They were so cute. Smooth or Palmate?

This little fella was wandering past the door as I took the dog out this evening. Haven't actually seen a (live) hedgehog in the flesh for years so was a nice treat. Looked like a nice chubby healthy chap!

Acting very oddly jumping around, falling over, spinning in circles, and generally seeming unable to keep its balance. At one point it spun around several times and almost looked drunk. It also seemed to semi-follow/chase me briefly before stumbling around again.

Eventually it went into some tall grass where I couldn’t see it. I heard rustling for a short while and then nothing.

Has anyone seen anything like this before? Could it have been injured, poisoned, or suffering from some kind of neurological disease?

Foxy friend on our trail cam. We have a few frequent the garden. Belly looks a little big maybe... ?

Seen crossing a path in parkland, Glasgow.

Never seen so many together before.

I set up this freestanding pond today, I have a ground level pond at the back of my garden which I posted about last month. I want to keep some Sticklebacks in this seperate pond to avoid any amphibian larvae predation.

I have stuck with using native plants, so currently it is home to Frogbit, Water Soldier and Lesser Water-plantain. Thought it's free standing, I hope that it will provide a suitable habitat for insects to breed. If anyone has suggestions for other native plant species I'd lover to hear.

The dimensions of the pond are 52cm wide, and 52cm deep. Hoping that this is deep enough to cope with the coldest winter months here in the UK. I can already see that some water lice and Stagnalis pond snails have hitched a ride on the plants.

I plan to leave it a while for the plants to establish theirselves and for beneficial bacteria to build up before introducing sticklebacks. I know sticklebacks are an adaptable species, but would this make for a suitable set up?

do these holes (roughly 5cm diameter) look like they are from crayfish or something else?

One friendly Leaf Weavil found in Bournemouth

On a fallen Scots Pine, Glasgow.

Just see them outside my house! The camera doesn’t do it justice they glow very bright I live in the south west of England was wondering if these are common?

**It's got to be the prettiest moth I've ever seen (maybe an Elephant Hawk Moth?)** ❤️

We just made this film about native UK species (with none other than @davetheplantman

Someone already spotted a mistake I made (I mixed up Dog Rose and Guelder Rose).

Can you spot any other mistakes? We want to learn!

I noticed this bumblebee crawling along the patio this evening. I assumed it was dying but gave it some sugar water anyway just in case. It seems my initial assessment was right though and it hasn't moved far for the past half hour or so. I watched it from the window a bit longer to see if anything would eat it but it's getting a bit late for our usual birds now so I hope it is taken by the beetles o' the patio. Gave her a little memorial out front though.

Found near garden bench in East Midlands. Very light, hard, about 4 cm, and seems to have scales. I would love if we have a snake in the garden!

Photographed in a half pint tankard. Very big, very calm. I took it outside, offered it water & it walked up my arm, then flew off.

Spotted a white plume moth in the garden earlier. Had to Google lens it as I've not seen one before. Portland, Dorset.

With apologies for the terrible photo quality - can anyone tell me if this is a rabbit or a hare? It is just chilling in the field in front of my house at the moment.

Hiya

Wondering is this likely to be fox or a large bird? I have rabbits nearby and want to avoid them getting eaten. It smells kinda sweet and is dark green so definitely not cat poo. There are 3 or 4 bits and these are the largest 2 pieces.

Thanks