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**OverWyreGrower** · 10-08-2007, 10:59 AM

Lots of frogs, bats and swallows near us.

The swallows swoop low enough to skim your head in the garden

and we find frogs in the greenhouse - I'm trying to encourage them, so they'll eat slugs!

The bats are great, they fly around at the back of the house and are amazing to watch

**Leah and Andy** · 10-08-2007, 12:09 PM

We've got lots off all kinds of birds - big and little, and loads of grey squirrels. Two best moments were seeing a great big, fat pheasant appearing in the garden last winter, and a little hedgehog who appeared beside the garden path about a month ago. When i turned around about 2 mins later he had completely disappeared - they can really move fast.

Oh and had some bats as well a couple of weeks ago.

**Headfry** · 10-08-2007, 01:06 PM

There can be lots to see if you take the time! nature at it's best!

**terrier** · 10-08-2007, 02:09 PM

At the moment there's lots of baby squirrels darting about all over the place but a good time to see wildlife is when we're out with the horses. The sound of hoofbeats doesn't seem to frighten other animals off. Once we saw a sparrowhawk and a kestrel circling round not all that far apart. First light is a good time to look out of the window as on one occasion I was awarded the site of a family of foxes wandering around the horses in the paddock, Dog,Vixen and two cubs. I wanted to shout out "keep away from the chooks". Walking home along country lanes late at night I often pass the time 'talking' to owls. As the owls call, I call back trying to imitate them,after a while the nosey birds will fly towards me to have a look whats going on; sometimes even landing on the ground in front of me quizzicaly eyeing me up. Too many stories to tell. I just love the countryside.

**Headfry** · 10-08-2007, 02:14 PM

Im going to try that this year if i hear owls.....I can do that with the frogs!
Me too, cant get enough of it!

**Flummery** · 10-08-2007, 02:19 PM

We have frog and toads and a huge number of birds in the garden. We also get a sparrowhawk swooping through. I had a 'hit' a couple of weeks ago - we found two sad little sparrow legs discarded near the back door- Ahhh! Numerous butterflies and the house next door has bats in the eaves and they come straight out over our garden. (Bat poo on the recycling bin at the mo.) We have owls in the village trees and we often hear them from the bedroom at night. Loverly!

**Headfry** · 10-08-2007, 02:36 PM

Daft question, but , how do you tell it's bat poo?

**Madasafish** · 10-08-2007, 02:38 PM

We have squirrels foxes and badgers and bats and owls and...various hawks and pheasants and ...

I am not keen on squirrels and foxes.. and mice and slugs and snails...pia.

**Flummery** · 10-08-2007, 02:40 PM

It's dry - looks a bit like mouse poo, small black ovals but because it's made up of stuff like chitin from moths and fly wings etc it's unsmelly and reasonably pleasant. Comparatively of course! Our son is a licensed bat handler and we've had orphan or injured bats at home to look after and you get to recognise it. There's often a bit flung up the garage door which is white and shows it up well.

**sewer rat** · 10-08-2007, 07:44 PM

Depending on what hours I am at my field I can see all or a selection of the following ; Buzzard, Grey Partidge, Red Legged Partridge, Pheasant, Hares, Fox, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Field Mice, Oystercatcher, Weasel, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl. Pied Wagtails. I can also see Cormorants and Herons flying overhead and once - just the once I watched an Osprey passing over me on it's way to Loch Eye.
Then there are the ones that do not count - rabbits, wood pigeons, crows, rooks and geese - these don't count as I regard them as pests and are therefore legitimate targets for me and ma gun

**Seahorse** · 10-08-2007, 08:25 PM

I'm in the middle of a (small) city and even here we regularly see toads, bats, numerous birds, butterflies, dragonflies, different types of bees and a multitude of other insects.

Absolutely as Headfry says - There can be lots to see if you take the time - wherever you are.

Claire

**Grandpadragon** · 10-08-2007, 11:07 PM

Washing the breakfast dishes I saw a dragonfly larvae clinging to the carex growing in our small pond. Rushed and grabbed the camera but it was an empty case

Still delighted really as the pond is only 2 years old.

**roitelet** · 11-08-2007, 06:48 AM

Three baby Hedghogs paid us a visit several nights running. While enjoying an apero. the last warm evening that we had I watched a Tree Creeper visiting a tree several times. When I looked further it had a nest in a small hole. The second clutch of Swallows have hatched in my workshop. Now have to be very careful where I work or I get ****** on. Bats behind the shutters as well.

**TPeers** · 11-08-2007, 07:27 PM

Last year, watched a (mad) bat flying around at mid-day, then got to watch the local Sparrowhawk catch its lunch! Stunning! Shame about the bat though

Saw a Kestrel over the house yesterday.

We also get foxes, hedgehogs, the usual garden birds and the occasional Tawney Owl and Kingfisher. Not bad for the outskirts of a major conurbation!

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