River life photos

[mort]

This is where the dragonflies hang out



and so do these but you normally just see a brown bum disappearing into the reeds

 

[MirandaB]

Well the cold Spring doesn't appear to have affected the Sticklebacks breeding in my tubs,it's a bumper crop this year and god knows what I'll do with them all 😳

 

[MirandaB]

First Demoiselle I've seen this year and sadly she's injured but still quite active🙁

 

[PARAGUAY]

Lovely photos

 

[MirandaB]

Another visitor to the tubs today

 

[mort]

Hi Miranda, can I ask how deep the stickleback tubs are? and if they are sunk into the ground at all? I've got a plan in my head for two long reed beds and they might make an interesting addition that I'd never considered before.

 

[MirandaB]

They're currently in these @mort,not sunken into the ground but they are placed where they only get full sun in the morning so they don't get too warm.
If you do decide you'd like some you're more than welcome to some of mine for a small donation to the forum🙂 Laguna Rectangular Goldfish Tub 130x80x46cm | Welcome to Porton Garden Aquatic & Pets

 

[MirandaB]

Poplar Hawk moth on the left and Eyed Hawk moth on the right,my neighbour is a Moth enthusiast so has a trap out most evenings 🙂

 

[Ady34]

Well the cold Spring doesn't appear to have affected the Sticklebacks breeding in my tubs,it's a bumper crop this year and god knows what I'll do with them all 😳

Perhaps a native scape? 😀

 

[MirandaB]

Perhaps a native scape? 😀

It has definitely been on my mind! 😀

 

[mort]

Mighty Blighty: Set up a tank for Sticklebacks!

www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk

 

[MirandaB]

I'd definitely go a lot bigger.....and cheaper

 

[oddn0ise]

just adding to the great selection of dragonflies in this thread...
From a back garden in London...

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

From a back garden in London...

Nice, that is a "Migrant Hawker" (I just had a thought that the name could be misconstrued, so nobody tell Priti Patel about this thread), despite it's name a common resident in S. England now.

cheers Darrel