Wildlife Watching in May
This month look out for:
*Hedgehogs - in courtship mode.
*Foxes - look out for playful cubs this month.
*Badgers - plenty going on at the sett this month with badger cubs out and about.
*Roe deer - the babies are born this month.
Birds in May*Swifts
*Seabirds - colonies of seabirds, especially gulls, guillemots, gannets and kittiwakes, are very active at the moment in the breeding season. Seabird colonies are buzzing with birds between now and August. Most of these colonies are situated in the north of the country.
*Puffins - now breeding on various islands including Farne Islands, Northumbria.
*Wading birds - avocets, lapwings, terns.
Flora in May*Hawthorn - hedges full of heavy white/ cream blossoms are a great sight at this time of year.
*Violets - spot some of the 13 varieties of these flowers with their purple petals in bloom this month.
*Early purple orchid - tall, 'spiky' flower heads pinky mauve in color, can be seen in meadows or by roadsides this month.
*Horse chestnuts are in bloom now with their delicate pink and white flowers.
*Common gorse - bright yellow flowers on spiky greenery with a 'coconut' type smell.
*Cow parsley - around hedges and at the sides of country roads you'll see clouds of these small white flowers on top of tall thin green stems.
*Giant Hogweed - tall, more substantial plants, with large 'canopies' of white flowers.
This month look out for:
*Hedgehogs - in courtship mode.
*Foxes - look out for playful cubs this month.
*Badgers - plenty going on at the sett this month with badger cubs out and about.
*Roe deer - the babies are born this month.
Birds in May*Swifts
*Seabirds - colonies of seabirds, especially gulls, guillemots, gannets and kittiwakes, are very active at the moment in the breeding season. Seabird colonies are buzzing with birds between now and August. Most of these colonies are situated in the north of the country.
*Puffins - now breeding on various islands including Farne Islands, Northumbria.
*Wading birds - avocets, lapwings, terns.
Flora in May*Hawthorn - hedges full of heavy white/ cream blossoms are a great sight at this time of year.*Violets - spot some of the 13 varieties of these flowers with their purple petals in bloom this month.
*Early purple orchid - tall, 'spiky' flower heads pinky mauve in color, can be seen in meadows or by roadsides this month.
*Horse chestnuts are in bloom now with their delicate pink and white flowers.
*Common gorse - bright yellow flowers on spiky greenery with a 'coconut' type smell.
*Cow parsley - around hedges and at the sides of country roads you'll see clouds of these small white flowers on top of tall thin green stems.
*Giant Hogweed - tall, more substantial plants, with large 'canopies' of white flowers.
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