John Boorman

A spider with brown patterning and white marks resembling a cross in its web. Two of her front legs are missing. The background is a fence panel.

A spider with brown patterning and white marks resembling a cross in its web. Two of her front legs are missing. The background is a fence panel.

Garden wildlife. The large female Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) living just beyond my kitchen window has lost two of her legs since yesterday! I'm not sure how, as she's either in the web or sheltering under a leaf. Maybe it was due to attempted avian predation. @britishspiders.bsky.social

A moth with green patterned wings, on a white plastic window frame.

A moth with green patterned wings, on a white plastic window frame.

Garden wildlife. What I believe to be a Red-green Carpet moth (Chloroclysta siterata) on the living room window frame today. I suspect if this were on a lichen covered branch, it would be very difficult to see. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #londonwildlife

Wow! that's impressive.

4/4. The adult female running along the wall again, though she didn't return this time. The juvenile male can be heard in the video clips, though he's out of view somewhere. #londonbirds #birds

3/4. The adult female running along the wall, and returning with some prey remains.

2/4. female was making courtship calls. Soon after she runs along the wall to retrieve from the adult male (I presume, though he's out of view) some prey remains, which she then runs back to where she started, to eat. After that she runs down towards him again, but doesn't return.

Sutton Peregrines. 1/4. I did see the juvenile male this morning! He was perched on a vent ledge at Quadrant House. Also today there were some incidents on camera that I thought I'd share. At about 14.00 the adults appeared on the ledge, the male going down to the roof while the

A small orange-brown bug with a white heart shape on its back. It's on a Lavender plant.

A small brown bug with a white heart shape on its back. It's on a Lavender plant.

A small orange-brown bug with a white heart shape on its back. It's on a Lavender plant.

A small orange-brown bug with a white heart shape on its back. It's on a Lavender plant.

Garden wildlife. A rather attractive little bug on one of my Lavender plants today. There are over 200 species of plant bugs in the UK, but I'm thinking this one is likely the orange-brown form of the Red-spotted Plant Bug (Deraeocoris ruber). I may well be wrong.

3/3. Both adults were on Quadrant House this morning, and I saw the male chase after some Feral Pigeons, one of which he got quite close to but failed to catch. The male is in the first photo, the female in the second.

2/3. Video of the juvenile male this afternoon.

Sutton Peregrines. 1/3. I've not physically seen the juvenile male since 09/10, though he has appeared on camera a couple of times since, the last being at about 07.00 on Sunday 12/10. So, it was good to see him on camera today at about 14.30, when he had some Parakeet remains. #londonbirds #birds

Two Jackdaws (the dark grey birds, one on a feeder and the other on a branch), with several Ring-necked Parakeets (the green birds), also on garden bird feeders. There are also tree trunks, branches and leaves in the photo.

A Jackdaw on a garden bird feeder. The feeder contains a fat ball.

A Jackdaw on a garden bird feeder. The feeder contains a fat ball, and the Jackdaw has a small bit of that in its beak.

Garden Birding. I've not seen much of the local Jackdaws the garden for a while, but two are beginning to visit the feeders more frequently again now. There area few Ring-necked Parakeets in the first photo too! #londonbirds #birds

Garden wildlife. A lovely Zoropsis spinimana seen on the fence last night. It was a good sized male of about 6cm overall, but not as big as some I have seen before - helpfully not too active so I was able to position this ruler nearby (the graduations are in cm/mm). @britishspiders.bsky.social

2/2. This is a video of the larva. The overall length was about 1cm. I'm in Sutton, South London. @lnhs.bsky.social @bugmanjones.bsky.social #londonwildlife

Garden wildlife. 1/2. Intrigued by this larva seen last night on the fence, and which I've not been able to ID. The most likely seems to be a Land Caddis (Enoicyla pusilla), though those are reported as being nationally scarce, and only found in woodland in the Worcestershire area.

Garden spiders (Araneus diadematus) can build impressive webs, at least in terms of the distance of the support lines. For the last 2 days this one has built a web where the lines go from the gutter of my kitchen roof to plants below, a distance of just over 2m. @britishspiders.bsky.social

The 2025A juvenile Red Fox Vulpes vulpes vulpes vixen really likes apples. Here is a photograph of her really liking one yesterday afternoon.

Very nice! Maybe it would have been a little less spirited without the help of the Class 67 Diesel!

Two birds in flight against a blue sky. The one above is a juvenile Peregrine falcon, the one below is a Carrion Crow.

Two birds in flight against a blue sky. The one above is a Carrion Crow, the one below is a juvenile Peregrine Falcon.

Two birds in flight against a blue sky. The one above is a Carrion Crow, the one below is a juvenile Peregrine Falcon.

Two birds in flight against a blue sky. The one above is a Carrion Crow, the one below is a juvenile Peregrine Falcon.

Sutton Peregrines. The juvenile male having a bit of a confrontation with a Carrion Crow this morning! #londonbirds #birds

Local wildlife. Walking home from Sutton this morning I was checking for potential Segestria florentina sites in an alleyway, and sadly came across this dead one below its web. @britishspiders.bsky.social #londonwildlife

2/2. And the pair of Steatoda nobilis have now spent several days together!

Garden wildlife. 1/2. From the fence/house last night. A male Anyphaena numida was on the prowl, as were probably 2 (though the photos were taken at different times, so maybe the same one) male Amaurobius similis. @britishspiders.bsky.social #londonwildlife

A black and white bird, with red under its tail, on an empty bird feeder, and with another feeder, a branch and tree leaves in the background.

A black and white bird, with red under its tail, on an empty bird feeder, and with another feeder, a branch and tree leaves in the background.

Garden birding. A female Great Spotted Woodpecker visiting the feeders earlier today. Unfortunately this one was empty by the time it arrived! #londonbirds #birds

3/3. Video of the juvenile male having a stretch.

2/3. Video of the juvenile male slipping between the rail and the wall. He picks up a Parakeet head as soon as he gets there!

Sutton Peregrines. 1/3. The juvenile male was on camera for about 3.5 hours today, staring with him slipping between the rail and the wall! While he was there he fed on some Parakeet remains, chilled, stretched, preened and had a scratch. #londonbirds #birds

A male Peregrine Falcon perched in an office building.

A female Peregrine Falcon perched in an office building. She's eating a Feral Pigeon.

A female Peregrine Falcon perched in an office building. She's eating a Feral Pigeon.

A female Peregrine Falcon perched in an office building. She's eating a Feral Pigeon.

Sutton Peregrines. Both adults on the High Street building this morning, with the female feeding on a Feral Pigeon. #londonbirds #birds

A spider with grey/brown patterning and white marks resembling a cross, sitting on a leaf, and with one of its back legs touching a strand of its web, and which will alert it to any prey getting trapped.

A spider with grey/brown patterning and white marks resembling a cross, sitting on a leaf, and with one of its back legs touching a strand of its web, and which will alert it to any prey getting trapped.

Garden wildlife. Garden spider (Araneus diadematus). @britishspiders.bsky.social #londonwildlife

2/2. Video of two Amaurobius similis. @britishspiders.bsky.social

Garden wildlife. 1/2. A couple of Amaurobius similis on the fence last night. I thought one was a male (1st image and top one in the video in 2/2) and the other a female, but that also seems to have palps. I've been advised that that one, and with its back legs moving, is web building.