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The Urban Ecologist


racheljbielby
Mar 4, 20233 min read
February
February is a bit of a quiet month - it's that annoying time of year when you want to get started with plans in the garden (and...
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racheljbielby
Feb 3, 20232 min read
January
Well, that's January over with - it seemed like a pretty long month - and wet too! We got a lot more birds to the garden after the snow,...
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racheljbielby
Dec 31, 20223 min read
Happy Newt Year!
It's been a pretty crazy busy autumn, so this is a bit of late catch up. The hedgehogs stopped coming to the garden around late October...
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racheljbielby
Oct 15, 20223 min read
Spotlight on Sassy
Sassy is a very special squirrel to me. She was the first that would be trusting enough to not run away when I was outside and this...
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racheljbielby
Sep 25, 20222 min read
Rogue's Gallery
Anybody who has known me any time at all will know that I have a particular fondness for squirrels. In our previous residence (2nd floor...
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racheljbielby
Sep 11, 20221 min read
Stop Press!!!
We have a frog! I was going to clean out the 'pond' - which for now is an old 30cm square cake tin (see below) when I disturbed this wee...
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racheljbielby
Sep 9, 20222 min read
Slug Control
I was planning on moving away from hedgehogs this week - as there are other animals and birds vying for attention - but the hogs continue...
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racheljbielby
Aug 31, 20223 min read
Hog Month
So it’s been nearly a whole month we’ve been regularly getting hedgehogs visiting our garden! It’s still just as exciting as it was the...
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racheljbielby
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Stretch-hog
Turns out hedgehogs actually can stretch quite a bit! And they have longer legs than first presumed. This was a little embarrasing to...
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racheljbielby
Aug 17, 20222 min read
Hedgehogs
I had grand starting plans for this blog - it being a sort of story/adventure of the wildlife we would gradually encounter when we moved...
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