Our garden - for Sian..

A rather large post dedicated entirely to Sian who is a little under the weather at the moment so hurry up and get better quickly - all images taken in the garden this afternoon.

Too much of a good thing!

Yes bizarrely I am considering whether too much nature in your Normanby garden is a good thing - for the last two months we have been plagued with local Mallards from the park causing havoc in the pond and now we have a Mole causing havoc with the lawn and heading towards the pond. Why so bothered? well for the past couple of weeks our pond has been alive with Newt activity with egg laying and displaying activity galore.  So we have bought a humane mole trap to try to get the little blighter before it comes up under the pond and punctures the lining but can we catch it, can we heck, it's driving us mad and we can almost hear the mole laughing at us so if any one knows the knack of how to catch it please leave a comment.
Birding wise on Saturday we found a Spoonbill at Alkborough and also had 4 Little Gulls and 5 Black Terns and last night saw the return of the Great White Egret.

The cutest Badger ever?

Once again if you care in anyway about Badgers watch the video and sign this petition
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/38257

The cutest Badger ever!

Burnt-tip orchid (Dwarf orchid) Orchis ustulata - North Lincolnshire

Rare and declining one of my favourite orchids - this year we hit it right and caught them in their prime.

Parish birding..

Lots of good birds today within the parish including Grasshopper Warbler, 3Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Garden Warbler and good numbers of hirundines. So it seems most migrants are now in with the exception of Spotted Flycatcher but there's always tomorrow...