Hello from StuartDH

[agnes]

Originally Posted by StuartDH

Hi dmuir and welcome to Wild About Britan

To start a new post, simply click on the title of the relevant category in the forum's homepage - http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums - and click on the 'New thread' button at the top of the screen.

If you have any problems just give us a shout

Stu

OK I am new on here and have spent a lot of time searching for a catagory I was reading previously all about "red spider mites", about 4 weeks ago, I cannot find it for the life of me ! Agnes.

[kiwikiwi]

Hi guys, I live in New Zealand but have seen quite a few of your awesome creatures while I played rugby in England.I saw Badgers, foxes bats and squirrels, and quite a few Roe deer as well.I was surprised how many local people had never seen their wildlife, unless it had been run over on the road!.I joined your website so I can see whats happening over there, and to keep up with wildlife news.I really enjoyed my time over there, and plan on coming back over to see more of your wicked wildlife.

[cutecoot]

Hi all, another newbie here

Just spending a bit of time finding my way around the site/forum ... have recently moved up from Sussex to Northamptonshire, and took a bit of getting used to at first, but now finding that there is a whole host of wildlife here that I didn't see in Sussex. Seems to be masses of reservoirs around here, so whilst I miss being near the sea in Sussex, the amount of watery places I can visit more than makes up for it, and am enjoying learning about the various waterfowl, etc. Lovely to be fairly near to the Red Kites of Rockingham Forest, and great seeing so many Kestrels about ... I don't think I've ever seen so many as there are in Northamptonshire!

I also love photography, but birds are proving a bit difficult as they won't keep still for long enough! I always take my camera out and about with me, sometimes instead of binonculars, quite often just for identification purposes ... if I happen to see something I don't recognise, flower, fungi, etc ... I snap it, then google when I get back home .. especially good for birds in the distance which I can snap, and then zoom into later on my pc in some attempt to find out what they are!

This looks like a really friendly site, so looking forward to posting here!

[Kayleigh]

Hi again and welcome to the site.

[big bill]

Hello all and welcome to the site enjoy we are a friendly team here and try to help others as much as possible just post queries in the relevent section and someone will have an answer

[cutecoot]

Thanks for the warm welcome and advice!

[dragonfly]

about me happeily married two grown up daughters and one son one a barrister ones a pharmicst and the lads a machenic work a bae systems brough looking forward to retiriing next year when i will be 53 fan of Hull fc rlfc and hull city fc have an allottment where iam the secretary love oprea and country music have a place in turky for my hols go every couple of months to chill out

[dmclean2]

Hi Folks and a warm welcome to you all,
Hope you enjoy the site and when you get on your feet and find your way about a bit, you will be sharing your experiences with us, ask a qestion in the forums, post a photo in the thread and someone will tell you what it is, where it lives, and anything else that is helpfull,
A great bunch of knowledgeable people here to help,
Duncan.

[agnes]

Originally Posted by dmclean2

Hi Folks and a warm welcome to you all,
Hope you enjoy the site and when you get on your feet and find your way about a bit, you will be sharing your experiences with us, ask a qestion in the forums, post a photo in the thread and someone will tell you what it is, where it lives, and anything else that is helpfull,
A great bunch of knowledgeable people here to help,
Duncan.

I had posted somewhere, but couldn't find afterwards, I was asking about the plague of red spiders all over the front patio and brickwork of the house and then I had obtained the answer from my cousin who is a Doctor of Entemology here is is answer ( in my simple words) if anyone is interested:

It is a Running red spider which is feeds on pollen which has blown oto the brickwork.

[nightshade]

Thank you very much for that answer what they do and what they lived on has puzzled me for years

[peter.frances]

brill site stuart very interesting long may it continue

[agnes]

Originally Posted by nightshade

Thank you very much for that answer what they do and what they lived on has puzzled me for years

This "running red spider mite" breed in the soil and also in the pavement cracks. They seem to travel fast but they are very small so can't go too far. Don't forget that 'red spider mite' is something different - it is a plant pest and is much better known than the mites that we have.