What animals/wildlife have you seen today?

[StoneRoad]

Must put the camera trap out again ...
and 'open up' some more of the images it captures.

Found more fox and hedgepig scat yesterday.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Spoonbill

 

[Voley]

Loads of Red Admirals in the woods today.

 

[newme]

Moo

 

[Elpenor]

Bats flying around outside like billyo! Just stepped into the front garden to look at the last bit of light over Haytor and saw them flying around, I think they’re trying to pounce on flying insects for their dinner

They’re very hard to spot and impossible to catch in a photo.

I’ve seen them before from inside the house but my first time being outside and could see them a bit better being closer (and could finally be 100% certain they were bats!)

 

[May Kasahara]

Lots of jackdaws, hopping about in the park and scrounging for picnic leftovers

 

[Richard46]

On the storage box in my front garden;

 

[seeformiles]

On my walk this morning, I saw two magnificent Red Kites plus a dragonfly.

 

[WouldBe]

Couple of squirrels chasing each other up a tree.

 

[May Kasahara]

Today, several of these fellows larking about by the swimming lake

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[Elpenor]

Hodgepig again (part obscured by downpipe) who seems to visit a few times a week now

Beer traps out for slugs to keep them away from my plants

Hodgepig then eats slugs when visiting (I assume?)



Good Hodgepig! Have a sip of beer next time chum

 

[fucthest8]

Hodgepig again (part obscured by downpipe) who seems to visit a few times a week now

Beer traps out for slugs to keep them away from my plants

Hodgepig then eats slugs when visiting (I assume?)

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Good Hodgepig! Have a sip of beer next time chum

They do eat slugs, but only if there is nothing better. Which is good thing, because slugs often have lungworm, which is really bad for hogs.

 

[not a trot]

There was a Heron before the mutt waded in.

Managed to photo it today.

 

[Saunders]

One of those little green shield beetles while I was picking blackberries

 

[RubyToogood]

A caterpillar. Of what, who knows.

(trying to add video... Failing... Adding photo...)

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[Epona]

Oh that's reminded me, I saw a great caterpillar the other day, I'll see if I can post a pic when I have a minute

 

[May Kasahara]

Silver-washed fritillary and red admiral butterflies, either a marsh or willow tit, and a huge green and black striped dragonfly Husband and son saw a deer but it had scarpered by the time my daughter and I caught up.

 

[Voley]

Surprised it stayed still long enough for me to get the pic. Rural foxes normally leg it at the first hint of a person but this one sat looking at me for a while before bolting.

 

[Epona]

Oh here's my caterpillar!

 

[Boo Radley75]

A Jersey tiger moth, when I was trimming the hedges.

 

[Saunders]

Absolutely no rabbits, for at least 2 weeks. Which is strange as it has been heaving with them here until recently.

 

[WouldBe]

Had a hedgehog in the garden earlier must be the first time in a couple of years.

 

[fucthest8]

It's taken me a while to get around to putting this together, so not exactly "today" and I didn't "see" this myself, the wildlife Camera did. Sue me.

(Trigger Warning: mild hedgehog grump)

 

[Epona]

Oh I forgot to say, I was on the train on Sunday and saw 2 red kites hunting over fields near the tracks.

 

[Boo Radley75]

Finally, a hedgehog showed up in my garden tonight to eat all the slugs

 

[Boo Radley75]

Two hedgehogs in the garden tonight, making a right racket! Hopefully eating all the slugs out there.

 

[danski]

Ended up sunbathing for a bit in an orchard, er, somewhere around here, when a large, very dark furred deer with massive antlers appeared then disappeared, about 30m away.

I had no idea that they might be around so was really surprised

 

[Looby]

On Monday early evening a fox crossed the road in front of me with 3 frankfurters in his mouth.

I was just in the car with some friends and we had to do an emergency stop at the exact same spot for probably the same fox with a mouth full of frankfurters again.

 

[WouldBe]

I was just in the car with some friends and we had to do an emergency stop at the exact same spot for probably the same fox with a mouth full of frankfurters again.

Must be the wurst fox around.

 

[Epona]

Ended up sunbathing for a bit in an orchard, er, somewhere around here, when a large, very dark furred deer with massive antlers appeared then disappeared, about 30m away.

I had no idea that they might be around so was really surprised