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Old 11-03-2008, 07:41 AM
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Where to begin? Living in a very rural setting the wildlife is quite amazng so I think that it will just have to be a list.

Birds - Sparrows, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Willow Tits, Longtail Tits, Crested Tits, Wood Peckers green and spotted, Black Redstarts, Field Fares, Redwings, Nuthatches, Tree Creepers, Sparrow Hawks, Black birds, Thrushes and passing by Buzzards, Barn Owls and Long Eared Owls.

Mammals - Field Mice, Harvest Mice, Dormice, Lerot (Garden dormice) Hedghogs, Rabbits, usually dead thankfully, Red Squirrels, Hares and passing through Deer and Badgers, No evidence of foxes or polecats although they are around.

Aquatic things - Frogs, bright green, Toads, Crested newts, back swimmers, water measurers and Water beetles

Misc - Dragonflies assorted large and small, Spiders some quite spectular, Adders nearly stood on one and Slow worms, not to mention a huge variety of butterflies and moths in a good year which last year wasn't.
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