TownSeagull
@townseagull.bsky.social
'...My dreams with the Seagulls fly, Out of reach out of cry...' (Joni Mitchell) My name is Jo. I am a lover of nature, wildlife, gardening, photography, art and music. All drawings, paintings and thread art hand embroideries posted are my own design
The Buddleia is still full of visitors, deadheading has kept it blooming for many weeks.
The rain brought out the Snails, of all sizes, how tiny this little one is.
Finally some heavy rain after many weeks of waiting, such a relief...
Share and share alike, enjoying a rotten Pear...Flesh Fly and Green Bottle I think...
The caterpillar of a large white Butterfly chewing on a Nasturtium leaf
I thought all my Passion Flowers had died during the drought, lots of shrivelled brown buds, so was delighted today to find a small string of survivors flowering.
Holly Blue Butterfly, the garden is full of Butterflies and Moths at this time of year.
Painted Lady Butterfly on Buddleia, loads of them in the garden this year.
Saved a Stag Beetle from the visiting Cat today. So pleased to see one in the garden as they are categorised as nationally scarce now. They love dead wood so a log pile in your garden really helps them.
No pesticides used here, I like my plants with accompanying bugs and they all have their own garden predators keeping numbers down. This Rose has since bloomed beautifully.
Bee on woody Salvia 'Amethyst Lips', these will bloom right into autumn keeping the pollinators happy for months.
An Ant farmer, milking captive Aphids for sweet aphid honeydew whilst also protecting them from predators.
So it wasn't just a couple of days, the Badger has now been in to visit most nights since. lovely to see.
Little Frog has decided the solar fountain is a good Lily pad alternative...
