This monster was spotted in the garden yesterday. Not knowing if it was native or not she was carefully captured, photographed and released back into the garden where found. A quick web search revealed it to be a fairly common variety of cricket – Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera). The large horn shaped bit at the…
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The garden has now well and truly sprung into life. Standing outside the other morning at silly o'clock – all you could hear was the morning chorus of feathered creatures announcing the coming day and proclaiming their territory in the process. Amongst the garden guests this year, we have a pair of House Sparrows nesting…
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