Local Wildlife

[SteveH]

We had visitors in the garden last night.    The Badgers had got in my back garden and climbed up a tree to get at a Peanut holder I have got for the birds.  They scrunched the top so much so that I'll probably need to buy another new one.
Because they failed to get the peanuts they have taken it out on my lawn and it now looks like an area of the Klondyke!
The photos were taken a while ago when the Badgers used to come here every night and not do any damage

Hugo great photos....................

We had visitors too last, but a lot smaller, a pair of hedgehogs playing   in the garden, we suspect to see more in the future.

[Hugo]

They are lovely little creatures Steve but sadly in decline nowadays and having Badgers in the garden means that we haven't seen one near us for years

[Hugo]

Before we got our dog Teddy I used to leave peanuts out for the Badgers and I'd put them inside a heavy cast iron Frog that was in two sections, top & bottom.      I did that idea again last night and this morning the Frog was in two sections but I don't know whether it was the Badger this time or a determined Squirrel but no more damage has been done to the lawn thank goodness

[Hugo]

I was having breakfast in the sun lounge this morning when a very plump female Greater Spotted Woodpecker flew onto a tree and started eating the peanuts from the nut feeder.
My camera wasn't handy and I didn't want to move as any movement usually frightens the Woodpeckers away.    She was feeding for quite a while before eventually flying off

The photo was taken some time ago

[SteveH]

One-in-a-million photo captures exact moment Llandudno tourist is mugged by thieving gull

One second his ice cream was there, the next it had vanished

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/one-million-photo-captures-exact-29107008?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[Hugo]

Here are a few of Tellytubby's photos when he enjoyed a recent trip to Yorkshire to do a bit of birdwatching

[Hugo]

I know that the Badgers have been coming to my back garden regularly because at night time I put peanuts inside the cast iron Frog and in the morning the nuts have gone.
So too have two metal suet cake feeders that I've put at the top of a high hedge in my garden.   On Tuesday I bought a cheap hard plastic suet cake feeder and put it in the hedge after I made sure that the feeder was securely attached to a branch.
Last night the security light came on and as I got to the bedroom window to have a look, I could just see the Badger climbing up the fence into the hedge.    This morning I had a look in the hedge and all the remained of the suet feeder was the handle!             
Result     Badger  3    Hugo  0
I've put a suet cake in to the fat ball feeder on the tree and will wait and see what happens next       

[SteveH]

THE future of ?the most comprehensive collection of owls in the UK? at a now-closed Llandudno farm park has been secured.

The Owls Trust came to Bodafon Farm Park in 1999 at the beginning of the site?s 25 year-lease.

But Bodafon Farm Park closed last September, and its lease ended in January, with the land ownership now having reverted back to Mostyn Estates.

While the trust had previously been "guests" at Bodafon Farm Park with the agreement of Mostyn Estates, it has snow obtained a legally binding contract with the estate for its owls to remain at the site.

cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24324085.comprehensive-collection-owls-remain-llandudno-farm-park/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

THE only species of crab that can be found in UK freshwaters has been found in the  Conwy Estuary.

The Chinese mitten crab, an invasive non-native species (INNS) which poses a threat to biodiversity, is also already established in the Dee Estuary.

This Invasive Species Week (May 20-26), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is asking people across Wales to help stop the spread of the species.

Rare sightings have also been recorded in the Severn estuary, and NRW is encouraging people to record any sightings on the iRecord app or online so they can better understand their impact and spread.

The species are known to eat rare salmon eggs, large quantities of mussels and so much river vegetation that they can cause major damage to river courses.

They can carry diseases such as lung fluke and crayfish plague, and will outcompete and predate on the protected, white-clawed crayfish, as well as damage flood assets by burrowing.

cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24330953.invasive-chinese-mitten-crab-species-conwy-estuary/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

An octopus has been spotted changing colour in ink-credible footage from a Welsh beach.

Beachgoers captured the rare sight of the curled octopus while looking in rock pools on Menai Bridge beach on Anglesey.

The footage shows white tentacles appearing from underneath a rock before the octopus appears and turns bright orange.

The animal then made its way safely back to the sea.

video  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn3308gn350o

[Hugo]

The other night when I was out for the evening Mrs H was in the Sun lounge when she saw the security light come on and the Badger was about 4 yards away.  Teddy our dog also saw him and went bananas and wanted to go out in the garden and chase the Badger but we never let Teddy out when we know that a Badger is about
I sometimes put peanuts inside the cast iron Frog and we can tell in the morning whether the Badger has been in the garden the night before
Here's an old photo of a Badger that came to our back garden

[Hugo]

After numerous attempts the Badger has finally destroyed the peanut feeder I had hanging on a Eucalyptus tree I have in my back garden.
This morning I found it on the lawn minus the peanuts and it was utterly destroyed.        I had put the feeder about 6 feet up the tree and in a difficult place to reach so the Badger must have been very determined last night.
I also found the remains of the third Suet cake feeder in the garden but I won't replace that again but I'll go down to the shops for a peanut feeder.     This time I'll get the extending ladder out and place the feeder at the top of the tree for the Woodpeckers and other birds to be able to feed on the peanuts

[Hugo]

Huge shark filmed swimming into Anglesey harbour sparks awe and fear
Footage of the shark set pulses racing across the island but the consensus of opinion was that it was a Basking Shark and these are docile plankton feeders that pose little risk. They can be huge - basking sharks are the world’s second-largest fish, surpassed only by the whale shark – but they are harmless. Adults typically reach 28ft in length, some a little more    I still wouldn't go swimming in the Anglesey waters, just in case it's another species



https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/huge-shark-filmed-swimming-anglesey-29373572

[SteveH]

Man who 'threw rock at clearly distressed' seal on Great Orme beach, prompts police appeal
Footage of the incident caused widespread disbelief

Police want to speak to a man filmed throwing a rock at a seal on a beach in North Wales. A video posted on YouTube shows the man approaching the seal in a cove at the Great Orme, Llandudno.

After gesticulating at the seal, he bent down to pick up a large pebble before throwing it at the animal. North Wales Police (NWP) said the seal was “clearly distressed”.

cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/man-who-threw-rock-clearly-29386501?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

A LARGE adult cuttlefish was spotted washed up on Rhos-on-Sea Beach on Tuesday (June 25).

Jane Wynne, who took the above photo, said her Jack Russell dog, Maisie, spotted the creature initially, and said it measured roughly 18 inches in length.

She said: “It was approximately 3pm on Tuesday when I was walking my Jack Russell on the water’s edge, parallel to the Cayley Embankment.

“I noticed lots of small jellyfish, then Maisie noticed that!

READ MORE:   https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24416247.large-adult-cuttlefish-washed-beach-rhos-on-sea/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589