Deanburn Dave Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I had a stoat or weasel either living underneath or had been using it as cover to pass through. If all you see is the head poking out for a second it's not always obvious. But in the open its easy.Stoats are about 50% bigger than Weasels.Stoats have long tails with a black tips. Weasels have a wee tail.Stoats bound along when they run.Weasels run along much lower to the ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 If all you see is the head poking out for a second it's not always obvious. But in the open its easy.Stoats are about 50% bigger than Weasels.Stoats have long tails with a black tips. Weasels have a wee tail.Stoats bound along when they run.Weasels run along much lower to the ground.So stoatily different and weasily told apart. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qos91 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 If all you see is the head poking out for a second it's not always obvious. But in the open its easy.Stoats are about 50% bigger than Weasels.Stoats have long tails with a black tips. Weasels have a wee tail.Stoats bound along when they run.Weasels run along much lower to the ground.Yeah I can usually tell the difference but this one just kept peeking out at me from underneath and wouldn't come out until I was gone. I had 4 chickens at the time so was a bit worried what it was after but it didn't bother them as far as I'm aware. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 This is a comma butterfly I saw in our garden a couple of years ago. I'd never seen one in our area before. I have read that you can leave a corner of the garden to get scruffy and wild and it's good for butterflies. For some odd reason (I suspect a neighbour of wildlife crime) we also have plantir newts in our garden. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 Set the camera up in video mode a couple of nights ago and made a wee fox compilation video. "Best of hedgehog" video is currently in production. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 21 minutes ago, Rizzo said: Set the camera up in video mode a couple of nights ago and made a wee fox compilation video. "Best of hedgehog" video is currently in production. What camera are you using? Picture quality is great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: What camera are you using? Picture quality is great. I'm reasonably sure it's this one we have. https://www.amazon.co.uk/GardePro-A3-Infrared-Detection-Waterproof/dp/B07YTRR837/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?keywords=wildlife+camera&qid=1653745613&sr=8-4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 5 hours ago, tamthebam said: This is a comma butterfly I saw in our garden a couple of years ago. I'd never seen one in our area before. I have read that you can leave a corner of the garden to get scruffy and wild and it's good for butterflies. For some odd reason (I suspect a neighbour of wildlife crime) we also have plantir newts in our garden. I have a buddleia in the garden and last year was covered in butterflys. I also have a comfrey plant that the bees love. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Not strictly in my garden, but I took a shortcut through the woods at the back earlier and this is happening maybe 200 yards from my back door... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 Caught an amusing moment on the garden cam last night. Foxy turned up looking for a feed but hedgehog wasn't for moving. Hedgehog 1 - 0 fox 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 On 28/05/2022 at 15:04, Nkomo-A-Gogo said: I have a buddleia in the garden and last year was covered in butterflys. I also have a comfrey plant that the bees love. I'm thinking of planting an area with Hebe for this reason, but not sure if it'll be too cold where we are (Glasgow area). Anyone had any success with it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Caught an amusing moment on the garden cam last night. Foxy turned up looking for a feed but hedgehog wasn't for moving. Hedgehog 1 - 0 fox Superb. Get that sent to that Australian lad for some indelibly annoying dubbing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Superb. Get that sent to that Australian lad for some indelibly annoying dubbing What's this now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, Rizzo said: What's this now? Some aussie guy that dubs over videos with a really camp voice. First came to my attention on a video of a honey badger running about doing honey badger hings. Was the first thing that popped into my head when the fox realised he was a jaggy wee fucker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 On 28/05/2022 at 12:21, Rizzo said: Set the camera up in video mode a couple of nights ago and made a wee fox compilation video. "Best of hedgehog" video is currently in production. Is that the hedgehogs gaff next to the feeding station? Or something else that the fox fancies getting in amongst? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 1 hour ago, 101 said: Is that the hedgehogs gaff next to the feeding station? Or something else that the fox fancies getting in amongst? There is a wee hedgehog box further back, the bowl is just for water and the hedgehog is sitting in the middle of the food which I've presented on a wee kitchen tray. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Equalizer Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 (edited) Great idea for a thread! I'm stuck in an apartment building right now but you see some awesome stuff over here in B.C. Just out of town there are beautiful wild horses running around. The Humming Birds are cool to look at. Nothing beats seeing an eagle though. It leaves me feeling a little funny every time. Come to think of it... I fucking love this place. Here are some customers who dropped in on one of our businesses last week... Edited June 3, 2022 by The Equalizer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 At the start of lockdown I witnessed a Sparrowhawk chase a pigeon into our living room window and execute the stunned bird with a scalpel like slash to its neck artery. Caught the gore on video, I’ll see if I can find it… We moved house to a more rural position a month or so ago. The milkman delivers eggs with our milk but someone had ripped open the egg box and helped themselves to three, two of which seemed to be shells and all. What’s that likely to be? An enterprising cat (I doubt it, it never happened at the old place) or a fox or badger? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 Just now, alta-pete said: At the start of lockdown I witnessed a Sparrowhawk chase a pigeon into our living room window and execute the stunned bird with a scalpel like slash to its neck artery. Caught the gore on video, I’ll see if I can find it… We moved house to a more rural position a month or so ago. The milkman delivers eggs with our milk but someone had ripped open the egg box and helped themselves to three, two of which seemed to be shells and all. What’s that likely to be? An enterprising cat (I doubt it, it never happened at the old place) or a fox or badger? Our fox has a liking for eggs but so do badgers. Could be either or. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 I'm thinking of planting an area with Hebe for this reason, but not sure if it'll be too cold where we are (Glasgow area). Anyone had any success with it?Here on the Ayrshire coast I struggle to get Hebe's through the winter even in pots. Best if you have a greenhouse to over winter them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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