Rojer's blog: Fourteenth of October

Monday the Fourteenth of October 2019

Watching!

early morning dew ice in the cup of a 'shroom

South pointing 'panorama' from above the pond ...

... and a little lower ...

... and here's the misty rugby field from the east.

Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,

O, what a panic's in thy breastie!

Didn't think you'd get away without a dock bug did you?

Mushroom covered stump

A rather butch looking bee with a furry vest.

Snails on a fence - no colour prejudice here.

Hazel catkins

Heading for Hilda Ogden's wall?

(Hilda Alice Ogden (née Crabtree) was a resident of 13 Coronation Street from 1964 to 1987. The devoted wife of Stan, Hilda and her husband were the roughnecks of Coronation Street and had frequent clashes with their neighbours.)

There were the traditional three pottery ducks 'flying across their wall.

Rugby post with magpie.

Squirrel sitting on a fence nibbling berries

Pondorama
(I use 'Hugin' panorama creator to make a lot of my panps)

Harvestman

Fifteenth of October

Just one pic

Woolly bear caterpillar, what is it going to be?

Sixteenth of October

Umbellifers are the flowering plants that are part of the celery family. Most umbellifers are characterised by their disc-shaped umbels, which are made up of many tiny flowers held on short flower stalks. Pollinators, hoverflies especially, are highly attracted to umbellifers as the nectar can be quickly and easily accessed.
Also: they're pretty!

The grey heron feeds mainly on fish, but also eats small mammals (even moles!), waterbirds (sometimes up to the size of a coot) and crayfish. It is often seen standing stock-still in the shallow waters of lakes, rivers and ponds, patiently hunting fish that flit about below the surface.