Wildlife in your Garden

[larbert toffee]

I saw a song thrush in my garden yesterday, the first one I'd seen for a couple of years, used to see them daily when I was a kid.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I saw a song thrush in my garden yesterday, the first one I'd seen for a couple of years, used to see them daily when I was a kid.

might it be because of your eyes?

 

[COYBL25]

I saw a song thrush in my garden yesterday, the first one I'd seen for a couple of years, used to see them daily when I was a kid.

Didn’t see any at all for years by us, but over the past couple of years I’ve noticed a steady increase in their numbers.

No idea at all at what’s changed for them.

I’ve also noticed that Mistle Thrushes and Starling numbers have massively dropped around us at the same time.

 

[larbert toffee]

Didn’t see any at all for years by us, but over the past couple of years I’ve noticed a steady increase in their numbers.

No idea at all at what’s changed for them.

I’ve also noticed that Mistle Thrushes and Starling numbers have massively dropped around us at the same time.

I've noticed a drop off in starlings partly due to UPVC soffits and guttering?

 

[COYBL25]

I've noticed a drop off in starlings partly due to UPVC soffits and guttering?

Think it`s also to do with the farmland becoming so sterile in the Winter, with all the pesticides that are sprayed onto the fields in the growing season, effectively killing off all the things under the soil they feed on.

 

[Kurt.]

Wasn’t in my garden but as I turned to walk into my street Friday night a Badger was walking towards me…. When he saw me he turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

 

[kev]

Wasn’t in my garden but as I turned to walk into my street Friday night a Badger was walking towards me…. When he saw me he turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

'A face that would frighten a badger'

 

[COYBL25]

Wasn’t in my garden but as I turned to walk into my street normally Friday night a Badger was walking towards me…. When he saw me he turned around and ran in the opposite direction.

Knowing where you live, are there any woods nearby, as there`s no way they`re living on that mountain !

As they normally like soft earthy ground to build their setts in, quite often near to woods for added cover.

They`ll build their setts in the grounds of houses in rural areas, if the area is quiet, there`s cover and soft ground- I stayed in a cottage in Cumbria one time, where they had their set under a long hedge, that boarded the cottage front lawn and they`d come out onto the lawn every evening looking for worms to eat - which was the real icing on the cake of that particular holiday.

 

[Kurt.]

Knowing where you live, are there any woods nearby, as there`s no way they`re living on that mountain !

As they normally like soft earthy ground to build their setts in, quite often near to woods for added cover.

They`ll build their setts in the grounds of houses in rural areas, if the area is quiet, there`s cover and soft ground- I stayed in a cottage in Cumbria one time, where they had their set under a long hedge, that boarded the cottage front lawn and they`d come out onto the lawn every evening looking for worms to eat - which was the real icing on the cake of that particular holiday.

At the bottom of my street are a number of large fields, the badgers have been around here for years, always see them if I’m walking home late at night.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I've noticed a drop off in starlings partly due to UPVC soffits and guttering?

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[Runub]

I saw a porpoise in the Mersey yesterday. Not the best video but it pops up a couple of times centre of picture


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[COYBL25]

I saw a porpoise in the Mersey yesterday. Not the best video but it pops up a couple of times centre of picture


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They were there last Monday too, someone took a vid off the prom

 

[Runub]

They were there last Monday too, someone took a vid off the prom

I have seen them a few times but this one was relatively close to the bank and stayed in the same area for a while. Might have been feeding or something

 

[Littlesue]

Counted 30 babies with this couple this morning unless they baby sitting that's one big haul

 

[RufusCat]

I've noticed a drop off in starlings partly due to UPVC soffits and guttering?

Not sure if it is connected but near me they demolished some high rise flats, after that the starling numbers seemed to go down quite markedly. Before that you could almost set your watch to them arriving in the back garden to feed and then move on to the next garden.