WE HAVE our best ever display of pipistrelle acrobatics over the patio as we sit watching through the windows while having our dinner at dusk. Whether it was one bat going around in a circle or ten taking it in turns, we can't be certain.
Aerial Predators |
Richard Bell's Wild West Yorkshire nature diary, Wednesday, 5th September, 2007 |
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WE HAVE our best ever display of pipistrelle acrobatics over the patio as we sit watching through the windows while having our dinner at dusk. Whether it was one bat going around in a circle or ten taking it in turns, we can't be certain. |
The grey
squirrel continues to bury his nuts, with meticulous discretion
in various corners of our garden. He (or she) climbs on an old garden chair
and
pops through a hole in the trellis to raid next door's bird table. We
have yet to start feeding.
At least two species of dragonfly hawk over the garden and house
martins continue
to circle around. When I was painting the cabbage yesterday, I saw the remains
of a hoverfly snipped in half, no doubt the victim of one of these aerial predators.
It's a tough life for insects in our garden, whether they come out at night
or during the day.