Linda G
@hhogsfrogs.bsky.social
Birder, wildlife lover and wildlife rescue volunteer at @follywildlife.bsky.social
The weather this week has been a little rough & it’s delayed releasing some of our patients.
Here's a throwback to some woodpigeons we hand-reared & released on site a few weeks ago. They were more than ready to go!
Hopefully the weather will improve soon so we can do some more releases!❤️🪶
Here's a throwback to some woodpigeons we hand-reared & released on site a few weeks ago. They were more than ready to go!
Hopefully the weather will improve soon so we can do some more releases!❤️🪶
September 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The weather this week has been a little rough & it’s delayed releasing some of our patients.
Here's a throwback to some woodpigeons we hand-reared & released on site a few weeks ago. They were more than ready to go!
Hopefully the weather will improve soon so we can do some more releases!❤️🪶
Here's a throwback to some woodpigeons we hand-reared & released on site a few weeks ago. They were more than ready to go!
Hopefully the weather will improve soon so we can do some more releases!❤️🪶
A day of brilliant lifers for us. Platier d’Oye reserve just outside Calais was bone dry with little about, but gave us Icterine Warbler & Natterjack Toad.
Belgian reserve, Ploegsteert, near Lille gave us Little Bittern, Short-toed Treecreeper & a Goshawk. Happy birders 🪶😊
Belgian reserve, Ploegsteert, near Lille gave us Little Bittern, Short-toed Treecreeper & a Goshawk. Happy birders 🪶😊
August 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A day of brilliant lifers for us. Platier d’Oye reserve just outside Calais was bone dry with little about, but gave us Icterine Warbler & Natterjack Toad.
Belgian reserve, Ploegsteert, near Lille gave us Little Bittern, Short-toed Treecreeper & a Goshawk. Happy birders 🪶😊
Belgian reserve, Ploegsteert, near Lille gave us Little Bittern, Short-toed Treecreeper & a Goshawk. Happy birders 🪶😊
Think we nailed the ID of this one at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve today😁
Northern Wheatear
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Northern Wheatear
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August 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Think we nailed the ID of this one at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve today😁
Northern Wheatear
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Northern Wheatear
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Birdwatching in the Causses & Cévennes National Park, France in the hope of seeing vultures. First we saw was a Lammergeier! Loads of Griffon and Black vultures in the Gorge de la Jonte. Plenty of Red Billed Choughs & Alpine Swifts. Excellent heatwave-escape birding at altitude #birds
August 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Birdwatching in the Causses & Cévennes National Park, France in the hope of seeing vultures. First we saw was a Lammergeier! Loads of Griffon and Black vultures in the Gorge de la Jonte. Plenty of Red Billed Choughs & Alpine Swifts. Excellent heatwave-escape birding at altitude #birds
Both baby wrens feeding and pooing beautifully this morning. They’re on their way to @follywildlife.bsky.social where the volunteers work in shifts to keep all the baby #birds fed dawn to dusk. 😊
July 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Both baby wrens feeding and pooing beautifully this morning. They’re on their way to @follywildlife.bsky.social where the volunteers work in shifts to keep all the baby #birds fed dawn to dusk. 😊
I’m 1 of @follywildlife.bsky.social ‘s most experienced baby #bird feeders. Tonight I have 2 cute wrens in my care that were found outside a local pub with a 3rd who’d sadly died. They’re being fed every 30 mins until sunset. I’ll be up at dawn to carry on the feeds until I can get them to Folly
July 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m 1 of @follywildlife.bsky.social ‘s most experienced baby #bird feeders. Tonight I have 2 cute wrens in my care that were found outside a local pub with a 3rd who’d sadly died. They’re being fed every 30 mins until sunset. I’ll be up at dawn to carry on the feeds until I can get them to Folly
Two buff-tips before we even opened up the moth trap. First record for our garden. The day has started well!! 💕 #moths @savebutterflies.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social #30dayswild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Two buff-tips before we even opened up the moth trap. First record for our garden. The day has started well!! 💕 #moths @savebutterflies.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social #30dayswild @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
Privet alive with Meadow Browns at #ElmleyNNR There must have been thousands across the reserve today! @KentWildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
#butterflies
#butterflies
June 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Privet alive with Meadow Browns at #ElmleyNNR There must have been thousands across the reserve today! @KentWildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
#butterflies
#butterflies
We’ve had a month of big raptors
White Tailed Eagles and Golden Eagles on Mull, Bald Eagles in Pennsylvania and then a WTE pitches up on our home patch in Kent 💕 #addBird #Birding #ElmleyNNR #UKbirding #USbirding
White Tailed Eagles and Golden Eagles on Mull, Bald Eagles in Pennsylvania and then a WTE pitches up on our home patch in Kent 💕 #addBird #Birding #ElmleyNNR #UKbirding #USbirding
June 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We’ve had a month of big raptors
White Tailed Eagles and Golden Eagles on Mull, Bald Eagles in Pennsylvania and then a WTE pitches up on our home patch in Kent 💕 #addBird #Birding #ElmleyNNR #UKbirding #USbirding
White Tailed Eagles and Golden Eagles on Mull, Bald Eagles in Pennsylvania and then a WTE pitches up on our home patch in Kent 💕 #addBird #Birding #ElmleyNNR #UKbirding #USbirding
First Corn Buntings of the year for us at #ElmleyNNR today. White Tailed Eagle was considerably larger than the usual fence post raptors seen there… even at a distance through heat haze. The Little Owl was downright judgmental 😂 Also loads of Cinnabar and 6 spot burnet moths.
June 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
First Corn Buntings of the year for us at #ElmleyNNR today. White Tailed Eagle was considerably larger than the usual fence post raptors seen there… even at a distance through heat haze. The Little Owl was downright judgmental 😂 Also loads of Cinnabar and 6 spot burnet moths.
Lovely Saturday morning wildlife. Frogs aren’t usually this bold in our pond by day. The Carrion Crows are too good at carting them off.
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May 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Lovely Saturday morning wildlife. Frogs aren’t usually this bold in our pond by day. The Carrion Crows are too good at carting them off.
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A hedgehog had a good snuffle round our pond looking for snacks last night. The water level is lower than usual due to the weather. It & our wild ‘lawn’ are undoubtedly a welcome feeding area when everything is so dry. @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A hedgehog had a good snuffle round our pond looking for snacks last night. The water level is lower than usual due to the weather. It & our wild ‘lawn’ are undoubtedly a welcome feeding area when everything is so dry. @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
We’re familiar with watching our gardens spread out in strange positions sunbathing on the lawn, but have never before seen a Treecreeper doing this on a vertical tree trunk. It was a beautiful Cumbrian morning today
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@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We’re familiar with watching our gardens spread out in strange positions sunbathing on the lawn, but have never before seen a Treecreeper doing this on a vertical tree trunk. It was a beautiful Cumbrian morning today
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@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
2/ …Joseph being very cold he made his way to us.
He was very cold & weak on arrival. Warmth, fluids & a full check over were given; luckily he had no injuries.
He’s been in foster care, is coming on in leaps & bounds & is already quite feisty! We‘ll keep you updated on his journey ❤️
He was very cold & weak on arrival. Warmth, fluids & a full check over were given; luckily he had no injuries.
He’s been in foster care, is coming on in leaps & bounds & is already quite feisty! We‘ll keep you updated on his journey ❤️
April 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
2/ …Joseph being very cold he made his way to us.
He was very cold & weak on arrival. Warmth, fluids & a full check over were given; luckily he had no injuries.
He’s been in foster care, is coming on in leaps & bounds & is already quite feisty! We‘ll keep you updated on his journey ❤️
He was very cold & weak on arrival. Warmth, fluids & a full check over were given; luckily he had no injuries.
He’s been in foster care, is coming on in leaps & bounds & is already quite feisty! We‘ll keep you updated on his journey ❤️
1/ Our first badger cub arrived last week. Meet Joseph ❤️
A lady walking her dog found him above ground wickering for mum.
She called Brighton Wildlife Rescue who sadly found a dead female not far from the cub & sett. Joseph had obviously gone looking for her.
With no sign of more cubs, &…
A lady walking her dog found him above ground wickering for mum.
She called Brighton Wildlife Rescue who sadly found a dead female not far from the cub & sett. Joseph had obviously gone looking for her.
With no sign of more cubs, &…
April 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
1/ Our first badger cub arrived last week. Meet Joseph ❤️
A lady walking her dog found him above ground wickering for mum.
She called Brighton Wildlife Rescue who sadly found a dead female not far from the cub & sett. Joseph had obviously gone looking for her.
With no sign of more cubs, &…
A lady walking her dog found him above ground wickering for mum.
She called Brighton Wildlife Rescue who sadly found a dead female not far from the cub & sett. Joseph had obviously gone looking for her.
With no sign of more cubs, &…
A few seconds of Sedge Warbler song at Elmley NNR. The sun has come out and they’re back! 😊
@kentwildlife.bsky.social @kentishplover.bsky.social #birdingkent
@kentwildlife.bsky.social @kentishplover.bsky.social #birdingkent
April 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A few seconds of Sedge Warbler song at Elmley NNR. The sun has come out and they’re back! 😊
@kentwildlife.bsky.social @kentishplover.bsky.social #birdingkent
@kentwildlife.bsky.social @kentishplover.bsky.social #birdingkent
One swallow doesn’t make a summer… especially with a bitter northeast wind-easterly on Sheppey. However, it does make a fab start to a stay at Elmley NNR @kentwildlife.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One swallow doesn’t make a summer… especially with a bitter northeast wind-easterly on Sheppey. However, it does make a fab start to a stay at Elmley NNR @kentwildlife.bsky.social
This is the most spread out frog spawning we’ve had here in Kent. 1st spawn Feb 23rd. After a few days, a week of hard frost, then phase 2 spawning then a 2nd period of frost. This morning tadpoles from phases 1 & 2 and new spawn at the other end of the pond! No toadspawn…yet! @froglife.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is the most spread out frog spawning we’ve had here in Kent. 1st spawn Feb 23rd. After a few days, a week of hard frost, then phase 2 spawning then a 2nd period of frost. This morning tadpoles from phases 1 & 2 and new spawn at the other end of the pond! No toadspawn…yet! @froglife.bsky.social
Toads seem to spawn about a month after the frogs in our Kent pond. Frog spawning started Feb 23rd. Tonight a toad walked in bang on schedule. I can make out other eyes in the background, but can’t be sure whether they’re frogs or toads. 🐸 💚
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March 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Toads seem to spawn about a month after the frogs in our Kent pond. Frog spawning started Feb 23rd. Tonight a toad walked in bang on schedule. I can make out other eyes in the background, but can’t be sure whether they’re frogs or toads. 🐸 💚
@kentwildlife.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
@kentwildlife.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
We’ve not seen much of the frogs for several nights thanks to frost. Tonight they’re back in business! Some of the earlier spawn froze and has died, but there’s so much that we aren’t particularly concerned. It looks like more is on its way tonight! 💚🐸
March 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We’ve not seen much of the frogs for several nights thanks to frost. Tonight they’re back in business! Some of the earlier spawn froze and has died, but there’s so much that we aren’t particularly concerned. It looks like more is on its way tonight! 💚🐸
Fab day at Elmley NNR today. Barn Owls out all day! Short Eared Owls very obliging. Hares feeling frisky in the spring sunshine. And a BlackTailed Godwit originally ringed in The Netherlands in May 2024
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#Kent #Sheppey #ElmleyNNR
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
#Kent #Sheppey #ElmleyNNR
March 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Fab day at Elmley NNR today. Barn Owls out all day! Short Eared Owls very obliging. Hares feeling frisky in the spring sunshine. And a BlackTailed Godwit originally ringed in The Netherlands in May 2024
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
#Kent #Sheppey #ElmleyNNR
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
#Kent #Sheppey #ElmleyNNR
Blue Tits started nesting in our camera nest box this morning. Ten days later than last year. Baby bird season at @follywildlife.bsky.social is on its way 💙
February 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Blue Tits started nesting in our camera nest box this morning. Ten days later than last year. Baby bird season at @follywildlife.bsky.social is on its way 💙
Morning after the night before… they’re still active in daylight
February 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Morning after the night before… they’re still active in daylight
So many frogs!!! Our West Kent pond is full of action tonight! We only had 1 blob of spawn this morning. I think there may be rather more on its way! Who needs television at this time of year?!😁 🐸
@froglife.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
@froglife.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So many frogs!!! Our West Kent pond is full of action tonight! We only had 1 blob of spawn this morning. I think there may be rather more on its way! Who needs television at this time of year?!😁 🐸
@froglife.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
@froglife.bsky.social @katebradbury.bsky.social
Can’t help get excited when a badger turns up in the garden. It doesn’t happen often, but it explains who ate the peanuts that I knocked out of the feeder I had soaking in disinfectant overnight 😍🦡
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@badgertrust.bsky.social
@badgerlandcouk.bsky.social
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
@badgertrust.bsky.social
@badgerlandcouk.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Can’t help get excited when a badger turns up in the garden. It doesn’t happen often, but it explains who ate the peanuts that I knocked out of the feeder I had soaking in disinfectant overnight 😍🦡
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
@badgertrust.bsky.social
@badgerlandcouk.bsky.social
@kentwildlife.bsky.social
@badgertrust.bsky.social
@badgerlandcouk.bsky.social