Florentine_Pogen Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 There, on the stairs................. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: There, on the stairs................. Tell the little c**t to take off his shoes when hen comes in the house. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: Where? In the garden earlier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: Tell the little c**t to take off his shoes when he comes in the house. Well, I declare.....................(he wears clogs, actually....) Edited June 19, 2022 by Florentine_Pogen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 There was a little mouse on our trailcam last night. I was utterly convinced that all I'd see on it was going to be mice and rats but I've only ever seen the one mouse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Saw this in the garden earlier and got a photo as it landed on some Dianthus. Strange looking insect but it seems to be a Hummingbird hawk-moth. (Zoomed in on the photo, screenshot). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Return of the badger and a first appearance for one of this year's fox cubs. The usual wee vixen came over at the back of 11, scoffed all the best food herself and then brought the cub over later to polish off the scraps. Poor badger got a fright when the milkman came to drop the milk off. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted July 13, 2022 Author Share Posted July 13, 2022 Badger was back last night, it's possible the dry weather is forcing him/her to look for food further afield as they'd normally be able to dig for earth worms. Seemed to be having a fun time plundering our raspberries and gave one of the fox cubs a fright. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 03/06/2022 at 14:45, alta-pete said: At the start of lockdown I witnessed a Sparrowhawk chase a pigeon into our living room window and execute the stunned bird with a scalpel like slash to its neck artery. Caught the gore on video, I’ll see if I can find it… We moved house to a more rural position a month or so ago. The milkman delivers eggs with our milk but someone had ripped open the egg box and helped themselves to three, two of which seemed to be shells and all. What’s that likely to be? An enterprising cat (I doubt it, it never happened at the old place) or a fox or badger? I had to cancel my eggs order as the foxes (or birds) were eating most of them before I got a chance to take them in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 I've always had hedgehogs in the garden but was unsure of how many. I did suspect 4, so I was happy tonight that the webcam caught 4 feeding at the same time. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 20/04/2023 at 00:25, abievoller7 said: I might be a bit late, but I'm here to share my ideas. Your efforts to make your garden more wildlife-friendly sound amazing! It's fantastic to hear that you've been able to attract a variety of birds and even hedgehogs and foxes! As for tips, I've heard that planting native plants that bloom at different times of the year can help attract and support pollinators. In addition, it's also a great idea to create a space in your garden where you can relax and enjoy the natural surroundings. You can learn this here now by checking out the excellent resource GardenFurniture.co.uk. Quality outdoor furniture can provide a comfortable and stylish place to unwind and appreciate your hard work. We're hoping to get some more stuff done this year, my plan is to plant a couple more native shrubs like dog rose and maybe some hawthorn. Currently all of the flower beds bar one have stones over weed suppressing fabric so we're hoping to free up a bed or two by removing the stones and fabric to let the soil breathe a bit and get some caterpillar food plants like nettle on the go. We're still getting visits from our nocturnal mammals, there are 2 pairs of foxes that are visiting. One pair is made up of the surviving male cub from last year along with a female cub that started coming later on in the year and wasn't part of the original family. The other pair is the older male from last year who's paired up with a new vixen. Both the vixens are currently nursing so we'll hopefully catch some cubs on the camera soon. We got a female badger showing up a few times in March and the hedgehogs have started coming back in April although there are a pair of them about it's usually just the male I see on camera. I wound up starting a Facebook blog style thing as well which has been quite fun to do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arab_joe Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 I bought a house last month, so am now the owner of a small garden. Can anyone recommend: (i) a good camera to capture overnight wildlife (there are tons of squirrels in the trees and, if nothing else, there seem to be a number of foxes in the area given the amount of scat); and (ii) a bird-feeder camera (or are the aforementioned squirrels going to eat everything that is put out for the birds anyway)? I am, as is perhaps obvious, not an expert... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 11 hours ago, arab_joe said: I bought a house last month, so am now the owner of a small garden. Can anyone recommend: (i) a good camera to capture overnight wildlife (there are tons of squirrels in the trees and, if nothing else, there seem to be a number of foxes in the area given the amount of scat); and (ii) a bird-feeder camera (or are the aforementioned squirrels going to eat everything that is put out for the birds anyway)? I am, as is perhaps obvious, not an expert... A simple Apeman or similar IR illuminated trail camera served me well for observing wildlife when I had a garden. It’s very easy to overspend for a nighttime camera, but you aren’t getting much extra. Use the money on the daytime unit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 11 hours ago, arab_joe said: I bought a house last month, so am now the owner of a small garden. Can anyone recommend: (i) a good camera to capture overnight wildlife (there are tons of squirrels in the trees and, if nothing else, there seem to be a number of foxes in the area given the amount of scat); and (ii) a bird-feeder camera (or are the aforementioned squirrels going to eat everything that is put out for the birds anyway)? I am, as is perhaps obvious, not an expert... I have a Technaxx TX-117 trail cam that I use to monitor specific areas when needed, the battery life is good, and it only uses 4 AAs. I got it in Costco for about £45. I also have a Tapo C320WS outdoor webcam fixed to the fence in the top corner of the garden. This records the whole garden 24/7 so I can look back over the last few days to see if there has been anything of interest in the garden. I’ve got it set up to record all the time, but you can set it to only record on motion detection etc. Amazon has them for about £55 as I remember it. My picture of the four hedgehogs a few posts up was from that camera, it's zoomed in a but but it gives you an idea of the nighttime quality. The hedgehogs are probably about 10-12 feet from the camera. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 Some nice footage from last weekend of 4 of our visiting foxes. First two are this year's cubs, third is a vixen that seems to have suffered some abuse this year as she suddenly appeared with a torn lip and ears, the fourth is the old male that seems to be the big boss man of the area. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 First hedgehog of the year in the garden last night. It's currently sleeping in the feeding station. I want to go and make sure there's still food left for it but I don't want to scare it off during daylight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Two Blue Triangle Butterflies in my front garden. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I'm getting at least two hedgehogs into the feeding stations every night. Sometimes they meet, and aren't always friendly. 1712273517266 - Trim.mp4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 I now have some tadpoles in my little wildlife pond/puddle. Hope they grow up and come back to visit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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