Wildlife in your Garden

[Eggs]

I was just cutting the lawn in my back garden and a frog jumped out and hopped to the border. It got me thinking about the creatures i’ve seen in my garden.

I live in West Derby which is a suburb of Liverpool and i’ve been in this house for over 30 years. I reckon i’ve witnessed;

- general British garden birds, but more unusually I have seen quite a few hawks and a heron. I’ve also observed Hedgehogs, squirrels, a rat, a dead field mouse, cats, frogs, dogs and next doors tortoise.

There is so much geographical diversity on here, not just in the U.K. but across the globe and I thought it would be a fascinating insight to see what wildlife others get visiting their gardens. I recall @LinekersLegs mentioning deers in her California garden, I wonder if @TheFinnFan truly sees seal cubs and I dread to think what our Aussie friends witness!!!

So where do you live and what creatures do you see?

 

[Prevenger17]

So where do you live and what creatures do you see?

My parents' back garden is an abbatoir of dead birds, sacrificed to Socks the Cat, God of Death

 

[Eggs]

My parents' back garden is an abbatoir of dead birds, sacrificed to Socks the Cat, God of Death

...that’s a great name for a cat. Mmmm, a good idea for another thread.

 

[summerisle]

There's a billion aphids munching their way through my lettuce.

 

[Jimishorts]

My garden seems to be a haven for slugs

I’ve various traps filled with bovril to

 

[Eggs]

There's a billion aphids munching their way through my lettuce.

....in your fridge?

 

[Jimishorts]

My parents' back garden is an abbatoir of dead birds, sacrificed to Socks the Cat, God of Death

Next doors cat brought back a rabbit the other night. We’ve had shrews, mice and birds but a rabbit? This thing was flamin massive.

Little bugger.

 

[summerisle]

....in your fridge?

My 'greenhouse' (home-made lean-to with bits of plastic sheeting).

 

[coollino]

Saw a snake the second day we moved into our house two years ago, not seen one since.

Had a fox in our garden too.

 

[Bungle]

I'm in Slough and the garden is full of slags

 

[sageyefc]

Had a bunny rabbit in the garden once, a lot bigger in person than I imagined they'd be, didn't know what to do so I just sprayed it with water til it hopped away

 

[Methuselah]

We get the usual. Hedgehogs, squirrels, cats etc., But some interesting birds. Parakeets, Red Kites, Jays, Green Woodpeckers, Fieldfares, plus the usual.
My daughter who lives in Flackwell Heath, Bucks, has Deer, Badger, Fox, Pheasant, Partridges. They have one of these 24 hour security camera's so they are able to see them all, particularly the nocturnal ones.

 

[Eggs]

I'm in Slough and the garden is full of slags

....oh dear, presume you misspelt slugs.

 

[Frang]

a couple of birkenheaders with socks on their hands..

 

[Eggs]

Saw a snake the second day we moved into our house two years ago, not seen one since.

Had a fox in our garden too.

...I reckon the fox ate the snake. Where do you live?