What wildlife have you seen recently?

Roy said:

resident pheasant, my wife has named him Rodney!

 It's nice to see pheasants, I hear them more often, but occasionally see them in the mornings. 

I see a buzzard every now and then, lovely to see. 

wow :)

Last Thursday, I saw a great spotted woodpecker drumming at close range, lots of mandarin ducks, and heard a lesser spotted woodpecker from somewhere very close. 

And yesterday, found the Oxfordshire giant orchids, and red kites were flying 10 meters from me!

That must have been amazing, we seem to have a resident pheasant, my wife has named him Rodney!

A buzzard, this morning

I have a mother and baby deer that come in my garden a lot. Sometimes they come right up to my window about 3 feet away.  They always cheer me up.

I'm also very fond of a blackbird that comes in. There's also a red kite that I sometimes see when I'm out and about. 

Yesterday as I was walking home I saw a kestrel hovering just a few feet above a hedge on the opposite side of the road. It swooped down after a minute or so, but I couldn't see whether it caught anything.

This afternoon I saw a rabbit several times through a window,  while I was attending a session of the specialist autism services. 

Thanks Number for your reply, I think I will leave it, sounds like a dramallama...

I love the different colours you see on dragonflies. We have a pond in the garden, lots of fish in there, and during the nicer weather we see a lot of dragonflies flying round it. I like butterflies too, sometimes see them both which can be lovely.

I love dragonflies but didn't know your fun fact so thanks. We have had green ones in our garden. Last year we put in a small pond and I don't recall seeing any. Ever hopeful for this year 

Regarding electricity, I believe I have heard that birds don't get shocked as they are not connected to earth, so maybe as there is no connection lower down the pole it is the same for squirrels. We get squirrels in our garden sometimes and they are quite entertaining.

Dragonflies are amazing! Fun fact they can fly upside down and backwards! They are fab.

I haven’t seen much wildlife lately. I saw a squirrel on the power lines the other day, he/she is up there a lot, I always wonder how it doesn’t get fried?

And yesterday when I was driving I saw some farm animals in some of the fields.

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I want to have a more interesting answer but the only things I remember seeing lately were a very large bee and some seagulls.

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This is quite possibly, the last post by me (aka Number) in my current form.......purely because of a "privacy breech" that has been wrought upon me by "developments" here in recent times.  I note that this breach continues to cause me injury.  To mitigate that injury, I find that I am forced to leave.

Rest assured, I will be back very soon.

Yours,

NUMBER.

Saw some Llamas  or alpacas not sure which? I can’t upload the picture unfortunately file is too big.

I saw these rather delightful cows yesterday when I went out for a walk.

They appeared to be enjoying being photographed!

I saw a couple of hares looking at me this morning as I ran past. Rabbits from my bedroom window. Yesterday I had to stop my dog going after a Muntjac. Sadly this morning I also saw quite a few dead frogs on the road. Loads of bats around where I live too.

I definitely see far fewer insects around (other than woodlice, which are around and in our house in abundance). Very few moths, butterflies and bees though, which makes me very sad.

1. Roe deer in the meadow

2. Bunny's here and there

3. Magpies building a nest

4. A fox

Good job Homebird - you successfully managed to resurrect a thread (that is positive and healthy and good) to the homepage.

It has been a wonderful few days of weather to allow us humans to reconnect "with love" to the natural world.

I love days like the ones we have enjoyed recently.

Simple "happy" should never the overlooked!