Many species have learned to take advantage of the shelter and rich pickings our towns and villages offer.
Our towns and villages can be surprisingly good places to spot wildlife. Animals like foxes and jackdaws have learnt to adapt to the busy streets and shops, where they can find easy pickings from food scraps, and where gardens and parks offer some birds and mammals, for example house sparrows and hedgehogs, just the right places in which to raise their families.
Our towns and villages can be surprisingly good places to spot wildlife. Animals like foxes and jackdaws have learnt to adapt to the busy streets and shops, where they can find easy pickings from food scraps, and where gardens and parks offer some birds and mammals, for example house sparrows and hedgehogs, just the right places in which to raise their families.
Whisky fungus
When: Autumn and winter
House sparrow
When: Year round
Red fox
When: Year round, but usually after nightfall
Pipistrelle bat
When: Alll year but mainly summer and autumn
Garden cross spider
When: June to November
Peacock butterfly
When: Spring, summer
Hedgehog
When: Summer & Autumn
Daisy
When: Early spring to late autumn
Jackdaw
When: All year round