Sunday, August 21, 2011

Garden Animals July 2011

All these animals were photographed in our garden during July 2011.

1 hare-close-up

Our young hare seen almost daily in our garden, on the lawn, in the orchard or even on the patio.

hare-1

Welcome as long as he doesn’t eat my plants!

hare-2 (2)

 

hare-2

He mostly eats just grass

hare-3

 

hare-4

and dandelions

hare-5

Although is guilty of nibbling the runner beans!

hare-and-rabbit

On 16th July our young hare encountered our young rabbit….

hare-and-rabbit-1

…and we watched from the window to see what would happen

hare-and-rabbit-2

It was quite touching

hare-and-rabbit-3

I wonder how often this happens!

hare-closeup-2

Keep still and she won’t notice me!

hedgehog

A brief visit from a hedgehog

lizard-1

Common Lizard on wall

lizard-2

Smile!

mole

Something you dont see very often, a mole out on the surface

mole-2

Spent quite a while watching him!

rabbit

Ou resident bunny

red-squirrel

Love the wonky ear tufts!

red-squirrel-2

Red Squirrel in the holly tree

red-squirrel-and-seed

I just love the way it holds a sunflower seed so carefully

red-squirrel-and-tick

This ones got a nasty tick by its eye

red-squirrel-tiny

This is Tiny and he rally is tiny!

red-squirrel-tiny-2

 

red-squirrel-upsidedown

Can’t be good for digestion!

roe-deer

Roe Deer-Ok not in our garden but the field opposite. They do come through the garden though.

1 comment:

Crafty Green Poet said...

such wonderful photos! The meeting between the hare and the rabbit is so lovely....