#18

saw a rat in the garden at my bf’s this morning

at mine -
rats
mice (inferred from my cat bringing them in occasionally)
occasional hedgehogs
my dad claims he’s seen foxes, i’ve seen them around but not in the garden
various tits (ooh-err) - blue, coal, great, long-tailed
various finches - green, gold, chaff
blackbirds
wrens
robins
redwings
collared doves
woodpigeons
used to get a peregrine falcon visiting occasionally to pluck and dismember said woodpigeons
red kites (seen overhead)
ring-necked parakeets (seen overhead)
crows and other crow-like things (can’t tell the difference)
magpies
saw a weasel cross the road in front of my house once
all the usual garden invertebrates but also miner bees

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#20

Haven’t got a garden but within 100m of my flat (in a city, not far from the centre) I’ve seen a badger and what I believe to be a steppe polecat. Exciting stuff.

Back home my mum’s garden had bats, the odd grass snake, weasels, hedgehogs, toads, foxes, mice, squirrels for days, all sorts as it backed onto a park. Even had a baby deer come up to the fence one day and stick its head through the gap :heart_eyes:

Wish I had a garden.

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#21

If it is any consolation I will almost certainly not have a garden in the next place I live.

#23

Raccoon?

I may have shared this before but here’s a little friend a made on the fifth floor of a multi storey car park in Lake Tahoe. I fed it Pringles.

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#24

the males and females look very similar so they aren’t necessarily both males.

#26

Lots of pigeons
Robins
Blue Tits
Some cat belonging to a neighbour
Some squirrels (think they aren’t in our roof space anymore)
An owl of sorts occasionally
Probably mice and rats

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#27

There’s a ton of trees where I live (the suburb is a conservation area even though it’s almost inner city) and our garden is a huge shared garden so lots of stuff living here and we have some really interesting insects too that I’ve not really noticed elsewhere.

One fox has mange so I’m treating him for it at the moment, so he’s a bit bald and he also has red and black fur so he looks like a hyena

My favourite resident bird was the woodpecker but earlier last year they pollarded the trees and I’ve not seen him since, but I do have an owl that sits outside my bedroom window which is cool.

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#28

Probably a load of other birds, but had to take the bird feeder down as it was attracting the squirrels near the house

#29

I have a flat in South London and all of the wildlife is out the back of my kitchen windows. It’s great. There’s a big patch of scrabbly grass which sometimes grows way high if its allowed to. There’s a massive horse chestnut, a little cherry tree and a few planes. I’m actually a country boy so it’s very welcome indeed. Reckon I’d have moved years ago if it wasn’t there.

  • There is a beautiful fox at the moment. Absolute stunner. Has really lush, dark golden fur and a great bushy tail.
  • Three squirrels. Was two; now it’s three. Cool. The other day one ran along the neighbour’s fence and a few seconds later his identical mate followed him. It was like the Matrix was glitching.
  • A cracking Jay
  • Few magpies (UTM!)
  • Loads of tits!
  • Once saw a woodpecker eating grubs out of my next door neighbour’s back wall
  • and a few years ago (when the grass was left to grow) I saw a blackcap
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#30

ooh, so they do. I never knew that. I’ll just ask them next time they’re round.

#31

There’s normally a bat or two flying round in the spring and summer as well. Think they might live in the neighbour’s manky guttering

#32

do report back

#33

Oh yes, there’s a lovely wee bat that flies right outside my living room window every night in summer, doing loops for bugs.

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#34

oh yes i forgot about bats. we get them here too. no idea what species. that also reminds me that i’ve seen a stag beetle in the garden (as it was flying - they look weird flying as they’re kind of upright)

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#35

Two deer ventured into my parents when I was living there. I win.

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#36

There’s bats where my parents live. Always used to enjoy seeing them fluttering about when sitting out in the garden on summer evenings. One got in my bedroom once though, which was less fun.

#37

Baby pigeons
Adult pigeon
Suicidal cat

#38

Had a field mouse in the garage a couple of months ago when I had loads of cardboard boxes to get rid of.
Heard an owl a few times.
Saw a robin a few days ago.

The previous owners left a bird feeder on the side of the garage but by the look of it, nothing has troubled it since it was installed. It’s all fields on the opposite side of the road, so I’m guessing they probably have the monopoly on wildlife :frowning: - The local cats certainly spend a lot of time nipping in and out of the hedges anyway.

#39

Used to love watching the bats zoom about from the bedroom window where we used to live.

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#40

  • Muntjac

  • Foxes

  • Grey squirrels

  • Pheasants

  • Various other common birds