Local Wildlife

[Hugo]

Tellytubby had a day out at Tatton Park recently and sent these photos of the Deer that are in the park

[Hugo]

Man called police after bat flew into his North Wales home and he wasn't happy with response
It comes days after another bizarre 999 call


What a wimp!     It reminded me of the time I was at a local pub quiz with a friend when I had a phone call from my wife saying that a Bat had flown in to my house and would I come home to catch it.       When I arrived home the Bat had gone into the bedroom so I shut the bedroom door and the little thing flew round and round the room until the poor little creature was exhausted and clung on to the curtains.   I carefully grabbed the Bat whose skin was like velvet to touch and released him safely through the bedroom window.
Then I returned back to the pub to finish the quiz



https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/man-called-police-after-bat-27550379

[SteveH]

Hugo, we had lots of them up at the lake, and they put on quite a display when the security light came on, but no problems from them coming into the house, the nearest we got, was young owls sitting on our kitchen barn door.

Last week I spotted a Peregrine Falcon sitting on our garden fence, it stayed for awhile, until it was knocked off by an attacking Magpie,
this according to my search later is not uncommon, we also had a visit from a long nosed Bee Fly? hovering over our doorstep Buddleia.

Dark-edged bee-fly             Ref Wildlife Trust
About. The dark-edged bee-fly, or 'large bee-fly', looks rather like a bumblebee, with a long, straight proboscis that it uses to feed on nectar from spring flowers, such as primroses and violets. It is on the wing in the early spring, when it can often be seen in sunny patches.

[Hugo]

That Peregrine Falcon must have been a great sight to see,  the Magpie must have felt quite brave to take on the Falcon.     I see something similar from my house but it's with Buzzards, they are quite big and fierce looking but the Crows don't seem scared of them, although the Crows are in large numbers when they attack a Buzzard

A while ago the Great Orme Warden took a party of us into Pwllycrochan Woods to see Badgers, Bats and moths and it was a very interesting 3 hours or so.    We saw the Bgers come out of their setts and the Bats flying around in the woods. In fact we had a small machine that sounded like a geiger counter and it captured the sound waves emitted by the Bats and each variety of Bat has its own frequency.    The moths were seen on a white sheet that was lit up by a battery so all in all it was a nice experience
I went home and told Mrs H and she said that she had also seen Badgers, Bats and moths that evening but they were in our back garden,

[SteveH]

IT IS USUALLY the goats causing traffic chaos in Llandudno but this morning, it was two different animals causing mischief!

North Wales Police took to Facebook at about 5.30am on Wednesday, August 23 to say: "Drivers are asked to take care when travelling along the road between Craigside and Penrhyn Bay, Llandudno, as there have been reports of two donkeys on the road in the area. Thank you."

They have since been safely removed from the road and into a nearby farm.

The force posted on social media at 6.43am: "In relation to the two donkeys on the road in Craigside near Penrhyn Bay, they have now been safely moved to a nearby farm."................ ref pioneer

[SteveH]

A LIZARD was luckily found in the back garden of a home on the Great Orme of Llandudno.

Janine Cunningham spotted the reptile in her partner?s garden when clearing out an overgrown area.

Hoping to strim away vegetation at the spot, Janine luckily spotted the lizard before any harm could come to it, and placed it in a safe place.

cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23753444.beautiful-lizard-found-back-garden-llandudno-home/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

After posting on the photography thread this morning, I realised I had mistakenly reported seeing a Peregrine Falcon on 20th Aug last,
it would appear to have been a Sparrow Hawk, ......Sorry 

the photo below is what I saw.........

[Hugo]

It's an easy mistake to make Steve, both birds fly into the garden so quickly that it's almost impossible to see them  let alone take a photo of them.    We've had a few Sparrow Hawks here and they swoop down after the little birds in the garden but they also go after the Pigeons too

[Hugo]

We ejoyed a coastal walk yesterday along the Lafan Sands.    The tide was far out when we started the walk but by the time we reached the Spinney's Nature Reserve the tide was coming in fast and the Swans, Geese and other birds feeding and making quite a racket while they were at it.    It was a lovely experience to witness

[Hugo]

I was awake at 4.00 am when the security light came on this morning and had a look at the back garden and saw a Badger walking up by the wire fence and then going underneath the wire.     It's the first one I've seen in the back garden for about two years.    They used to visit us every night but when we got Teddy the Cockapoo I had to put a wire fence around the garden to stop Teddy escaping and also to stop the Badgers coming in.
Anyway I had a look at the spot where the Badger went under the fence and saw that he had pulled up the metal pegs that were holding the fence down.   Not only that but he had taken the Suet cake and the metal container it was in and taken it with him
I've had a busy time recently having all the hedges done and then putting back the wire fence.   The fence was finished bar a 3 foot section and I put objects across it but yesterday Teddy still found a way to get in to next door's garden so that's my job for this afternoon stopping Teddy getting out and stopping the Badger getting in to the garden

[Hugo]

When I last saw the Badger in the garden he ran away with the suet cake and the holder it was in so I had to buy another suet cake holder.
Last night he came back and pinched the suet cake but left the cake holder behind as well as a number of big holes in the lawn.   This morning I've been repairing the lawn and knocking more metal pegs   to keep the wire fence down.      I've now run out of these pegs so I've ordered some more online today but there is always a downside with these metal pegs
  I was mowing the grass for only the second time with my brand new lawn mower when there was an almighty noise and it turned out that one of these metal pegs was on the lawn and I had mowed over it
Thank goodness the mower still works  but the accident won't have done it much good either and I won't be putting that suet cake holder in the garden again

[SteveH]

Dying seal's flippers tied together by balloon ribbon released over North Wales by grieving relative
The horrific incident has sparked renewed calls for a ban on memorial balloon releases

A wildlife rescue specialist is appealing for an end to memorial balloon releases because of the dangers they pose to the environment. It follows the death on the North Wales coast of a young seal pup found with its flippers bound together by plastic balloon string.

Balloon releases have been embraced as an act of remembrance but campaigners say they can harm wildlife and leave plastic and rubber in the environment for years to come. Gem Simmons, who runs North Wales Seal Research Organisation, has seen firsthand the devastation balloon debris can cause.

cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/dying-seals-flippers-tied-together-28006503?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

Another sad story.............

A PORPOISE that was left stranded on Rhos-on-Sea beach at the weekend was ?euthanised? in order to avoid it suffering more.

At 6:10am on October 28, British Divers Marine Life Rescue were alerted to reports of a stranded dolphin in Rhos-on-Sea by a member of the public.

On arrival, medics found it to be a male harbour porpoise at just under a metre in length, said medic Gem Simmons.

With little light and a turning tide, medics worked through the morning to stabilise the animal and perform a crucial medical assessment to help them determine the next best course of action.

cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23887975.porpoise-found-rhos-on-sea-beach-humanely-euthanised/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

A WOMAN and her partner made an unexpected discovery by Llandudno?s seafront yesterday (November 2) while holidaying in the town.

Nicola Jane and her partner, visiting North Wales from Merseyside, came across a Bull Huss, also known as a greater spotted dogfish or nurse hound shark.

They spotted it by the town?s bandstand at about 1.30pm, with Nicola admitting it was a first for her.

She said: ?We were shocked, as we had never seen one before!

?It was found by my partner, right by the bandstand. Unfortunately, we didn?t ring anyone (to report the finding) as it was dead.?

cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23900317.couple-shocked-find-dead-shark-llandudnos-seafront/

[Hugo]

I found the metal suet cake holder in my neighbours garden that the Badger had pinched recently so yesterday I filled the cage up and hung it up on my Eucalyptus Tree thinking that it would be safe there.
This morning I found out that the Badger had climbed up the tree and the empty holder was on the ground.