What animals/wildlife have you seen today?

[nottsgirl]

I saw a really beautiful bird at lunch today. It had a red head and a yellow body. Not bright yellow, kind of iridescent. I don’t know what it was. I couldn’t get a photo.

 

[danski]

Goldfinch?

 

[nottsgirl]

I don’t think it was a goldfinch because it didn’t really have any black on its body.

 

[Epona]

Escaped pet lutino lovebird?

 

[nottsgirl]

Escaped pet lutino lovebird?

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No it was like yellowy greeney grey. And it was the whole head that was red.

 

[Epona]

No it was like yellowy greeney grey. And it was the whole head that was red.

Bee Eater? They sometimes visit the UK in summer

 

[weepiper]

Might it have been a green woodpecker? They have a red head and a yellow rump.

 

[nottsgirl]

Might it have been a green woodpecker? They have a red head and a yellow rump.

Yes!!!!

 

[danski]

No it was like yellowy greeney grey. And it was the whole head that was red.

Whereabouts are you or is that a stupid question, given your name?

eta...Ah!

 

[Epona]

Yes!!!!

Nice!

 

[nottsgirl]

Whereabouts are you or is that a stupid question, given your name?

Ha ha no it’s not stupid. I’m in Cambridge.

 

[danski]

Ha ha no it’s not stupid. I’m in Cambridge.

weepiper got in there just as I was posting that.

 

[scifisam]

Not today, about a week ago, but we saw a hedgehod for the first time in real life while on holiday in Turkey. We also saw turtles, swifts, flying fish and a dolphin, but honestly it was the hedgehog that made me happiest.

 

[nottsgirl]

I saw a squirrel eating a nut and it was the cutest thing.

 

[nottsgirl]

I saw a raven today, could have been a crown though.

 

[nottsgirl]

I saw a squirrel climb a tree close by. Also a fucking massive pigeon in my neighbour’s balcony.

 

[weepiper]

A few from the last week

 

[scifisam]

That deer!

 

[weepiper]

Last night

 

[dessiato]

There's a large flock of greylag and canada geese on the lake now. There's about 100 now. The black swans have left, and the ducks are seldom here now.

 

[Idaho]

Went for a bike ride yesterday and a badger ran in front of me. Made my day. Love Mr Brock. The dead rat I discovered in the garden when I got back must have been dead about 2-4 hours based on the full rigor mortis.

 

[Rompipalle]

I haven't even left the house today so far.

There was a weird looking beetle-ish thing crawling around on the outside of our dining-room window this afternoon. Does that count?

 

[danny la rouge]

I was going to say humans. But then I wondered if humans are wild or domesticated. And if domesticated are we self domesticated? And have any other animals domesticated themselves? Or indeed others? And what actually constitutes “the wild” in this Anthropocene world? Is there anything that is truly unaffected by human actions?

 

[Epona]

There's a large flock of greylag and canada geese on the lake now. There's about 100 now. The black swans have left, and the ducks are seldom here now.

Here we find we get a lot of ducks overwintering I think just a bit further inland than they tend to hang around when the weather is better - so during winter our stretch of The Lea is chocka with teal, mallards, gadwalls and tufted ducks, but only a small number stay here for breeding season.

 

[weltweit]

A gaggle of Geese at the canal cafe earlier, they did a formation take-off circle and massed landing which was cool. I noticed some solitary magpies which always makes me happy, then when driving later, the luckiest squirrel ran across the road in front of me and made it across which pleased me. So nothing exotic just run of the mill.

 

[fucthest8]

Obvs we all know a hedgie out in the day might be (a) in a spot of bother or (b) a mum with little ones, who needs to feed up.

Pretty sure this is (b).

Heard her rustling through the dead leaves, put some food down. Looked very healthy, was moving with no issues (and fast, when the kids next door got too loud) and ate a load.

Always feels like a privilege to be that close

 

[dessiato]

Not been outside so only what I could see through the window, rabbits, geese, and wood pigeons.

I've not heard, or seen, the woodpecker for a week or two.

 

[weepiper]

Grey seals (top two) and a common seal (bottom one) on Monday.

 

[nottsgirl]

An ant, so far today.

 

[StoneRoad]

Been putting the garden camera trap out again ...

Apart from the usual avian suspects ... over the past couple of nights [14 - 17th July 2024], the latest catch has been :-
hedgepig, red fox and yet another "farm/feral" cat [ginger this time]

a selection of the most recent images can be found here

gct[5] - camera trap five

By StoneRoad2013. Still watching the garden - Please note that the date stamp on the first batch of [40]images for 9/10 Nov 2023 are incorrect [should be April or May 2024] to save some space, I will…

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older images are in albums, here

GCT - Garden Camera Trap

By StoneRoad2013. The collected images from a trail cam [wildlife camera trap] in the garden. Attempting to determine what's eating the food we put out. Please Note - that some images will have been d…

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[e2a = the goats were escapees from a neighbouring farm ... just opened up some extra images]