BROWN TROUT

Scientific name: Salmo trutta

Also we have fast flowing parts of the river, with great gravel that is warmed by the sun.

You might see me there if you look from the bridge.

Hello,

In the spring you will see me fluttering around in the park, or in your garden, I hope it makes you happy.

People say the beautiful yellow colour of the brimstone's wings inspired the name 'butter-fly'.

But I was not always a butterfly.

When I was a larvae I was dependant on the leaves of the buckthorn shrub.

Brimstone Butterfly

Scientific name: Gonepteryx rhamni

So if you want to see me fluttering in the spring, plant a buckthorn in your garden.

But don’t worry when the caterpillars are eating all the leaves.

Butter bye…

Common Frog

Scientific name: Rana temporaria

Hello,

You might see me hopping around, as I am one of your neighbours, and was born in a pond near you.

I hibernate over the winter in pond mud, or under a log pile, and in the spring lay frog spawn, in large jelly like clumps in the pond.

I spend much of the rest of the year feeding in woodlands, gardens, hedgerows, or any tussocky grassland, where I can catch some delicious slugs and snails.

You call me a frog, which is a type of amphibian, that means I can live both on land, or in water.

Maybe if you build me a pond, I will come and visit your garden

See you then..

Hello,

You will see me over the summer, flying very fast around the ponds, catching my dinner mid-air, and having great fun.

You call me a Common Hawker, a type of Dragonfly, that you can see hawking over the water.

I hardly ever stop flying, doing my tricks in the air.

I can hover and even fly backwards!

Sometimes I perch on a branch, and then you will see my beautiful blue eyes, and my colourful blue and yellow spots.

Common Hawker

Scientific name: Aeshna juncea

Bye for now…