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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,506
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    I've seen quite a few wagtails, but oddly only in car parks and that is from the City of London to Bexleyheath.

    Pied Wagtail NatureSpot
    I saw one clamped in a Croydon car park a couple of years back.
  • thecrazyaddick
    thecrazyaddick Posts: 607
    Just literally ran into this guy in the Starbucks queue. Only second time I’ve seen a bear in whistler village in 13 years...
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,392
    Aww, he wants to be friends!
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,337
    Lots of Muntjac sightings in the woods near me recently when they normally keep pretty well hidden. I saw one a couple of weeks ago, thought it was a big dog at first then realised there was a little fat deer standing staring at me
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,825
    thecrazyaddick said:
    Just literally ran into this guy in the Starbucks queue. Only second time I’ve seen a bear in whistler village in 13 years...
    Wants a decaf skinny latte with almond milk
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,111
     thecrazyaddick said:
    Just literally ran into this guy in the Starbucks queue. Only second time I’ve seen a bear in whistler village in 13 years...
    He’s only out shopping for essentials. Or, you know. The bear necessities.  
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,835
    edited May 2020
    thecrazyaddick said:
    Just literally ran into this guy in the Starbucks queue. Only second time I’ve seen a bear in whistler village in 13 years...

    Probably one of their bearistas.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,989
    He was drinking last night and needs a strong coffee now

    He's a bear with a sore head
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,288
    edited May 2020
    I'm a little grizzly in the mornings before I have my cappuccino too. 

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  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    The Wildlife Trusts' 30 Days Wild campaign

    I signed up to this last month. You can get involved by clicking this link:
    https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/57739/petition/1?locale=en-GB

    This June, join thousands of people taking part in our annual nature challenge, 30 Days Wild! We want you to do one wild thing a day throughout the whole month: for your health, wellbeing and for the planet. That’s 30 simple, fun and exciting Random Acts of Wildness.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/30/nature-on-uk-doorsteps-thousands-sign-up-for-daily-random-acts-of-wildness#maincontent
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,108
    JohnnyJoeyDeeDee said:
    Too many postings from non urban areas and way beyond inner London. Anything beyond Charlton station doesn’t count. We want our London back 

    Not the most exciting wildlife in the world, but this should satisfy your needs for urbanisation:


  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,989
    Love how the Midlands can only manage a weed and a slug  :D
  • kitchenchef
    kitchenchef Posts: 208
    Not really inner city but saw these near my house in hextable/swanley. A slowworm and a european glow worm. Didnt realise we had glowworms in UK until I came across this.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,981
    kitchenchef said:
    Not really inner city but saw these near my house in hextable/swanley. A slowworm and a european glow worm. Didnt realise we had glowworms in UK until I came across this.
    My eldest son is the Ranger at the Chafford Gorge Essex Heritage Trust site in Grays. He has glow worms there. People come from all over the UK and Europe to see them on his night tours. 
  • kitchenchef
    kitchenchef Posts: 208
    bolloxbolder said:
    kitchenchef said:
    Not really inner city but saw these near my house in hextable/swanley. A slowworm and a european glow worm. Didnt realise we had glowworms in UK until I came across this.
    My eldest son is the Ranger at the Chafford Gorge Essex Heritage Trust site in Grays. He has glow worms there. People come from all over the UK and Europe to see them on his night tours. 
    Wow......like I say....i didnt even realise we had them! I'll have to go along
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,981
    kitchenchef said:
    bolloxbolder said:
    kitchenchef said:
    Not really inner city but saw these near my house in hextable/swanley. A slowworm and a european glow worm. Didnt realise we had glowworms in UK until I came across this.
    My eldest son is the Ranger at the Chafford Gorge Essex Heritage Trust site in Grays. He has glow worms there. People come from all over the UK and Europe to see them on his night tours. 
    Wow......like I say....i didnt even realise we had them! I'll have to go along
    It's a lovely 200 acre site with 4 lakes as well. It runs parallel to Lakeside. My son has transformed the site in the 4 years he's been there. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,989
    Genuinely surprised and pleased that glow worms exist so near London.

    Funnily the first I heard about glow worms in this country was only a couple of weeks ago, in woods near Shrewsbury 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,108
    bolloxbolder said:
    kitchenchef said:
    bolloxbolder said:
    kitchenchef said:
    Not really inner city but saw these near my house in hextable/swanley. A slowworm and a european glow worm. Didnt realise we had glowworms in UK until I came across this.
    My eldest son is the Ranger at the Chafford Gorge Essex Heritage Trust site in Grays. He has glow worms there. People come from all over the UK and Europe to see them on his night tours. 
    Wow......like I say....i didnt even realise we had them! I'll have to go along
    It's a lovely 200 acre site with 4 lakes as well. It runs parallel to Lakeside. My son has transformed the site in the 4 years he's been there. 
    It's a lovely place. I haven't seen them personally when I've visited, but I understand there are some rare orchids there too.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,981
    Stig said:
    bolloxbolder said:
    kitchenchef said:
    bolloxbolder said:
    kitchenchef said:
    Not really inner city but saw these near my house in hextable/swanley. A slowworm and a european glow worm. Didnt realise we had glowworms in UK until I came across this.
    My eldest son is the Ranger at the Chafford Gorge Essex Heritage Trust site in Grays. He has glow worms there. People come from all over the UK and Europe to see them on his night tours. 
    Wow......like I say....i didnt even realise we had them! I'll have to go along
    It's a lovely 200 acre site with 4 lakes as well. It runs parallel to Lakeside. My son has transformed the site in the 4 years he's been there. 
    It's a lovely place. I haven't seen them personally when I've visited, but I understand there are some rare orchids there too.
    Yes he counts his orchids regularly! Unfortunately a couple of weeks ago someone from a residential house wanted a picnic during the lock down so cleared a space in the long grass with a lawn mower. As you can imagine he was incandescent with rage. 

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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,506
    edited May 2020
    rina said:
    Lots of Muntjac sightings in the woods near me recently when they normally keep pretty well hidden. I saw one a couple of weeks ago, thought it was a big dog at first then realised there was a little fat deer standing staring at me
    Betty Hutchins?



    I am sure Betty would have seen the funny side of this.😋🥰
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,916
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    I've seen quite a few wagtails, but oddly only in car parks and that is from the City of London to Bexleyheath.

    Pied Wagtail NatureSpot
    Well known for their dogging predilection 
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,515
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    I've seen quite a few wagtails, but oddly only in car parks and that is from the City of London to Bexleyheath.

    Pied Wagtail NatureSpot
    There are birds that look like this that hang around the dump in Bromley (along with the regular crows etc). Not sure if it is them but whatever they are they're very confident, in and around the cars not really bothered about anything. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,271
    Seen a few in Beckenham High Street, as you say they seem to be fearless and will only fly away at the last minute if they can't walk away fast from danger.
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    A timely article about the importance of front gardens.

    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jun/07/doorstep-delights-why-front-gardens-matter

    I am fortunate to have a front garden with a lawn, numerous flowers, shrubs and trees. 
    It is visited by a variety of pollinating insects, especially bees.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,703
    I understand the desire to park cars in front of the house, but quite often I see great swathes of concrete where room exists to also leave a bit for natural greenery and colour.  These little bits of wasted opportunity, when added up, could make a big improvement to the environment for insects, birds and people. 
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,703
    Tried to get a better picture of these three last week (in Belvedere) but they wouldn't stay put.




  • kitchenchef
    kitchenchef Posts: 208


    again not really inner city, but found this Viviparous lizard in Swanley/Hextable in a old tree stump. Same stump I found a slow worm a few weeks back.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,989
    Great to see lizards so near London, the nearest I've seen a reptile to London is Hever (so miles outside) where a slow worm (I think) scuttled in front of me
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,989
    I found a dead bird (a starling) outside my front door (which faces out onto some open land) yesterday

    I left it there, assuming that one of nature's scavengers would take it, a fox, magpie or crow. But no, it's still there this morning, I think the scavengers prefer takeaways and junk food now!

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