Animals & Insects: January 2013

Friday, 25 January 2013

Crab time

When we went one day to Hunstanton beach, we found millions of big Crabs, some of which we took home and took care of.

What Crabs eat: They are Detrivores. They will consume animal as well as plant matter (algae, etc.).

They will mostly live off Plankton and other types of water plantation. They also eat some small Fish in the wild. Crabs are opportunists. They will eat what they find, including partially decomposed items.

Photo by Alex Sidney

Birds of Prey

Can you name the Birds in these pictures?

Photo by Clive Sidney

Winter Nature

Photo by Clive Sidney

It's been snowing in Norfolk and these are the photographs of our garden.

More pictures coming soon - watch this space!

If you have any photographs or drawings and links you are welcome to send them to my blog through the comments!

Thank you!

Alex

Summer 2012 Wildflowers and Shrubs

Hope you like them!

Alex

Photo by Clive Sidney

Murky Swamp (technically not a wildflower or shrub, despite the title!)
Photo by Clive Sidney

Photo by Alex Sidney

Wildlife flowers from last summer

In the summer of 2012 we visited several wildlife areas and here are our pictures.

Enjoy!

Alex

Photo by Clive Sidney

Ladybirds

Ladybirds:

Photo by Alex Sidney

What a Ladybird eats:

Aphids

Small Insects

Mites

Plants

Scale Insects

Pests

Thrips & Coccinellidae

The lifespan of a Ladybird is of around a year.

It will only survive without food for around 1 day.

Question: Only after looking at the photograph, we spotted a weird leaf on the right hand side and realised that it was actually a mystery animal! (Inside the orange circle)

Can you tell us what it can be??
Post your answers through comments.

Have Fun!

Alex

Fly

Photo by Alex Sidney

This was one of the best pictures I had ever taken of a flying animal before.
It may not be a close-up, but it's a good photo!

A Fly will eat almost anything.

A Fly's lifespan is around a month.

But a Fly will only survive without food for around 2 days.

Enjoy!

Alex.

Thursday, 24 January 2013

Great Tit

Photo by Franz Sidney

Great Tit

Like Blue Tits and Coal Tits, Great Tits are fond of small Insects and eat huge numbers of Caterpillars and Aphids (Despite the name!), helping us to maintain a healthy garden without the use of chemicals.

Given the chance though, they will munch their way through a great variety of nuts and seeds, top favourites being Black Sunflower and Sunflower Hearts, plus Peanuts of course and any mixes containing these.

A Great Tit will survive about a day without food.

And the longest known lifespan of it was 11 years and 97 days!!

Alex

P.S.

Sorry it's out of focus!