Wildlife in your Garden

[Leafster]

Just popped into the kitchen to make myself a coffee and spotted this watching me from the garden.

What wildlife visits your garden?

 

[kerb]

pigeons

 

[Leafster]

pigeons

Pics, or GTFO!

 

[marty21]

foxes

 

[kerb]

Actually I lie.

There was a Grouse on the window ledge of the house opposite me a few weeks ago, knocking on the window, trying to get in. Think he may have got locked out by his mates

I have a picture somewhere, which I took because I live smack bang in the middle of a dirty city and was surprised to see it.

 

[Herbsman.]

2 magpies were taunting a cat on a fence this morning

it was stalking them at first but they turned on it and it what itself and ran away

what a pussy

 

[story]

Last week I saw a goose being chased and mobbed by crows. They swept low over our garden, the goose pretty much had its tail tucked up under its belly, racing for the hills it was.

 

[WouldBe]

I get loads of goldfinches in my garden.

I've got a robin nesting in my garage at the moment. It might not be too happy when I have to get the lawnmower out as it's nested very close to it.

 

[dlx1]

One grey squirrel
Two Ring neck doves
Robin
blue tits in nesting box
sparrows
lost of other birds don't know names.

And the magpies they know they not welcome

 

[GoneCoastal]

Robin
blue tits in nesting box

Same here

The nesting box is quite close to the front door and the blue tits don't seem bothered by me going in and out

Also the occasional thrush in the back garden

 

[ericjarvis]

Mostly snails and ants.

 

[citygirl]

slugs... loads and loads of slugs

 

[dlx1]

^ they don't like shingle, if you got veg patch put it round the edge.
I think you can put salt on the they dry up and die

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I got photo somewhere of One grey squirrel hanging of bird feeder

 

[WouldBe]

One grey squirrel

That's a strange looking grey squirrel.

The robin didn't bat an eyelid when I got the lawnmower out. I've put it back in a different location so I don't disturb her as much next time.

 

[WouldBe]

There's now at least 1 chick in the nest.

 

[Ground Elder]

I've got newts, toads, wrens, blackbirds, tits, sparrows, pied wagtails, finches, dragon flies, slow worms, slugs, snails, bees, wasps, magpies, rooks, the occasional gull, spiders, assorted insects and probably other things I've yet to see.

they don't like shingle, if you got veg patch put it round the edge

If only it were that simple

 

[purves grundy]

Actually I lie.

There was a Grouse on the window ledge of the house opposite me a few weeks ago, knocking on the window, trying to get in. Think he may have got locked out by his mates

I have a picture somewhere, which I took because I live smack bang in the middle of a dirty city and was surprised to see it.

A grouse in the middle of a city?? Pic v necessary !

 

[Leafster]

There's now at least 1 chick in the nest.

Get some pics when they eventually start to leave the nest.

 

[Jessiedog]

Came across one of these once in the garden.


Had to "wrestle" it out with a stick - didn't want the dogs getting bitten.

Woof

 

[Jessiedog]

And one of these once.

Fed him some apple.

Woof

 

[Jessiedog]

Occasionally see these. Some of them grow very large.

Woof

 

[Jessiedog]

And large herds of these (sometimes 30+ animals,) pass by fairly often.

Woof

 

[Jessiedog]

And I hate these fuckers.


Big as yer fucking hand.

They get into the house too.




Woof

 

[purves grundy]

Woofin nora!!

 

[Jessiedog]

These bastards grow up to about 12 inches.

And they're poisonous!


Can give you quite a start if they run over your bare foot when yer watching telly on a warm summer evening.

Woof

 

[Jessiedog]

These are nicer looking, if rare, visitors.

Woof

 

[Jessiedog]

These too are rare visitors.

Woof

 

[lizzieloo]

We have a sparrowhawk that regularly swoops down into our garden.

Never actually seen it catch anything but see feather evidence sometimes.

 

[Jessiedog]

We have a sparrowhawk that regularly swoops down into our garden.

Never actually seen it catch anything but see feather evidence sometimes.

I lurrrrves spar's.

Trained my first and only one (female,) back in 1976, but also flew one regularly with a friend in Gloucestershire in 1988/9.

Gorgeous, dainty, fast as a rocket and as highly strung as any neurotic poodle.








I haven't had either of these actually in the garden.......

But they regularly fly over.




And these are as common as pigeons in Trafalger Square.

Woof

 

[Ground Elder]

I get moths as well.

edited to add: some of them are quite big