What sort of wildlife do you get in your garden ?
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What sort of wildlife do you get in your garden ?
We have had all sorts in our garden over the years including moles, a heron and a comical young crow that was trying to learn how to fly and he just couldn`t get the grasp of it to start with, it was like trying to watch them early aviators with homemade wings trying to get off the ground.
The funniest birds for me are blackbirds, we have at least 5 in the garden at the min and watching them run back and too across the lawn is really funny, sometimes they do a bit of hopping, I feed them bruised apples and they arn`t half protective of their piece of the action lol. In winter its especially important we do our bit to look after our garden birds as they entertain us all year round and its hard for them to get food during the long, dark winter months.
The funniest birds for me are blackbirds, we have at least 5 in the garden at the min and watching them run back and too across the lawn is really funny, sometimes they do a bit of hopping, I feed them bruised apples and they arn`t half protective of their piece of the action lol. In winter its especially important we do our bit to look after our garden birds as they entertain us all year round and its hard for them to get food during the long, dark winter months.
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My mum gets all sorts, Deer, Badgers, geese. Its really nice where she lives, open fields and bird songs, I get 40 something year old men leaving the very local pub , drunk acting like ninjas or mistaking my garden for a public toilet.
Unfortunately the men are not rare and are very much spotted. Im thinking of a possible cull in the spring.
Unfortunately the men are not rare and are very much spotted. Im thinking of a possible cull in the spring.
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Very rural here and on the water (well near it) so:
Buzzards, geese, the odd peregrine, godwits, a billion rabbits, foxes, one deer, badgers, squirrels, woodpeckers (both colours), jays and loads of t1ts (!), etc, etc.
Buzzards, geese, the odd peregrine, godwits, a billion rabbits, foxes, one deer, badgers, squirrels, woodpeckers (both colours), jays and loads of t1ts (!), etc, etc.
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A lot of foxes! There are hundreds of them around here.
And to think all those hunt people used to waste their time running around in the countryside when they should have been in South East London.
And to think all those hunt people used to waste their time running around in the countryside when they should have been in South East London.
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Originally Posted by Timwinner
Unfortunately the men are not rare and are very much spotted. Im thinking of a possible cull in the spring.
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We get slow worms and the odd grass snake in summer, have had red tailed kites in garden and on shed roof, the occasional buzzard flying over house but never actually in the garden, if i look out my front window every few days i see sparrow hawks and at night there is a owl, he keeps my son awake at night some time hooting!
we have a marine fish tank in the front room with a Moray ghost eel, Lion Fish, Giant hermit Crabs, Star fish, Enenomy, 3 clown fish 1 regal tang, and stacks of live rock and invertebrate's,
I am very lucky where i live,
those frog sound mental you should get a pic of that
we have a marine fish tank in the front room with a Moray ghost eel, Lion Fish, Giant hermit Crabs, Star fish, Enenomy, 3 clown fish 1 regal tang, and stacks of live rock and invertebrate's,
I am very lucky where i live,
those frog sound mental you should get a pic of that
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Oh yes - had a toad in my shoe once - didn't realise until I put it on!
Sloworms have also made me jump when mowing. Harmless but still too snakey looking for me!
Sloworms have also made me jump when mowing. Harmless but still too snakey looking for me!
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Slow worms are great, my mums cats "catch" them but for some reason they never seem to want to hurt them.
I wish I knew a bit more about birds, I am sure the kind we get around here would be of interest to some of you.
I did however get the following picture of ladybugs making love!!!! on the railings by the pub!! who says romance is dead
I wish I knew a bit more about birds, I am sure the kind we get around here would be of interest to some of you.
I did however get the following picture of ladybugs making love!!!! on the railings by the pub!! who says romance is dead
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No vipers though - that would terrify me!
We camped (!!!!) in Oz for a few nights. After almost treading on a king brown snake and having a huntsman (not deadly but still nasty) in our tent, we stayed in cabins for the rest of our stay. I was a nervous wreck until we got to NZ! Glad we have nothing more dangerous than the odd stray dog in the UK.
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We don't have a garden yet as we're in an apartment (no, it's not a flat ) however, we do overlook the lake and park like land and consider this our garden. The wildlife we see includes, Canada Geese, Ducks, Loons (Canada Loon, not the local free range nutters who roam about screaming at the sky), Cardinals, Blue Jays (Birds, not the baseball players), Chipmunks, Skunk, Beaver, Martins, Possums, field mice, plus a Coyote!
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Billy - Mrs Matt has a lot of family out there too. Some live right in the Outback West of Canberra - proper redneck territory. They won't go into their garden in the Summer for risk of brown snakes attack - they've had them attacking their cats (cat won), come down from the roof, etc! There are shotgun marks all over the house where they've blasted at them (on a "small" 3500 acre farm -small by Oz standards!!).
We also saw a red bellied black snake and several redback spiders. And that's without mentioning the sharks, crocs and deadly jellyfish!
We also saw a red bellied black snake and several redback spiders. And that's without mentioning the sharks, crocs and deadly jellyfish!
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Devil - nice shot!
Had a few of them in our garden but my zoom is so cr4p on my hopeless camera that the shots are super lame.
Stunning birds - always been captivated by them.
Had a few of them in our garden but my zoom is so cr4p on my hopeless camera that the shots are super lame.
Stunning birds - always been captivated by them.
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Beautiful picture
We had a small bird of prey in our suburban garden a few weeks back, couldn't believe it! Felt so lucky. Usually we just get collared doves and wood pigeons, though we do have a family of magpies in the trees at the bottom of the garden - blooming noisy things!!!
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Of course, my auntie, who has a house in every country in the civilised world has rhinos, lions and sabre toothed tigers in her garden
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We had a small bird of prey in our suburban garden a few weeks back, couldn't believe it! Felt so lucky. Usually we just get collared doves and wood pigeons, though we do have a family of magpies in the trees at the bottom of the garden - blooming noisy things!!!
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Of course, my auntie, who has a house in every country in the civilised world has rhinos, lions and sabre toothed tigers in her garden
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Sorry, couldn't resist....
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We get all kinds of birds, even the occasional Cirl Bunting, dozens of sparrows and crows etc. We also get a Buzzard perched on top of the telegraph pole-beautiful creature and sometimes a Sparrow Hawk.
We also get a badger and hedgehogs, a fox sometimes, and even a visit from the feral cats which live in the barn down the road.
We used to have rats but they have all disappeared since we got our enormous cat who sorted them out in quick time
Les
We also get a badger and hedgehogs, a fox sometimes, and even a visit from the feral cats which live in the barn down the road.
We used to have rats but they have all disappeared since we got our enormous cat who sorted them out in quick time
Les
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Spiders. Mostly, relatively harmless, fairly small black ******* but a reasonable number of red backs. Biggest so far was baby Huntsman, maybe 5 cm across. Lots of black ants and crickets. Occassional magpies and parrots (various types). Even seen evidence of kangaroo (holes in the lawn, 'roo poo etc) but no live ones as yet though there's plenty within a click or so.
No snakes thus far.
No snakes thus far.
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Have some woods next to the house and a river at the bottom of the garden so all sorts... Pheasants, partridges, foxes, deer, ducks, the odd adventurous swan, a mink (once), and had loads of red kites around last summer. Oh, and moles of course grr
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