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London (Inner City) Wildlife

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  • Uboat said:
    We get red kites flying over Barnet these days. Unimaginable a decade ago. 
    That's brilliant. They've been so successful since being reintroduced to the Chilterns not that long ago, but I never realised that had reached the edge of London now
    We have about a dozen out the back of my house in Ruislip, it's rare to look out the window and not be able to see at least one of them. I've taken to lying in the hammock in the garden and watching them circle overhead, it's quite relaxing

    We also have regular visits from ring necked parakeets and a buzzard that pops over every now and again
  • 2 badgers and one buzzard seen in Beckenham 
  • I like foxes. Except when they're mating or their cubs are fighting and making a massive racket at 2 in the morning outside my bedroom :D
  • Had a family of foxes(5 cubs minimum) living under our extension for the last 2 months. Drives our dog nuts and can't wait to get rid of them, but can't do anything until the cubs move out.
  • I made a list of every breed of bird I saw or heard in my SE12 garden in 2019. There were at least 25 different varieties.
    Biggest surprises were a tawny owl and a cuckoo.
    A couple of years back there was a hawk moth in the garden. Was an absolute joy, couldn't believe my luck, I actually thought it was a hummingbird at first.
  • We regularly get woodpeckers but I've no idea if they're quite common or not. 
  • Talal said:
    We regularly get woodpeckers but I've no idea if they're quite common or not. 
    Greater Spotteds are fairly common in SE London; Greens are a bit more unusual in the city. Lesser Spotteds would be an insane find; I've never seen one
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  • Leuth said:
    Talal said:
    We regularly get woodpeckers but I've no idea if they're quite common or not. 
    Greater Spotteds are fairly common in SE London; Greens are a bit more unusual in the city. Lesser Spotteds would be an insane find; I've never seen one
    It's the green ones we always get. 
  • I've seem Green woodpeckers on Hampstead Heath, they and the Greater Spotteds are fairly common there
  • There’s got to be a joke there somewhere!
  • For anyone who want's to know what they've seen or keep a catalogue of sightings, I can thoroughly recommend iNaturalist. Apart from the computer algorithm that helps you to make identifications, there are plenty of helpful experts on there. I've posted over 4,000 observations there since joining three years ago.

    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=grid&user_id=jarvo&verifiable=any
  • Bumped into this beauty walking around the local golf course here in Whistler the other day...
    I have to ask. How frightening was it?
  • F**k that !!!!!
  • Uboat said:
    Bumped into this beauty walking around the local golf course here in Whistler the other day...
    I have to ask. How frightening was it?
    Needed to work on his putt

  • This was a Buzzard spotted over Eltham being attacked by crows
    Looks like a flying shark. 
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  • This was a Buzzard spotted over Eltham being attacked by crows
    Looks like a flying shark. 
    Don't get sharks in London mate
  • Bumped into this beauty walking around the local golf course here in Whistler the other day...
    A nice little stroll around your local golf cub.
  • Bumped into this beauty walking around the local golf course here in Whistler the other day...
    The management was furious as he's not a member
  • Bumped into this beauty walking around the local golf course here in Whistler the other day...
    I would definitely need to pop into the pro shop to get some new trousers. 
  • Not as exciting as a big bear on a golf course, but I saw a bat in my garden again last night! 
  • We've gone from trainspotting to birdwatching!
  • Ferryman said:
    We've gone from trainspotting to birdwatching!
    Speak for yourself squire.
  • edited May 2020
     Presumably looking for somewhere to nest.
  • edited May 2020
    @Uboat - actually not too frightening, we see a bunch of black bears in Spring and Autumn around in the valley here. When I first saw one, not long after I moved here I crapped myself!! Used to them now though... if I saw a grizzly bear that close however, different story.
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