Rob the Imp
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True, interesting little creatures. I never understand people who freak out upon seeing frogs and toads - what do they think it is going to do to them?I love toads! They're just ace.
True, interesting little creatures. I never understand people who freak out upon seeing frogs and toads - what do they think it is going to do to them?I love toads! They're just ace.
True, interesting little creatures. I never understand people who freak out upon seeing frogs and toads - what do they think it is going to do to them?
You learn something new every day!It's because they are all cursed people. Species doesn't actually exist
It looks like a female great crested newt.
Thanks Red Wimp. I've made a contact at the Wildlife Trust aware.If it’s a great crested newt they’re protected species, normally have to report if there is a colony
That's a shame, must be one of the biggest birds I've heard of doing that (flying into a window).This sparrow hawk was lying dead on our driveway this morning. It wasn't there when I went out. I guess it bumped into a window.
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Saying that, we had a bizarre incident like that a few months ago. The border to one side of us is made up by the neighbour's house - it extends back a long way from the road to partway along our garden. No windows anywhere on the side facing us. I was outside and a pigeon flew from the opposite side and smack into the middle of this 3-storey wall as if would normally fly through there unrestricted, and it seemed to be going full pelt. Needless to say it broke its neck and I was quite perplexed. It also landed right where we had just built our raised bed the day before and having dug up some bones and teeth (which we had to have checked by the police to ensure they weren't human), I was starting to think we had invoked a curse or something!That's a shame, must be one of the biggest birds I've heard of doing that (flying into a window).
Saying that, we had a bizarre incident like that a few months ago. The border to one side of us is made up by the neighbour's house - it extends back a long way from the road to partway along our garden. No windows anywhere on the side facing us. I was outside and a pigeon flew from the opposite side and smack into the midde of this 3-storey wall as if would normally fly through there unrestricted, and it seemed to be going full pelt. Needless to say it broke its neck and I was quite perplexed. It also landed right where we had just built our raised bed the day before and having dug up some bones and teeth (which we had to have checked by the police to ensure they weren't human), I was starting to think we had invoked a curse or something!
It was like something out of a Blade film when it started bleeding all over the freshly-built wall we had just finished! We've put all the headdresses back now and said sorry.You need to be careful building a house on those ancient Navajo burial grounds, you know.
I plugged this a few pages ago. I use it all the time, sometimes a bit odd as uses American names so told me a wasp was a yellowjacket. I'm up to 222 different species observed without really tryingMore on-topic, I recently was told about a free app called Seek which helps identify plants and animals. You either use an existing photo on your phone, or use the camera via the app to look at something in real time and it can usually identify what it is. Might be of some help if you have any unknown plants or beasties in your garden.