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ironbolt Member Joined: 14 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 23 View other posts by ironbolt |
Posted: 16 Aug 2005 In my back garden i have sighted the following over the years: adders grass snakes slow worms toads and frogs bats lizards newts and lots more wildlife.... There are lots and lots of slow worms,there is only 1 bat ive seen which tends to fly around my back garden in cirlces :/ ive only ever seen 1 adder thank god,and 1 grass snake,its pretty weird isnt it,to have all these in one place. -visit Runenetwork.com - |
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herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369  View other posts by herpetologic2 |
Posted: 16 Aug 2005
Well the next field trip will be at your place then? always intereste dto hear of garden adders - where abouts are you in the UK?
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ironbolt Member Joined: 14 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 23 View other posts by ironbolt |
Posted: 21 Aug 2005 lol,great,Southwales im in....near newport,bout 3 miles away,in a lil tiny place called risca....i live about 20 metres from the canal. 
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anguscrobertson Member Joined: 20 Aug 2005 No. of posts: 2  View other posts by anguscrobertson |
Posted: 21 Aug 2005 We used to see Pipestrelles every night around our house until this year. We still bats occasionally but the frequency has definitely dropped. I have no idea why. There has been no major developments but the large Oak in front of our house had somebranches removed for "Safety Reasons" over the winter - but I can's see that theose braches could have supported a colony of bats. I have seen some larger flying around the tree this summer I haven't identified them - but of course they are always welcome. This year in our garden we have seen two slow worms, more common frogs than can be counted (very successful breeding year for them too), and One common lizard (my first here in 10 years). We have had Sparrowhawks, Tawney Owls, a whole host of song birds including Mistle and song thrushes, Chifchaf / willow warbler, Tits of allsorts and gold crests. We normally have a pair a Spotted Flycatchers - unfortunately not this year (in fact I haven't seen ANY this year). We have also had a family of hedgehogs, the hornets nest mentioned in my previous post, numerous dragonflies and 2 very inquisitive small children. What better education could they have??? We live in a 1970's suburban develoment in southern Hampshire so appreciate everything that visits!!! Angus |
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