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Liv Full Member Posts: 15,315	Wildlife In The Garden Sept 14, 2023 7:54:21 GMT Diamond Diva and Toril like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Sept 14, 2023 7:54:21 GMT The heron was paddling in the stream first thing this morning. I haven't seen him for a long time.
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lily Full Member Posts: 17,374	Wildlife In The Garden Sept 14, 2023 8:27:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by lily on Sept 14, 2023 8:27:47 GMT

Toril Full Member Posts: 17,257 Mood: Iguana	Wildlife In The Garden Sept 14, 2023 14:15:55 GMT lily likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Toril on Sept 14, 2023 14:15:55 GMT Wildlife in my garden at the moment …… magpies. (They really make a racket.) Wildlife in the house ……. a snail on the lounge carpet this morning. (Goodness knows where that came from. )

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Wildlife In The Garden Sept 14, 2023 15:12:23 GMT

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Post by Liv on Sept 14, 2023 15:12:23 GMT

We've got a three way fight going on here between the magpies, crows and squirrels.
I've also noticed a lot of creepy crawlies scuttling about outside no doubt dying to get inside. There are some fast moving beetle like thingies I've never clapped eyes on until now. Goodness knows what they are

Mr Moody Full Member Posts: 44,285 Mood: Moody Beer	Wildlife In The Garden Sept 14, 2023 22:08:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Mr Moody on Sept 14, 2023 22:08:24 GMT Woodlice? Loads of those blighters about.
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Wildlife In The Garden Sept 15, 2023 5:02:45 GMT Liv, lily, and 1 more like this

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Post by cassandra on Sept 15, 2023 5:02:45 GMT

Magpies are brilliant mimics.
We have a particularly annoying one for the last few months that miaows like a cat and has fooled me several times into opening the door thinking one of them wants to be in.
At a little nearby one man country petrol station there was one that would mimic a lorry backing in or a car horn and the owner would wake from his siesta,leave the tea table, drop whatever else he was doing and rush out to find an empty forecourt...

It's a great pity the right of free speech isn't based on the obligation to say something sensible.

cassandra Full Member Posts: 8,071	Wildlife In The Garden Sept 15, 2023 11:18:53 GMT lily and Diamond Diva like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cassandra on Sept 15, 2023 11:18:53 GMT ...and when I lived in Bristol, there was a really annoying magpie who used to pinch pegs off the line so I got into the habit of double pegging everything so that items wouldn't end up in the flowerbeds.
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Wildlife In The Garden Sept 17, 2023 9:01:16 GMT Frazz, lily, and 2 more like this

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When I went outside last night I heard Ruby wailing and saw a very anxious Oz charging up the side of the house. Ruby was sitting outside the front door and my first thought was she was hurt, but she was guarding and crowing over her latest kill, a tiny shrew. She backed off only for Oz to take a keen interest in the shrew so I shooed him away and felt something nudging my foot. Mr Hog had joined the party!

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Wildlife In The Garden Oct 9, 2023 20:16:25 GMT Frazz and Diamond Diva like this

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Post by Liv on Oct 9, 2023 20:16:25 GMT

Himself took the recycling bags out of the garage and put them on the drive earlier this evening. He just went outside to put them outside the property ready for collection when one bag "undulated" and when he looked inside he saw one of the hedgehogs. The hog was very reluctant to leave his new found abode and Himself had to practically empty the whole bag before said hog shuffled off. If he had not made his presence known the outcome could have been tragic.
Edit: for the hog not Himself O_o

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Diamond Diva Full Member Posts: 9,547 Mood: Cocktail	Wildlife In The Garden Oct 9, 2023 20:25:49 GMT Liv likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Oct 9, 2023 20:25:49 GMT One very lucky hedgehog!
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Frazz Full Member Posts: 20,276	Wildlife In The Garden Oct 10, 2023 15:53:23 GMT lily likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Frazz on Oct 10, 2023 15:53:23 GMT Perhaps he was checking it out for hibernating Liv.

Liv Full Member Posts: 15,315	Wildlife In The Garden Oct 10, 2023 16:47:16 GMT Frazz and lily like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Liv on Oct 10, 2023 16:47:16 GMT Yes that my my thought Frazz I wonder what's wrong with the old wardrobe Himself has in the garage for storage. Maybe last year's hog took out a lease on it.

Frazz Full Member Posts: 20,276	Wildlife In The Garden Oct 10, 2023 19:36:01 GMT Liv and Toril like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Frazz on Oct 10, 2023 19:36:01 GMT They must be very confused with the weather this year. Along with the sparrows and pigeons chasing the girls round the garden. I have a viburnum in full bloom, should be late winter.

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Wildlife In The Garden Oct 10, 2023 21:12:23 GMT Frazz, lily, and 1 more like this

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Post by Liv on Oct 10, 2023 21:12:23 GMT

It's been like first and second sitting school dinners here tonight.
First sitting was the very shy baby hog. Later I watched him toddle off up the back garden only for the cheeky chappy baby hog to whizz around the corner of the garden ready for his supper. I've got to be quick otherwise he tries to get inside. When he was done the large hog rolled up.
We are getting through an awful lot of cat food.

Diamond Diva Full Member Posts: 9,547 Mood: Cocktail	Wildlife In The Garden Oct 11, 2023 9:38:31 GMT Frazz likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Diamond Diva on Oct 11, 2023 9:38:31 GMT I bet you don't have any slugs or snails in your garden though
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