Getting Stuck In

To add the the shots of the frogs from Monday here are a few of various insects getting stuck into numerous wonderful wild flowers.

 

So from beetles bugs and bees on buttercups to others just hanging around.

 

 

Now to finish a lovely big violet oil beetle, a hover fly and lastly a moth with wonderful antennae....... 

 

 

 

 

Dirty Girl does it again

Regular readers will know this lovely lady, we call her Dirty Girl for obvious reasons. She has had three other foals whilst we have been here with one having been still born so it was a great relief to see this little one up and healthy and already bonded to its mum. The little one must have been born within the last thirty six hours.

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our new little brown friend is so young it is having to lean on its mum for balance.

 

 

Mums neck makes a wonderful head rest while she is grazing and trying to get enough grass to provide the milk that her newborn will need.  

 

 

 

Our new brown friend is showing all the right signs of being inquisitive but using its mum to hide behind for safety.

I will add more photos as the opportunities arise.

What YaYa saw on his Birthay

I promised my Grand Daughter Scarlett who calls me YaYa that I would show her what I saw yesterday when I had the day off for my Birthday.........................

 

Firstly when in France one sees a lot of Frogs so here are a few images of male Frogs from the Army ( the name for a group of Frogs ) I found at a local reserve, they were calling for females but make lots of mistakes trying to mate with each other.

 

 

 

 

 The one above is a male edible Frog and the one below is a common brown but the two seem to be drawn to each other - you will also see a lot of bubbles around them, these are caused my the vibrations that are given off when they try to attract a mate.. Both make a different Croak and the females of that species can recognise the mid tone of its own soecies.

Yes in Europe tha call is a Croak and Ribbit in North America

 

 

Here you can see the smaller edible on the back of another male of a different species, he is soon then thrown off and is chased away.

 

 

 

You can see him making himself as big as possible to frighten the other male.

 

 

The first Dragonfly of the year. 

 

 

The two girls came with me Syrah and the new girl Francy our big black beastie.........

 

 

She is a rescue Chasse (hunting) dog who we are having to work hard with to turn her into a good girl who will do as she is told and not just eat all the things she sees or chase things she should not like our Chickens and Ducks etc.

 

 

Below are a selection of the wild flowers and seed heads we saw along the walk we had.