{"id":3309,"date":"2017-07-01T11:25:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T10:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3309"},"modified":"2017-07-01T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T10:25:07","slug":"30-days-wild-2017-days-16-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/30-days-wild-2017-days-16-20\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days Wild 2017 – Days 16 – 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 16 – Today before leaving work I crossed the car park to the lavender bushes to look for bees to do a Great British Bee Count.  My timed count produced two Banded white-tailed bumblebee\u2019s collecting nectar.<\/p>\n

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Day 17 \u2013 My Mum decided she wanted to go and see the Bath Peregrines and do some shopping for her holiday. I was happy to go and see the Peregrines but a bit more reluctant about the shopping! I checked the webcam before we left and couldn\u2019t see them, though hoped they would be around somewhere for her to see.  Thankfully as we were walking towards the Church I could hear them calling.  We had a brief viewing before they headed out of sight to the back of the nest box.  We headed off to do the holiday shopping which thankfully didn\u2019t take very long so we could head back to see the Peregrines for a good hour afterwards.  There was much more activity with food being brought in for them and feathers raining down from the spire.  Once home I decided a relaxing hour in the garden listening to birds was required \u2013 with an ice cream of course!<\/p>\n

Day 18 \u2013 Today I tried to photograph the Swifts that swoop down over the garden, I was unsuccessful! They would show up, do one fly over and disappear for the next half an hour! While I was waiting for them I topped up all the bird baths.  The fledgling Blue Tits seem to favour the \u2018poppy\u2019 to drink from, its sheltered by a tree and far too small for any of the larger birds to use.<\/p>\n

Day 19 \u2013 I realised that I really haven\u2019t seen any Ladybird\u2019s this year! I waited for the temperature to drop a little outside and headed out into the cool of the evening to explore the garden specifically for Ladybirds.  I have seen lots of Ladybird larvae this year and found some more in the garden tonight.  The closest I got to an adult was an emerging Ladybird though.  I have never seen this before so was quiet exited to have found it, it was located on the underside of a Hazel leaf.<\/p>\n

\"\"Day 20 – on Day 15 I briefly saw a Badger so tonight I went back to the same location to have another look around. Driving down the farmers track I saw the back end of a Badger disappear into the hedgerow. I knew it was about, and it had headed to where I believe part of its sett to be. I parked at the bottom of the track and waited, hoping it would reappear. 40 minutes later it walked out over the track and disappeared in seconds. I was amazed to see it again. I’m looking forward to getting to know it better \ud83d\ude42
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