This was not in the back yard, but worth telling anyway. Last Thursday night (25 July), on a small country lane in County Tipperary, there appeared in the headlights a kitten in stalking posture and a rabbit frozen in its gaze. It was far too dark for a photo and it happened too fast, but I saw it!
Bats swooped out of the first house where we stayed in Ireland. There were plenty of bugs in the air for them. I also saw gulls, sparrows, starlings, a
bullfinch,
pied wagtails,
song thrushes,
rooks,
swallows &
swifts,
wood pigeons, and some kind of raptor in the daylight. This is the wagtail - it had a distinctive white face.
For Irish wildflowers I used this
site. Mostly it was purple loosestrife along the roads, beautiful there, though invasive here.
Bats swooped out of the first house where we stayed in Ireland. There were plenty of bugs in the air for them. I also saw gulls, sparrows, starlings, a bullfinch, pied wagtails, song thrushes, rooks, swallows & swifts, wood pigeons, and some kind of raptor in the daylight. This is the wagtail - it had a distinctive white face.
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