Managed to spend some time on #earthDay tending the specific wee bit of earth that we live on.
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Managed to spend some time on #earthDay tending the specific wee bit of earth that we live on. First proper stint in the garden of the year. Decisions were made about which bits of lawn would be mowed & which would be left. Areas were cleared for planting. Bugs were uncovered to the delight of the local bird life (sorry bugs). Birds were booped (sorry birds).
Oh, and a slow worm (not slow, not a worm) was accidentally disturbed, having curled itself up in a hollow in the lawn. Fortunately it escaped unscathed to the protection of the nearby tree stump.
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Oh, and a slow worm (not slow, not a worm) was accidentally disturbed, having curled itself up in a hollow in the lawn. Fortunately it escaped unscathed to the protection of the nearby tree stump.
*phew*@eclectech
If it's a snake you have to say SNAKE out loud, that's the rule -
@FaithfullJohn They're great! I think this one has been in the garden a while, and usually slides off in a disgruntled fashion when I accidentally disturb it, but it's the first time I've captured it on film.
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Oh, and a slow worm (not slow, not a worm) was accidentally disturbed, having curled itself up in a hollow in the lawn. Fortunately it escaped unscathed to the protection of the nearby tree stump.
*phew*@eclectech I have never heard of a “slow worm” before and didn’t know legless lizards existed.
Going down a rabbit hole now to understand the differences between a snake and a lizard because clearly it’s not just appearances.
Both are reptiles, both “belong to the order of Squamata” (which sounds like a secret club), both have scales, both pick up scents by flicking their tongue, but the way they eat is very different.
“Snakes have teeth optimized for swallowing since they eat their prey whole. They have four different types of fangs.”
Lizards mainly feed on insects.Another difference is that snakes don’t have eyelids or ear holes.
“Legless lizards and other lizard species are able to blink and have eyelids. Lizards also have ear holes to hear”I learned something new today. Thank you!
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@eclectech I have never heard of a “slow worm” before and didn’t know legless lizards existed.
Going down a rabbit hole now to understand the differences between a snake and a lizard because clearly it’s not just appearances.
Both are reptiles, both “belong to the order of Squamata” (which sounds like a secret club), both have scales, both pick up scents by flicking their tongue, but the way they eat is very different.
“Snakes have teeth optimized for swallowing since they eat their prey whole. They have four different types of fangs.”
Lizards mainly feed on insects.Another difference is that snakes don’t have eyelids or ear holes.
“Legless lizards and other lizard species are able to blink and have eyelids. Lizards also have ear holes to hear”I learned something new today. Thank you!
@stephaniepixie First time I saw one I did the same
I *had* heard of slow worms, but assumed they were 1. slow and 2. more wormy, so I thought I'd seen a snake BUT we only have adders in Scotland, and it didn't look like one of them.
It was a pleasing rabbit hole.
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Oh, and a slow worm (not slow, not a worm) was accidentally disturbed, having curled itself up in a hollow in the lawn. Fortunately it escaped unscathed to the protection of the nearby tree stump.
*phew*Going to follow up the slow worm with a visual Ode To The Scruffy Lawn, as the bit in that clip didn't do it justice. Other things I found in the lawn today...
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@eclectech
If it's a snake you have to say SNAKE out loud, that's the rule@Asbestos But before then... Badger, badger, badger, badger!
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Managed to spend some time on #earthDay tending the specific wee bit of earth that we live on. First proper stint in the garden of the year. Decisions were made about which bits of lawn would be mowed & which would be left. Areas were cleared for planting. Bugs were uncovered to the delight of the local bird life (sorry bugs). Birds were booped (sorry birds).
@eclectech oooh, my favorite little birb being booped, what a bonus!
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@Asbestos But before then... Badger, badger, badger, badger!
@greenpete @Asbestos Hah!
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Going to follow up the slow worm with a visual Ode To The Scruffy Lawn, as the bit in that clip didn't do it justice. Other things I found in the lawn today...
Oh, I also got briefly distracted trying to focus on a hover fly* & I kind of nearly got it. Nearly. The best thing about this is how foolish I must look wandering across the lawn rapidly pointing the camera in different directions, seemingly at nothing, while refocusing and grumbling to myself.
Anyhow, I like how the background ended up in this, & it's a lot better than the others
* I think it's a hover fly. It was hovering. And flying.
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