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I so love this time of year, new life everywhere,
I have a pair of blue **** in my back garden bird box and a family of foxes on my allotment,frogs in my sunken bath pond and in the evenings a whole flock of bats appear from under my neighbours porch roof
I can spend hours just sitting and watching the wildlife this time of year.
Sadly have not seen a hedgehog this year as yet though.
Just wondered what wildlife highlights everyone else has so far this year? 
I have cats so don’t get a lot of wildlife in our garden. Although the birds keep teasing them. We have a resident badger in our Gore and I hear lots of foxes at night as we are next to a field.
Ooh how nice, badgers are lovely, we used to have a set at the back of my house, but the were relocated as they were undermining the train tracks, that was about 5year ago now
Not seen foxes around here - but we do get lots of deer wandering around the estate. This was taken a few years ago - right outside our front door 
Oh wow that's amazing, those antlers are just stunning, such beautiful creatures ***
We have had a few birds in our garden. Don't tend to see a lot of wildlife in our garden because the dog scared them away but they are starting to come back a little bit. We have seen some deer in the local area recently. My parents have red squirrels, pheasants and hedgehogs in their garden just now. There are usually wild rabbits near their house too.
MrsCraig red squirrels soo lovely and getting rarer, it's always nice to see something even just a few birds
slightfoot they have had red squirrels there since I was a child. I remember visiting with our son, about 3 years ago now and there was a red squirrel on the bird feeder. Our son was fascinated watching it. My parents live in the country so always lots of wildlife near them.
I love this time of year. We don't have foxes or badgers where I am so watch springwatch to get my fix. We go looking for wildlife locally
Jerseydrew argh yes springwatch is a great programme, so informative and interesting
Went out yesterday and saw geese, goslings ducks and ducklings chickens. We spotted a rabbit and bats and a rat. It was lovely. At work we've a woodpecker. Saw one on my way to work. It's a privilege
We have a squirrel, a fox or 2, a few birdies, bats, and once a deer in our garden. Haven't seen a hedgehog for ages though
Jinky67... 
Hey Jinķy67, who are you calling an idiot?
We are sure your feline only wanted to bring you a present to show their love, we do it too & Jangy hates it but we only want to bring Jangy a gift cos we love her..
Phoenix & Topaz...
janphoenix51 the idiot cat has also brought me in live pigeons. I hate pigeons. I can deal with saving wee meeces, but not them flappy rats
Jinky67 ...I came home from work one day to find a dead pigeon & all it's feathers on my lawn, I had to clean everything up as my partner was at work til the next day, I didn't like it but I just got on with the job..
Phoenix our little black cat TEARS Mousies apart sometimes...My partner has had to clear up the guts of Mousies before, one there was a body on the patio ( NOT under it...Brookside reference!) & a Mousie's head by the bin which is in the opposite direction!!!
janphoenix51 I can just about deal with dead pigeons, but live ones no. My living room looked like a murder scene pillow fight
janphoenix51 I had this years ago with my boy cat, Fatboy, I woke up once to dead mouse guts on my pillow, went down stairs to find another one next to the kettle
slightfoot delightful creatures. Lucky my other cat has no idea how to cat. She has only ever brought me things that people have chucked out for the birds.
slightfoot , I would freak out if that murder scene had greeted me, I would have screamed the place down & ran away, not going back til my partner had cleaned everything & changed the bedding....
janphoenix51 it was really gross, I threw the pillow out,lol, and the cat was definitely in the dog house, but it's not actually the worst thing Fatboy did, I once came home from work to find a dead seagull wedged in the catflap, I had to cut the wing off to un wedge it, I cried whilst doing it x
slightfoot , Once had to rescue a frog from Phoenix , he's had a baby bat & I think he once brought a Koi Carp home, I found it dead next to our bin when I went outside....I found him sat on a fence 3 homes down looking over to where the pond was!!
janphoenix51 wow what a variety, it's sadwhen they kill things but at the same time that cats got some skills
slightfoot ...I was out in Sheffield walking around the estate with my service users a few weeks ago when I saw something small making it's way from one side of the road to the other.
I froze thinking it was a RAT but as I got nearer I could see it was an HEDGEHOG, it disappeared under a Hedge!
We have foxes and rabbits, hagehogs, and birds that come to visit us, and we put food out for them
Jackscot oooh nice glad to see someone has hedgehogs, they getting very rare round my way,I've lived in the same house for 15 years, used to gets lots but hardly any the last 5 years
HEDGEHOGS oooooohhhh just look at him, sooo cute, I did try a box once but it just got used by rats, lol
slightfoot it definitely looks like she’s making a nest if you’re lucky you might get hoglets
slightfoot It's so lovely to watch them coming and going during the evening, it's like a hedgehog highway .
I’m lucky I have a resident hedgehog 
and a resident pheasant who calls every day for her tea 
and I also have deer on the doorstep too
slightfoot yes I call her phoebe she has been coming to my garden for the past 3 years and she brought me her babies to see me last year so I’m hoping she does the same this year
tara73ziva awwwww how lush, Phoebe the pheasant love it, fingers crossed for some little ones
Silghtfoot, I just seen your reply I think they are going to have babies because they have been taking leaves in
Jackscot omg that's amazing, soo happy for you, that'll make for a great watch in the coming months
Slightfoot, thanks. we have been putting extra cat food out, but our cats keep piching it
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