Animals in your garden

[RiyaSingh]

I have the advantage of a pond which attracts frogs and toads, and the birds love bathing and drinking in the bog.
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loved .. its called real nature. i m crzyyy after seeing this

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Chris Packham has a 'Fox of the day' feature on his twitter account, some lovely looking foxes, a lot of them in very suburban gardens looking totally relaxed, like the vixen feeding cubs on the lawn.

 

[Sean Regan]

Chris Packham has a 'Fox of the day' feature on his twitter account, some lovely looking foxes, a lot of them in very suburban gardens looking totally relaxed, like the vixen feeding cubs on the lawn.

Who'd be a mum?

"Our Fiona" who had six cubs under our tea-house in 2017.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

You are not the only one to name your fox, there was one called David Bowie the other day. There was one lying down next to the bench where the garden owner was sitting.

I was prepping a bed the other day and there were some big lumps in one corner. I turned them out so I could break them up and underneath was a female slow worm looking pretty dozy. I carefully covered her back up again, love those slug eaters.

 

[UrbanWild]

I keep forgetting slow worm is another name for a legless lizard. Yep...would love it if some turned up here but even in good habitat encounters are few.

 

[ShellPembs40]

I have 3 cats of my own, but this little cutie pops up to see me and say Hello. More importantly have a few dreamies. Not sure who he belongs to but he is adorable. I call him Mr Pickles.

 

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[Oliver Buckle]

Clearing a patch of weed the other day and a baby toad about and inch an a half long hopped out of it.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I have a houseplant in the greenhouse I was given. a clivia. It is next to the back of the potting tray and the idea was to bring it in and have it bloom. Plan on hold; whilst working at the potting tray I kept getting 'buzzed' by a small bee, then I spotted it vanishing into a hole in the earth at the edge of the clivia pot. It's pretty regular, and seems to have got a bit used to me. When the door is open it flies straight in through it, but has problems getting out, flying around the panes. It is an old and leaky greenhouse though so it gets out.

 

[Sheal]

Please excuse the quality of the image but I had to grab my camera quickly before they disappeared through the fence. Red deer.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Digging out potatoes the other day and suddenly noticed a movement, a toad backing into a hollow. I left it to him and the robin for a bit and he was gone when I came back, the robin showed again instantly. When I was raking over the other day he came and sat on the rake handle for a good view, bold as brass.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Eating breakfast and looking out the window I saw something quite large visiting the salvia flowers and hovering. I went out for a closer look and it was a humming bird hawk moth, a rare treat.

 

[Chuck]

Eating breakfast and looking out the window I saw something quite large visiting the salvia flowers and hovering. I went out for a closer look and it was a humming bird hawk moth, a rare treat.

She was just seeing if your garden was worth eating before laying her eggs which turn into hornworm caterpillars.

 

[Chilli_Choco]

Just a few sparrows, pigeons and seagulls walking around my lawn, sometimes helping themselves to the pear trees, and the occasional neighbor's cat.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Just a few sparrows, pigeons and seagulls walking around my lawn, sometimes helping themselves to the pear trees, and the occasional neighbor's cat.

Tough birds round your way... Helping themselves to the occasional neighbor's cat.

Actually we get jackdaws, and our cat was only small. If they were both out there at the same time they both pretended they hadn't noticed each other.