Christine's walking & birds blog

Spring is slowly dawning in the far north, and sightings of insects/invertebrates have given rise to a new list - the Other Species Lockdown Garden List.  Two small tortoiseshells were sparring over the lawn a couple of days ago.


And when I went to get the washing in yesterday, I found a hawthorn shield bug on one of the pillowcases.


Also around - various queen bumblebees, honey bees, and several millipedes, resembling hammered-in rusty nails on the white walls of the bungalow. I think it's the white-legged snake millipede - which is a rather grand name for a tiny creature that many think of as a pest (including, judging by his reaction, Greger).