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i was wondering what wildlife in general people had in their garden as apart from birds and basic everyday insects the only other wildlife ive seen are bats at dusk.

i am thinking more ammels and exotic insects that people may have had in the garden

ive not even had an hedgehog which is something i saw loads of when i lived up north
 
I have Grey Squirrels and Frogs permanently and have also had Fox, Toad, Smooth Newt, Brown Rat, Hedgehog, Pipestrelle Bat, Wood Mouse, Slow Worm and Humming-Bird Hawkmoth.

Steve
 
bristolbirder said:
I have Grey Squirrels and Frogs permanently and have also had Fox, Toad, Smooth Newt, Brown Rat, Hedgehog, Pipestrelle Bat, Wood Mouse, Slow Worm and Humming-Bird Hawkmoth.

Steve
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your lucky

ive had none of that but the thing is there is a fence at the back of my house and i cant see anything getting in like hedgehogs,foxes etc.
 
Similar to bb but with a few more - I have seen slo worms, grass snakes, vipers, hedgehogs, foxes, a badger (once), field mice, voles, rats, frogs, toads, rabbits, grey tree rats (OK, squirrels, but they ain't :), bats (never ID'd properly, but poss pipistrelle).

A whole slew of insects and other stuff, some of which included - various butterflies and moths (also inc hummingbird hawk moth), hornets, bees, wasps, beetles, several different ants...

Blimey, reading that lot back was a shock, I never actually realised exactly how lucky I am here!!
 
almost the same thing here, different species I imagine, but lots of Butterflies, Carpenter Bees, Wasps, Honey Bees, Spiders, Dragon Flies, Hummingbird Moths,

Garden Snake (one bit me last year)

Also the occasional Possum (catch and release somewhere else),
Racoons (catch and take to animal shelter)
at least 4 Squirrels
and my neighbor's cat (i usually let the dog out)

That's not all , but its what I see every day

Gunter
 
Heres my list,

Roe deer, badgers, foxes, stoats, weasels, rats, mice, bank voles. Usual garden birds plus Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Barn Owl Tawny Owl, Wild turkey, ( I don’t know if they escaped from somewhere but had a few around for 3 months or so) Frogs, toads, Bats. We consider ourselves really lucky. Having all these around rekindled my interest in photography, trying to get good shots of them all that’s the difficult bit
 
A Frog takes a tour of our garden most evenings at this time of year - apart from that the occasional hedgehog and a mouse or two. Longish periods of settled weather bring out the dagonflies. (not bad for urban Leamington Spa)
 
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