Animals and Birds Common in your area

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I'm just interested in what wildlife is commonly seen in your area that might not be seen in other counties or countries. You don't have to say the specific area (you can if you want) but I thought it might be of interest to some. I will definitely be jealous if you are in a country with exotic animals commonplace

I am in England and here are mine-
Muntjac deer
Red Kites
Foxes
Kingfishers
Herons
Owls
Bats
Moles

We sometimes get large numbers of partridges in the garden & coming up to the house. They look very cute.

Yes could well be coots :-)

Can I give a shoutout on here to the Merlin app for identifying birdsong? Best thing ever. I pick up all sorts on my morning walks - this morning I had a marsh tit, goldcrest, nuthatch, treecreeper, and several woodpeckers. I'd never be able to see them, but they are out there!

Pigeons
Squirrels
Seagulls, even though I live about as far from the sea as you can get
Foxes
Crows
Magpies
And other assorted birds

This thread is making me homesick for England! I'm in Australia and in my suburban garden (a kilometre from the coast) I often see tiny lizards (skinks and geckos), all kinds of garden birds (my favourite is the rainbow lorikeet 🦜), snails, magpies, fuzzy caterpillars (loads at the moment - early spring), insects, spiders (thankfully not many nasty ones - occasionally a redback or huntsman), Portuguese millipedes and sometimes ducks that fly down from a nearby creek. As the weather warms up bloody loads of mosquitos and the occasional cockroach (shudder). Thankfully never seen a wild snake.

In many spots around 20 minutes drive from us we will often see a koala or kangaroo on a walk in a more bushland type of area.

I really miss British wildlife, especially red kites, tiny garden birds, squirrels, hedgehogs and muntjac deer.

Buzzards and Bullfinches and Pine martens

newbies - White toothed shrews (not very cute) Bank voles (ultra cute)

I've also looked out the window at some brambles (that will have to go) currently covered in fruit. One cluster had a robin on it, about a foot away there was a blackcap. Two of the most aggressive entities in the garden if not on the planet, but with enough food that they were being quite calm and amiable.

In the last few months in my village I have seen:
Red Kites
Buzzards
Kestrels
Jays
Goldfinches
Bullfinches
Robins
Green woodpeckers
Yellow hammers
Sparrows
Dunnocks
All the tits
Wood pigeons
Jackdaws
Tawny owls
Barn owls
Geese
Pheasants
Peafowl (not native obviously but they roam freely)
A weirdly high slow worm population
Voles
Shrews
Mice
Rats
Grass snakes
Foxes
Badgers
Hedgehogs
Deer
Mink
Stoats
Squirrels

Hoenslty can’t move for bloody wildlife here 😂

glis glis
Appear to be simultaneously both invasive and protected, and to be good at avoiding traps.

And no, I hadn't heard of them before either.

I walk a lot in the countryside where I live, and I regularly see

Foxes
Deer
Rabbits
Hares
An owl (I know the tree where she lives)
Hedgehogs in the garden at night, but none this year
Herons

I have seen dead badgers, but never seen one alive.

Deer
Foxes
Badgers
Rabbits
Hare
Swans
Ducks
Heron
Cormorant
Brent geese
Woodpecker
Buzzards
Kites
Peregrines
Seals
Dolphins
Sea birds of various types (live by a nature reserve)
Hedgehogs
Moles
Probably loads more! I love seeing wildlife

Glis glis, invasive and protected and edible.

cant blame them for avoiding traps!

They're so cute, I wish they'd invade Ireland

I had to Google glis glis.
Awwww

Not cute when they need removing from loft of elderly parents.

London
Parakeets
Grey squirrels
Robins
Wrens
Great tits
Wood pigeons
Normal pigeons
Magpies
Blue jays (I think that's what they're called)
Bats (don't know the species but there are lots in the park)
A little owl
A few cabbage white and red admiral butterflies
Honey bees, hoverflies, a few species of bumble & solitary bees (all a lot less than last year)
Mice
Rats
Plentiful foxes
A few herons
Mallard ducks
Coots
Canada geese
Slugs & snails
I've seen stag beetles in the park
Woodlice

We also have reintroduced beavers water voles and dormice nearby but I've not seen them

Forest of Dean
Rabbits
Foxes
Badgers
Deer
Grass snakes
Adders
Slow Worms
Owls
Wild Boar
Saw an otter a few years ago.

North East England, working on an industrial estate built in the 1960s

• kingfisher
• oyster catchers
• blue tits
• squirrels
• heron
• fox
• loads of magpies
• a very big cat

Unfortunately we have to move to another site soon and I will miss my animals 😢

Edited to add - on a recent holiday in the Yorkshire Dales, I saw a pine marten dart out of a bush and back in again. I was so excited!

A feckin mouse in the kitchen

France - we have:
Black redstarts
Bats
Little owls and barn owls
Golden oriole
Buzzards
Red kite
Egrets
Lesser spotted woodpeckers
Cranes have been flying over for the last few days as they migrate
The usual birds, particularly swallows
Wild boar
Deer
Pine martens
Hedgehogs
Hares
Various snakes
Lizards
Crickets
All sorts of beetles
Today a lot of butterflies and dragonflies thanks to the sunshine

We live somewhere where farmers don't use many pesticides. The crops have wildflowers growing in amongst them, trees and hedges are left (the tractors go round them!) and there's minimal pollution. The difference in wildlife is staggering.

Porcupine
Mongoose
Genet
Caracal
Duiker
Steenbok
Eagle Owl
Gymnogene
Sunbird
Chameleon
Praying Mantis
Clawed Otter
Puff Adder

...then if you drive to the ocean...

Seals
Dolphins
Whales
Orca
Sharks
Penguins

I live in a (Scottish) city:

dolphins
grey seals
otters
badgers
foxes
roe deer
Daubentons and pipistrelle bats
kingfishers
red squirrels

there are pine martens but I've never seen one...

I live in a fairly urban area,and there are a lot of foxes. Also magpies,jackdaws and parakeets.