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In the garden 2022

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Pedrocut said:
Nice leaf in an old pot…
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It is a heùchera, they have a colour range from ĺime green through green to dark green and ahades of red, which mine like that is called traffic light through a variety of bronzes and oranges tto dark purple, my favourite plant, lost four this year, but replaced with seven more. Names are cherry cola, lime Ricky, marmalade, tea, black pearl etc, etc, name reflects the colour, a good ground cover long flowering perrenial
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Astoness said:
look a bit like honey bees to me tinpot but not certain

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I managed to photo in flight today. I think they are some type of wall/masonry bee and are very interested in the plastic vents above the double glazing. In the first pic the bee is directly in front of the hole. You can see it's diagonal shadow on the wall.
 

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rosie said:
There's a fox sleeping on the grass at the moment, he's been there quite a while, looks so peaceful!
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thats nice rosie
Foxes sleep near their dens, out in the open, or near brush. They use their tail to curl up and stay warm while sleeping, as well as to blend in. foxes build dens, but they are primarily for raising fox kits, not for sleeping.
 
The Dead Horse Arum, Helicodiceros muscivorus, native to Corsica and Sardinia but rare in the wild now. It's the first time it's flowered for me after waiting 5 years.
This is one of the worlds most curious flowers, it mimics the hairy anus of a dead animal and attracts flies to pollinate it. Flies get trapped deep inside the flower and can't escape for about 24 hrs, you can hear them buzzing inside.
The flower actually produces heat and a very strong smell of rotting meat. I made a 2 minute video: https://youtu.be/-Y-5Fs-zEhEdead Horse.jpg
 
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izzy eckerslike said:
he Dead Horse Arum, Helicodiceros muscivorus, native to Corsica and Sardinia but rare in the wild now. It's the first time it's flowered for me after waiting 5 years.
This is one of the worlds most curious flowers, it mimics the hairy anus of a dead animal and attracts flies to pollinate it. Flies get trapped deep inside the flower and can't escape for about 24 hrs, you can here them buzzing inside.
The flower actually produces heat and a very strong smell of rotting meat. I made a 2 minute video: https://youtu.be/-Y-5Fs-zEhE
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Well I played the video twice but couldn't smell a thing :laughing:
 
JackiePritchatt said:
Nico It’s a blue-tit, would love to get robins. If you look at page 11, 214 it has markings on her head.
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Beautiful pictures Jackie. Though we lost our garage baby robins to the cat the other pair have at least 2 at the front. The cats are after them too. I was edging the lawn today and the robins were taking the worms and feeding the babies quite close. Their home is in the rhodo. But they don't come as close at the garage robins got. I don't know where they went but one of the rhodo pair sings in 'their' tree. So whether this pair have extended their territory. I saw them chasing one off it was the rhodo pair who got chased before. I keep whistling anyway as I can't tell one from another but they know me.
We noticed some white fur and hair strewn about we hope it is not from the tit box. Still not sure if it is occupied but when I was working head down by it I saw a flash of blue. The robins perch on the top of it whether that would happen if it had great tits in I don't know. Had to dispose of a dead chick, very small with a blue tinge.
 
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