Wildlife in your Garden

[Huyton Layne]

Moves into a new house last month. Live next to a woods. Seen a bunch of squirrels, few bunnies, one possum, and a fox.
Deer are my main attraction, there's a family of 4 that cross my road further down but just got home to two grazing in the land facing my house. They watched me park and close the garage, and carried on.

 

[kev]

Moves into a new house last month. Live next to a woods. Seen a bunch of squirrels, few bunnies, one possum, and a fox.
Deer are my main attraction, there's a family of 4 that cross my road further down but just got home to two grazing in the land facing my house. They watched me park and close the garage, and carried on.

Nice Bluebell Lane?

 

[chrismpw]

This sparrowhawk (?) dispatching a pigeon at the end of my garden earlier in the year, until the neighbour's cat scared it off. I went up later to look and the pigeon was still there, alive, with a huge hole in its chest. Finished it off with a sharp spade through the neck and it went all headless chicken on me.

 

[Eggs]

Moves into a new house last month. Live next to a woods. Seen a bunch of squirrels, few bunnies, one possum, and a fox.
Deer are my main attraction, there's a family of 4 that cross my road further down but just got home to two grazing in the land facing my house. They watched me park and close the garage, and carried on.View attachment 280832View attachment 280833

…I was in the pub last week and some bloke asked if I wanted 8 legs of fresh venison but I told him it was Two deer.

 

[larbert toffee]

This little fella has visited us every day for months, currently feasting on toadstools.

 

[Lao]

…I was in the pub last week and some bloke asked if I wanted 8 legs of fresh venison but I told him it was Two deer.

Venison is the most expensive meat, it’s dead dear

 

[davids]

I'm in Harrigayy next to the New River. Squirrels by the dozen,and urban foxes stroll by on a regular basis looking totally unperturbed by pedestrians or the traffic on Green Lanes. Huge bank of Swans sail past every night.

 

[Littlesue]

Mr Bumble after my bread this morning

 

[Cameron Manning]

…I was in the pub last week and some bloke asked if I wanted 8 legs of fresh venison but I told him it was Two deer.

Was that in The Hare and Hounds Eggs? Genuine question.

 

[Eggs]

Was that in The Hare and Hounds Eggs? Genuine question.

….i might have been in ‘the Hare’s’ but I wasn’t offered venison in there

 

[COYBL25]

Mr Bumble after my bread this morning
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Don’t feed them bread or the ducks, it can cause something called Angel Wing

 

[Littlesue]

Don’t feed them bread or the ducks, it can cause something called Angel Wing

 

[RufusCat]

Don’t feed them bread or the ducks, it can cause something called Angel Wing

To be fair the jury is out whether bread, or excess carbohydrate, is a cause of Angel Wing. Some believe it is genetic, but could be a mixture of both. Either way it is unsightly and can cause issues for the affected birds as the wing is not tucked in against the body as it should be..

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Don’t feed them bread or the ducks, it can cause something called Angel Wing

I feed the ducks frozen peas. Get some funny looks and the ducks take a bit time to work out its food.
I thought bread was ok just not especially nutritious

 

[Littlesue]

Yep, its

I feed the ducks frozen peas. Get some funny looks and the ducks take a bit time to work out its food.
I thought bread was ok just not especially nutritious

Like us having a bar of chocolate or a piece of fruit. I've thrown bread with one hand and duck food with the other and you can tell which they prefer