Going on Late Night Walks: What did you See?
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Does anybody else like to go for a late night walk
The hubby and I live next to cycle tracks leading to a little pond, so we often go for a little late night walk
Tonight we saw 4 bats, 3 foxes and 1toad
MelissaLee1 It really is, nice and peaceful, these something different the cool night air
Around here you can get anything from badgers, foxes, deer, owls, kingfishers (along the river), it's wonderful 
tumblespots love owls, I get the odd occasional one around here but would need to go up me local woods really. We have a kingfisher at the pond,sometimes. I do get a regular peraguin falcon in the daytime he sits on the pylon at the end of my backgarden, plucking and eating pidgeoms
slightfoot Oh yes, during the day we get buzzards, kites & sparrowhawks but not the peregrine falcons, you are lucky 
tumblespots Wow, kites,that's amazing, I take it Ur up north, well Norther than me,lol, no chance of kites round here, I'm Somerset
slightfoot Yes, I am. I love living in a rural area too where we have the advantages of seeing this type of wildlife
We don't have foxes or badgers where I am. I've seen owls, bat's rabbits on my walks
I would be too scared to walk at night round where I live. Nowhere nice to go anyway, unless I drove myself there. I would feel as if I were inviting trouble out alone. I won't answer the door after dark or 9ish as anyone who knows me would phone or text lol.
Lynibis awww bless u, I understand what you mean, I'm very lucky where I live, fairly smallish town, but even having said that, there are parts of my town that I wouldn't walk at night in
Yeah I’m always out and about at night, see owls and birds of prey, bats, the odd deer etc.
I don't go out at night, my area is so dodgy and unsafe to do so. Even during the day you'll see people doing gang stuff, I always just act like I don't see anything. So night time is a big no for me unfortunately 
Me and my partner were on holiday (this country) and we were walking near the beach so no street lighting affecting the night sky. We saw shooting stars 
and another bright moving object, which we thought was a UFO 
of some sort, as it appeared to be moving slowly across the night sky, until we spoke to the local taxi driver the next day who informed us this was just a satellite!! 
lucyeva72 hahaha love it, taxi drivers, they are like the real life Google shooting stars, that's amazing
When my husband and I were a lot younger, we used to do regular night walks around Buckinghamshire. When we went up Coombe Hill during the summer, we saw lots of 'glow worms' lighting up the bushes along the path. Lovely to see and apparently they are no longer seen going up the hill. Such a shame as so pretty and magical!
sueormston ow wow that is amazing, I have never seen glow worms, I'd imagine they must be quite rare, what a privilege, shame they are gone now
I love a night time, or early morning walk.
I often see foxes, occasional Badgers, and Muntjac Deer.
blacklabrador haha muntjac deer, my old foe, lol, I had a very close encounter with one of them, when it tried to knock me off a 30ft cliff into the sea, I somehow pulled a olympic worthy high jump over the top of it, it ran off up the path and I kid you not, it did a little look back and laughing sound at me, as I collapsed in heap!!!!!
slightfoot Well I never knew the common Muntjac had a mischievous side to it.
I'll be watching my back next time I see one
blacklabrador yes please do watch yourself, they are sneaky little so and so's, but still Its a memory I suppose
we get loads of deer around our area, occasionally out in the middle of our busy housing estate. One night there was one literally right outside our front door. magnificent beast just standing there staring at us. A couple of nights ago a couple were even wandering the corridors of our local hospital where I work, just a couple of miles up the road.
www.cornwalllive.com/news/local-news/deer-roam-devon-hospital-corridors-8625919
Where I work I am always out and about and see regularly Badgers, Foxes, Frogs or Toads and Rats. Yes Rats as the place Is riddled with them oh and a tame Siamese Cat that wanders In from time to time and sits by you while on a break.
Emerge11 awww how lovely,good selection of wildlife there, I know not many folk like rats, but I have a couple that live under my shed on the allotment and they are really quite interesting just to sit and watch, they don't do any damage to me veggies, so i just leave them be, xx
There is something very calming about going out at this time and peaceful. I see monkjacks ,rabbits and even glow worms at times
Oh wow that's some amazing wildlife, id love to see glowworms, what a treat, glad I'm not the only one who goes nightvwalking
Where we live is very safe but I still wouldn't go walking by myself at night. There are plenty of things to see during the day where we live, lots of wildlife.
I've done cycle rides at night like 2am in the morning as I used to do a nightshift and couldn't always adapt back to a day shift so was bored during the night. I'd be cycling down country lanes in the dark to my side and hearing a lot of animals. I got chased once by a badger I think. I also got growled at as I passed a farmers gate with the dog looking through the gate. I thought it was smiling until I took my headphone off and could then hear it growling. I typically ride with one headphone in and the other ear able to hear sounds around me.
Air quality always seems amazing at night and there is a coolness and freshness even in the summer. It's an interesting experience different to the norm.
However I should say I'm 6'2" with a rugby player build and while this doesn't make me immune from being attacked it gives me a different mindset I guess. However many years ago when I was driving my mini at the time I stopped at a junction close to Sherborne in the early hours and some bloke came out of the side and reached to open my side door but as soon as he saw me he stopped and retreated. He obviously expected a woman to be driving the car. There are opportunist criminals about at night. I was only paused at that junction for 5 seconds while I looked both ways. At the time I thought it could be someone expecting a lift from someone they knew but of course thinking about it that made no sense at all. He had to come out into the road to get to my car. He was a rapist, thief or even murderer, I will never know. I can't really think of another explanation.
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