Blue Z5: Another Dyfi Grandchild Returns to Wales
An intruding female osprey made the briefest of touchdowns on the nest at 05:56 yesterday morning.
An intruding female osprey made the briefest of touchdowns on the nest at 05:56 yesterday morning.
Updates and Intruders
The Parent bug lives up to its name. The female lays her eggs on a Silver birch leaf, watching over them until they hatch. She stays with the young until they are adults. Other shield bugs lay…
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Incubation Begins
The common whelk is the largest sea snail found in UK seas, though you're more likely to find the dry balls of empty whelk egg capsules washed up in strandlines.
The song thrush is a familiar garden visitor that has a beautiful and loud song. The broken shells of their blue, spotty eggs can often be found under a hedge in spring.
Hatching Expected Near End of May
A bushy brown seaweed that appears bright blue underwater.
As its name suggests, the birch shieldbug can be found feeding on silver birch, and sometimes hazel, in mixed woodland. Adults hibernate over winter, emerging in spring to lay their eggs.
Considered to be an early sign of spring, the song of the cuckoo sounds the same as its name: ‘cuck-oo’. It can be heard in woodlands and grasslands. Cuckoos famously lay their eggs in the nests…