Why so few entries

[JDl]

Do you by any chance, live in Somerset? Here in the Taunton Deane area of Somerset, we are never short of flies and spiders, during the summer.

Ha, ha, no I live in an old farmhouse in Ceredigion, West Wales in the countryside.
It's situated in a beautiful deep valley with its own track about half a mile long. It's surrounded by 200 acres of grass land and trees and we keep and breed Welsh Cobb's here, so again, no shortage of flies.
But, I have noticed a return of loads of butterflies this year. And our Swallows came back to nest in one of the outbuildings this year. There were about six of them swooping around the yard in the Spring and I think they raised two clutches of chicks.

 

[Jasonovich]

Do you by any chance, live in Somerset? Here in the Taunton Deane area of Somerset, we are never short of flies and spiders, during the summer.

I was at Glastonbury last Saturday, I was at top of the Tor hill, staring at the ruined Abbey and taking photos, the pagan worshippers were walking bare feet.

Saw this beautiful young barefooted woman pass me by, had some adventurous thoughts, then I felt a nasty bite on my arm, OMG, a big black spider crawled up my arm and bit me, I brushed it off to the ground and it sort of vanished.
Cider, Spiders and Witches kind of summarizes Somerset 🙂

 

[JDl]

I was at Glastonbury last Saturday, I was at top of the Tor hill, staring at the ruined Abbey and taking photos, the pagan worshippers were walking bare feet.

Saw this beautiful young barefooted woman pass me by, had some adventurous thoughts, then I felt a nasty bite on my arm, OMG, a big black spider crawled up my arm and bit me, I brushed it off to the ground and it sort of vanished.
Cider, Spiders and Witches kind of summarizes Somerset 🙂

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I didn't know we had biting spiders in Britain.
That might have been a message from the heavens for your sinful thoughts, ha ha

 

[Friesiansam]

Cider, Spiders and Witches kind of summarizes Somerset

You're getting confused, that's just Glastonbury, oh and Wookey Hole Caves and their Witch. Cider is less of a thing than it used to be too, many farmers have removed their orchards.

Spiders are everywhere!🕷️🕸️🕷️

 

[Friesiansam]

Ha, ha, no I live in an old farmhouse in Ceredigion, West Wales in the countryside.
It's situated in a beautiful deep valley with its own track about half a mile long. It's surrounded by 200 acres of grass land and trees and we keep and breed Welsh Cobb's here, so again, no shortage of flies.
But, I have noticed a return of loads of butterflies this year. And our Swallows came back to nest in one of the outbuildings this year. There were about six of them swooping around the yard in the Spring and I think they raised two clutches of chicks.

We have a few more butterflies and other pollinating insects this year. Unfortunately, what hasn't returned, is the bats we used to see on a warm summer evening. We live on the edge of a small village and, used to see the bats fly overhead, whilst we sat outside.

 

[JDl]

We have a few more butterflies and other pollinating insects this year. Unfortunately, what hasn't returned, is the bats we used to see on a warm summer evening. We live on the edge of a small village and, used to see the bats fly overhead, whilst we sat outside.

Yes, we have bats living in our loft. I think they're still there.
It's a shame though when you see different animals disappearing.