RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted April 29 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29 This looks like something you'd pick up in a garden centre, but it's real, honest! Picked up on one of our trail cameras in Februrary, but we didn't check the card until the weekend. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted May 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1 Three hedgehogs hanging around: And a fox checks out a hedgehog: 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 I'm not sure if this counts as wildlife, but it was certainly getting close: A Pelican in St James's Park, yesterday while on my way home from an IMechE Railway Division seminar. Apparently there have been Pelicans here since 1664 when the first pair were gifted to King Charles. I knew he was getting on a bit but I didn't realise he was that old! 9 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 I was very pleased to see this prickly character snuffling around my garden this morning, gathering nesting material: 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Local nature reserve, though some are not exactly close. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted May 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 4 We have a holly bush in the front garden and my Dad spotted a Holly Blue butterfly in it for the first time. Taken with my mobile. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted May 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 4 I was close but this little muck jak was quite happy munching on the flowers of my neighbour's flower bed. Terry 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) I saw this little guy in my neighbours garden yesterday, now I know where my plants have gone! 😉 Edited May 8 by sb67 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) The little vixen that has been showing up regularly, brought her cubs at the weekend, they happily ran around the garden for a while then vanished, the cubs haven't been back with her since. Edited May 8 by sb67 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 used to regularly see bats in my street at night up until a few years ago but i started seeing them again a few days ago 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9 Twice I had a bat get into my house. Scary (due to the possibility of rabies) but managed to get them out. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9 7 hours ago, sb67 said: The little vixen that has been showing up regularly, brought her cubs at the weekend, they happily ran around the garden for a while then vanished, the cubs haven't been back with her since. I recall reading a biography of Rommel, in it was a photo of him holding a pet fox. This was long before WW2 so no relation the the Sahara. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9 9 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Twice I had a bat get into my house. Scary (due to the possibility of rabies) but managed to get them out. Here in the UK many bat species are protected and if any roost in your house you are not allowed to remove them. But we do not have a rabies in this country due to tight border controls. Rabies has been eliminated in most European countries. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted May 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9 27 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Here in the UK many bat species are protected and if any roost in your house you are not allowed to remove them. But we do not have a rabies in this country due to tight border controls. Rabies has been eliminated in most European countries. Bats in the UK do carry a form of rabies and there have been deaths (though it is treatable). https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bats-and-disease/bats-and-disease-in-the-uk/bats-and-rabies https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rabies-risks-from-bat-bites/information-for-individuals-who-have-been-bitten-by-a-bat 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted May 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9 I had to rescue a robin the other day. It was lying in the road looking stunned and I picked it up fully expecting a gory mess. Fortunately it seemed intact, so I put it in a hedge and an hour or so later there was no robin in the hedge, but one was foraging in the gutter. So I showed it one of those road safety films with Tufty and the voice of Bernard Cribbins and hoped for the best... 4 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 (edited) I often get fruit bats (also called Flying Foxes) going overhead in the evenings off to feed wherever it is that they find fruit or flowers. Best seen on an overcast evening when they show-up against the clouds. They do have the potential to carry two very nasty viruses - the Bat Lyssavirus and the Hendra virus so injured ones should never be handled. Bat carers have vaccinations against the Lyssavirus but there is none available for the Hendra virus, though that one at least does not transfer directly from bat to human, but goes via horses who have eaten grass with faeces from an infected bat, who then pass the virus to humans via secretions. Edited May 9 by monkeysarefun 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted May 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9 Now you are beginning to sound like Australia! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted May 10 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10 On 09/05/2024 at 11:28, PhilJ W said: Here in the UK many bat species are protected and if any roost in your house you are not allowed to remove them. But we do not have a rabies in this country due to tight border controls. Rabies has been eliminated in most European countries. When we had a bat get into our house (not roosting) we were in contact with the Bat Conservation Trust and given directions on how to get it safely into a box and transported to a bat hospital down in the Gower. The experience was a spur for us joining the BCT and buying a bat detector, which we continue to enjoy. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted May 11 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11 Not only did I hear my first Cuckoo, but managed to get a photo! Watched it sat in the tree having a shout for a few minutes. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 5 hours ago, Claude_Dreyfus said: Not only did I hear my first Cuckoo, but managed to get a photo! Watched it sat in the tree having a shout for a few minutes. Fantastic! I've heard them every year but only ever sen one in about 5 years! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted Sunday at 23:15 Share Posted Sunday at 23:15 This is not a garden ornament. My son’s back yard this morning. 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted Monday at 00:09 RMweb Premium Share Posted Monday at 00:09 A short time ago, I looked out my back door and there was an almost full-grown deer there. By the time I decided to get the camera, it had wandered off. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted Monday at 05:48 RMweb Gold Share Posted Monday at 05:48 6 hours ago, pH said: This is not a garden ornament. My son’s back yard this morning. Best Goalie in the world! Kev. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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