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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2018 0:15:15 GMT
Spotted two red Grouse perhaps blown from the nigh moor nearby. In the last place I actually had a pheasant in the very small garden. Sprocket had a good go at it but despite hanging on grimly let go at about ten feet off the ground.
Had a deer hanging round a few weeks ago too along with the usual run of Fox and Badger traffic. What is the most unusual you have seen in the garden or street?
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Post by ChrisM on Oct 15, 2018 7:27:04 GMT
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A deer in the back garden of my parents' old house (near to where humphrey [Alex[ lives);
urban foxes in the garden of our current house
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Oct 15, 2018 8:25:09 GMT
Couple of things:
A hedgehog, with his head stuck in a McFlurry cup, running up and down the middle of the street at 3am in the morning. The tapping noise it made was loud enough to wake me, prompting me to go down to the end of the drive and remove the cup as it passed by.
A horse, followed 1 minute later by an out of breath copper, asking "have you seen a horse come this way?" , before disappearing round the corner. Never did get to the bottom of that one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2018 10:08:31 GMT
Not quite in the garden, but a swan once mistook our road for a river.  |
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Post by Tim on Oct 15, 2018 11:29:50 GMT
At our last house we were a couple of miles outside Dundee, surrounded by fields and had a garden of about an acre, half of which was trees (sadly it was a rental and far beyond our price range to buy), one day I walked out the back door, heard a rustling from in the trees and looked up to see 8 deer standing staring at me about 25 yards away.
There was also a family of squirrels at least one of which would regularly come and look in the window if there was no food on the birdtable.
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Post by bryan on Oct 15, 2018 12:49:01 GMT
We had a donkey get in our garden from the field at the back once.
We have regular visits from Rabbits/squirrels and badgers (we have a Badger Latrine in the corner of our garden - deep joy!And once witnessed a scrap between two young males at 2am) Frogs, newts, but yet to see a hedgehog unfortunately - loads of shrews and voles - all of above the Cats delight in self serving from the deli
Family of buzzards regularly circle overhead and the occasional heron from the nature reserve
It is like living in a zoo! I have seen a herd wild deer in a wood further on our road but never in our garden yet
Oh yes - the peacocks form the house down the road like perching on our roof and are F**king noise when mating!
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Oct 15, 2018 15:55:41 GMT
Oh yes - the peacocks form the house down the road like perching on our roof and are F**king noise when mating! I can imagine that'd put you right off. Some romantic music might drown them out. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2018 17:38:25 GMT
Won't that just encourage them?
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Post by LandieMark on Oct 15, 2018 20:14:21 GMT
All sorts. Most unusual was a weasel running past me while is was under the trailer fitting the brake cables.
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Post by johnc on Oct 16, 2018 8:02:31 GMT
Something green just flew past my window, which got my attention so I had a better look and saw 4 parrots or budgies flying about and landing on a tree across the road much to the amusement/interest of the magpie who was already there.
This photo was on max zoom from my phone but you can just make out two green birds at the top of the tree. The magpie and a crow chased them off a bit later.
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Post by Alex on Oct 16, 2018 10:51:37 GMT
Parakeets have actually become more prevalent in the wild in this country over the last 10-15 years. There used to be a flock of them in one of the trees near my student digs in Egham and that was back in 2004-5. It’s beleived the populations started from pets that had escaped and managed to thrive outside of captivity.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Oct 16, 2018 11:36:18 GMT
Parakeets have actually become more prevalent in the wild in this country over the last 10-15 years. There used to be a flock of them in one of the trees near my student digs in Egham and that was back in 2004-5. It’s beleived the populations started from pets that had escaped and managed to thrive outside of captivity. They've spread quite far and wide but they have a natural advantage in that they can ask directions. |
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Post by johnc on Oct 16, 2018 12:03:36 GMT
They've spread quite far and wide but they have a natural advantage in that they can ask directions. Bloody clever birds if they can understand a broad Glaswegian dialect! |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Oct 16, 2018 12:29:14 GMT
They've spread quite far and wide but they have a natural advantage in that they can ask directions. Bloody clever birds if they can understand a broad Glaswegian dialect! Well that just proves my point; how many parakeets do you see in Glasgow? |
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Post by johnc on Oct 16, 2018 12:58:18 GMT
Maybe they were asking for directions back to Geordie land.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Oct 16, 2018 13:06:48 GMT
Maybe they were asking for directions back to Geordie land. From Wiki: They obviously prefer a refined Morningside accent to Glaswegian or Geordie. |
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Post by rodge on Oct 20, 2018 23:44:31 GMT
A black bear, numerous skunks, deer, snakes, scorpions, buzzards and hawks, chipmunks, lizards... The different species that are common here make it sound a bit more exotic  |
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Post by racingteatray on Oct 23, 2018 15:23:13 GMT
I think a bear wins!
I've not seen anything more exotic than a fox in our garden. Although I did spot a European bee-eater flying over the garden earlier this year, which was a real surprise.
Being central London, we get loads of ring-necked parakeets. I think they originally escaped in 1987 after an aviary was destroyed in the Great Storm.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2018 16:40:20 GMT
A friend of mine had a humming bird moth in their garden which I thought pretty exotic but yep, a Bear trumps just about anything.
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Post by humphreythepug on Oct 24, 2018 3:18:31 GMT
We have loads of foxes around our area, we are too built up for anything more exotic, however venture just a mile or so up the road, by Chris' parents house and it gets far more rural with deer, pheasants and badgers.
I did happen across a massive horse shit last year though on the path by the main road which was pretty random.
The wife's dad used to be the Clandon village bobby back in the day, he's adamant he has happened across the "Surrey Puma" on more than one occasion.
When living in Clandon, the wife frequently had deer in her garden.
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Post by rodge on Oct 24, 2018 3:56:06 GMT
Driving home last night and missed a deer by s couple of feet.
Ran out right in front of me and it was about 2 feet from my passenger headlight.
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Post by humphreythepug on Oct 24, 2018 6:40:39 GMT
In Thailand at the moment, it was quite cool to see a road sign warning of wild elephants.
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