shrews / wild mice
the hunt is over, and we did catch a shrew. it wasn’t a eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens; wasserspitzmaus), but a southern water shrew (neomys anomalus; sumpfspitzmaus). but considering that […]
nature
swallowtail caterpillars (papilio machaon)
every year, my neighbours cultivate herbs and vegetables in their garden, besides lots of fruit and flowers. and every year, there is a swallowtail butterfly laying his eggs on one […]
bat night, eng
some more bat-related stuff going on: last wednesday, there was a bat night in eng [G], at the dead-end of hinterriss valley. hinterriss valley, the only valley in the “alpenpark […]
practical nature conservation – wwf reed cutting
yes, it’s been two posts again, so there’s gotta be something about bats in this entry :razz: the wwf is currently running a two-week mission to cut reed at schwemm […]
more bats
i’ve been hosting young bats again, over the weekend. this time, there was : the serotine bat (eptesicus serotinus, breitflügelfledermaus) that lived here previously, two baby common pipistrelles (pipistrellus pipistrellus, […]
time-lapse, part 7: butterfly hatching
remember the previous time-lapse project that i published? all the pupae hatched about 3 weeks ago. actually, when the first one hatched on july 20th, i decided to slow down […]