Your day's wildlife
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Proto
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- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
Constant visitor to my feeders, hanging upside-down most of the time. Someone told me if you see Nuthatch you'll see Tree Creepers, too, but not in my case.
Proto
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- Location
- East Devon/West Dorset
Went mountain biking yesterday evening at Haldon forest, Exeter, for a lap or two of the blue route. Halfway round when a pig stopped play. Smal wild pig, bit bigger than a pug, but same shape, mostly black with a bit of white on it. Thought at first it was a badger, by colouring, bit it was deffo a pig. No chance of a photo as it disappeared into the undergrowth smartish.
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Strange you should say that.
Going back, maybe 5+ years the Nuthatch was regular and the Tree Creeper was occasionally seen on the face of the fence.
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
Yes. Generally nocturnal visitors are quiet, as they don't want to draw attention to themselves. Exceptions have been when badgers are mutually grooming, when they make loud "chittering" noises, and growling in the very occasional fight. Fox cubs excited when mum or dad brings food make yelping noises, but the parent, dad in particular, quietens them by forcibly grooming one of them, when they lie down silently.
This vid from last year recorded what I'm convinced is badger laughter!
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-days-wildlife.174739/page-308#post-6759884
Here are some stills from last night, when the dark tailed female cub expected food from mum, and got a threatening "ach!" sound and open jaws instead. The cub's response was to throw herself on the ground in a submissive gesture and look cute, which she's quite good at, but won't help her in 2 or 3 month's time when she'll have to disperse.
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
Trailcam captured a ghost! 
A moth of some kind, possibly not as white as it appears in these pics, so anybody's guess as to species.
A moth of some kind, possibly not as white as it appears in these pics, so anybody's guess as to species.
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
Hogging the thread a bit today with three posts in rapid succession!
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, the first I've seen in the garden for about a decade.
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, the first I've seen in the garden for about a decade.
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
love this thread
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
A slow worm
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
This is a yellow shell moth that I found in a customers garden on Thursday
rockyroller
Guru
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Boston, MA
huh? looks like a snake, but beautiful
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
It’s a legless lizard
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
I miss watching the hogs not seen any in our garden for a couple of weeks either with the naked eye or trail camera.
Still seeing them at my parents though
