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I've got a load of grasshoppers in my garden too. I can hear them more than I see them, though.
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I have a ...... MOLE! He/she had decided to invade my front lawn - not a very large area and it has no less then 22 mole hills in it! All popped up in the last two days! I have nothing against moles, but I can't get up my front path any longer because of the mole hills! The dog dug up a mole hill yesterday and within minutes said mole had built the mole hill up again!Comment
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Try and get rid of it Squirrel, it will reek havoc in your seed beds!ntg
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I have them in my garden regularly as they use the Rosebay willow herb (Fire Weed) as their larval host plant, so as you can imagine im thrilled to see them year after yearOriginally posted by Slug View PostDoes anyone have any Humming Bird Hawk Moth's in their garden? I saw one in the front garden yesterday - it was taking nectar from my lavender, then the hebe.
I had no idea what it was when I first saw it because I couldn't believe 1) It was a moth out in broad daylight (bright sunshine too!), 2) It looked and flew like a mini humming bird and 3) It had the most enormous tongue thingy (don't know the technical term for the bit they suck the nectar up with!!).
I'm now intrigued as I've never seen one before and until yesterday I had no idea they even existed!! Are they common? If so, where?
Has anyone else seen them this year? I thought it was soooo cool
I can highly recommend planting it in a wild area of your garden, obviously deadhead regularly, as it unfortunately can be invasive but i feel to have these amazing creatures visit your garden its more than worth it 
Heres one in August captured feasting on nectar laden Buddleia "Pink Delight" I was overjoyed to catch one on camera as they are so fast they are usually a blur
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had a good one this morning, had a young sparrowhawk tangled in the pigeon netting over the brassicas, (probably chasing a bluetit under the net.
it was calm as anything while I held it to cut it free, not even a goodbye peck when I released itComment
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