry

cowslip

mistletoe

ivy

white dead nettle

creeping buttercup

ground ivy

knapweed

red clover

goose grass 

columbine

Insects:

2-spot ladybird

ladybird lava

bloody nosed beetle

gnat

cardinal beetle

froghopper lava

blood vein moth

silver y

red ant

centipede

woodlice

earth worm

green bottle

codling moth

garden snail

dark-lipped banded snail

tree snail

greenfly
cabbage white

scarlet tiger moth

blue bottle

gnat lava

slug

garden ant

comb-footed spider

blackfly

pond skater

saucer bug

hart and dart moth

Birds and Mammals:
goldfinch
wood pigeon
blue tit
chaffinch
dunnock
great tit
pheasant
blackbird
magpie
jackdaw
nuthatch
swift
house martin 
house sparrow
robin collared dove
siskin
great spotted woodpecker
green woodpecker
rabbit
bank vole
frog
common newt
slow worm
hedgehog