{"id":7537,"date":"2020-05-03T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=7537"},"modified":"2020-05-03T13:43:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:43:49","slug":"wild-life-consider-making-them-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=7537","title":{"rendered":"Wild Life – Consider Making Them Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wild Life – Consider Making Them Welcome<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In response to the Nature News piece in the April magazine, I recall that the only time I have seen a fox in the village was many years ago at night time, running down the road outside my house, no doubt hoping for some easy pickings from rubbish bags. Quite often there is evidence of nocturnal foraging with the contents of bags strewn across the road. So it\u2019s a bit of a mess but foxes have to eat, don\u2019t they?<\/p>\n

Our village is home to all kinds of wild life, from a variety of birds – wood pigeons, doves, woodpeckers, pheasants and so many more, but sparrows and starlings are very rare these days. On the ground we have frogs and toads from garden ponds, squirrels, hedgehogs, rabbits, foxes, to name but a few. I have never seen a badger but I\u2019ve heard they are round and about in the village.<\/p>\n

Several years ago we were pleased to be able to hand feed a lame pheasant which turned up daily in our garden for several weeks. We looked forward to seeing it and we can\u2019t know what happened to it but sadly, it probably fell prey to the gun or a predator.<\/p>\n

Quite often our neighbour\u2019s security light flicks on at night. No doubt an animal has triggered the beam when passing from garden to garden.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s likely that our gardens will be visited by wild creatures, living as we do in the countryside so consider making them welcome, even the much maligned fox!<\/p>\n

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