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I have been known to complain about cats in my garden down to their habit of trying to catch my wild birds. However, the upside from their presence is that I haven't seen a rat for years. I have found the occasional dead rat on the lawn but no live ones for this I credit my visiting moggies. For the...

The image is unclear but your "Great Tit" is possibly another species.

My bramble continues to thrive despite being hacked back every winter. The berry crop far exceeds my needs so the birds are the main beneficiaries. The bramble has also now become part of my garden security. My back gate had become an invitation to unwanted guests of the light fingered variety. Lock...

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Fri Aug 29, 2025 12:25 pm

Possibly but I actually heard the clicking sound as it woke me up and I had no idea what it was. Looking around the internet, foxes can make a clicking noise when 'gekkering', which are aggression sounds so I assume it's that.

Every day's a school day, thank you Nick.

I'm thinking the clicking is down to the limitations of the recording device and the distance involved. There was probably more hear but then again I maybe talking twaddle.

Top class HHM shots. I don't think they could be improved on.

Very talkative for no obvious reason.

https://imgur.com/a/hdfUGwD Saw 2 at Tout Quarry today as well, but not seen the pictures yet...one will probably be pants as was several metres away and I had smaller lens on, but one should be good because it landed not far in front of me, fingers crossed! Thank you mine was just like that. :nod:

I had a Hummingbird Hawkmoth in the garden this afternoon. No photo as the camera was in the house.

The Hog nadgers must have been busy this evening. I had one foraging at 6.30 in broad daylight. It looked perfectly happy stopping occasionally for the odd titbit.