Gardens: Expect the unexpected...again!

I thought last week’s Brown Hairstreak butterflies were the end of the rarity excitement in my garden for the year. Not that rarities are everything, you understand – there is much pleasure to be had...
Unexpected visitor

Look who came to visit me this morning: I've seen them in Richmond Park before now and thought that was as close as I'd ever get - but never had one in the garden before. Quite made my day!
Unexpected visitor

I was thrilled to see a Peregrine Falcon perched on my bird feeder last night. Obviously waiting for a tasty morsel but it posed for long enough to get a good look at its talons, beak, eyes and feather...
Unexpected first time visitor in the garden.

I was sat watching TV yesterday when Andrew (my son) came running in and said quick there is something new in the garden and I have no idea what it is. I went to the back window and Steven (also my son...
I wasn't expecting that!

I think that takes me up to 37 species in the garden! I opened the front gate and off they went down the road, presumably heading off to the stream at the bottom of the hill. Its about quarter...