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lily Full Member Posts: 17,400	Wildlife In The Garden Apr 10, 2023 6:42:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on Apr 10, 2023 6:42:08 GMT I expect Ruby and Oz are pleased …

Liv Full Member Posts: 15,335	Wildlife In The Garden Apr 10, 2023 8:17:13 GMT lily likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Apr 10, 2023 8:17:13 GMT Apr 10, 2023 6:42:08 GMT lily said: I expect Ruby and Oz are pleased … There's pacing. And more pacing

Liv Full Member Posts: 15,335	Wildlife In The Garden May 3, 2023 17:28:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on May 3, 2023 17:28:30 GMT We seem to be overrun with squirrels. They answer back too

lily Full Member Posts: 17,400	Wildlife In The Garden May 3, 2023 18:56:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on May 3, 2023 18:56:15 GMT They make a lot of noise too …

Toril Full Member Posts: 17,271 Mood: Iguana	Wildlife In The Garden May 3, 2023 20:34:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Toril on May 3, 2023 20:34:45 GMT We’ve got a lot of squirrels here too. They seem to love my oak tree. I wonder if it’s the branches to race along or the acorns later in the season. I reckon it’s really the nuts I leave out for them. 😉

Liv Full Member Posts: 15,335	Wildlife In The Garden May 9, 2023 9:24:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on May 9, 2023 9:24:52 GMT Goodbye wasp nest. Sorry, but you are too close

lily Full Member Posts: 17,400	Wildlife In The Garden May 9, 2023 9:53:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on May 9, 2023 9:53:30 GMT Poor wasps…

Frazz Full Member Posts: 20,287	Wildlife In The Garden May 9, 2023 14:41:23 GMT Liv likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Frazz on May 9, 2023 14:41:23 GMT You've reminded me I need to go and stuff newspaper or something along the top of the summerhouse doors. Every year a queen wasp gets in. Fortunately, I usually discover it just a few days old, so easy to deal with.

Liv Full Member Posts: 15,335	Wildlife In The Garden May 9, 2023 19:00:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on May 9, 2023 19:00:12 GMT The nest was small, about the size of a gobstopper. Only one resident was at home. It was in the bandstand and that's the only place in the back garden for man and cat to find deep shade in the summer.

Frazz Full Member Posts: 20,287	Wildlife In The Garden May 9, 2023 19:31:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Frazz on May 9, 2023 19:31:19 GMT Last years was about the size of an apple and it was really beautiful. I felt guilty taking it down when so much work had gone into it. The queen wasn't too happy about not be able to get back inside!

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The mystery of finding my bird feeders on the ground a couple of time recently has been solved. They are positioned where the squirels can't get at them, but not a great spotted woodpecker who caught my eye when in the kitchen. It stared at me for a few seconds and disappeared, I've not heard it drilling trees yet.
Apart from the great tits returning this year I have had pied wagtails, and last week a pair of green finches which I have never seen since living here. It could be the absence of cats now, or maybe a sign things are slowly improving for the wildlife in general.

Liv Full Member Posts: 15,335	Wildlife In The Garden May 21, 2023 20:00:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on May 21, 2023 20:00:47 GMT I may have mentioned before on this thread that my neighbour has bird feeders, much to the delight of the rats and the squirrels. On Friday I saw him carry three trap cages up the drive.

Frazz Full Member Posts: 20,287	Wildlife In The Garden May 21, 2023 20:13:42 GMT Liv likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Frazz on May 21, 2023 20:13:42 GMT There is a resident rat around from time to time, I sometimes see it at dusk. I think next door deals with it from time to time - since Millie died!

Liv Full Member Posts: 15,335	Wildlife In The Garden Jun 3, 2023 18:13:44 GMT Yorko, Frazz, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Jun 3, 2023 18:13:44 GMT Biting Vole versus Cat versus Man. The vole escaped victorious, the cat wailed from the other side of the patio doors, the man nursed his bloodied finger. Moral: leave the vole to fight his own battles.

Liv Full Member Posts: 15,335	Wildlife In The Garden Jun 4, 2023 7:39:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Jun 4, 2023 7:39:09 GMT Update Ruby The Terminator was out all night. Corpse of a vole was on the back step this morning. Oz looks depressed. That was his find yesterday. Waiting to see if Himself shows any vole bite symptoms.
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