A rat has turned up,I suppose if you feed the birds then you end up feeding everything else. Jonesy cat wont even kill fledglings so no chance of a trophy there,so it seems I get to do the honours as you never end up with just one and Weils disease is a considerable hazard with children around.So where did I put that rusty old air gun?
For me,it seems to be the feeding ground for slugs and snails, who have decimated my veggie patch, but my very favourite resident is this juvenile robin.
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Robins are great for clearing up the caterpillars-Slugs and snails are a big problem in my garden too, but sadly I canāt find a wildlife friendly solution to this 
Sam x
(Shudder) Although they do say you are never more than 8 feet away from a rat if you live in an urban areaā¦
Sam x
The rat only wants to eat so I donāt like bumping it off,but common sense has to prevail.
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We have been being visited by this beautiful mint mothā¦thinking it might be something to do with enjoying mint tea in the garden now the nicer weather has arrived.
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They are pretty arenāt they! Iāve got a patch of mint in my front garden and there are always lots of these little chaps buzzing about!
Sam x
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Good afternoon everyone, I finally got a photo of Newton and Nessa 
and this terrifying individual who has taken up residence in our gazebo! It really is this big, I havenāt enhanced the photo at all 
Donna xx
Iāve just realised the spider doesnāt look as huge in the uploaded photo, so just to scare all the arachnophobics I will tell you itās about 2.5 inches from the tip of itās back legs to itās front
Sheās been there all summer so Iāve decided to call her Charlotte lol 
Dx
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At this size Iām not at all sure what your spider is. At 2.5" across I would have guessed it was a giant house spider, but they spin sheet like webs and this one looks like a kind of orb web spiderā¦ Amazing creature though!
Sam x
I carefully made sure my resident rescue hedgehog can get from my back garden to all the neighbouring back gardens but he keeps making his displeasure known about the fact he canāt get out the side gate - yup poop on the path but sorry matey until you show me a certificate of road safety awareness you are staying at the back (eating all my slugs and snails) Iāve seen enough flat ones on the roads. I havenāt actually spotted him since he was released, the OH has but not quick enough to get a photo.
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i love this photo.
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Toadlets. And loads of them 
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I think sheās just an exceptionally big European garden spider you canāt see in the photo, there are spots in the shape of a cross on the abdomen. Sheās probably grown bigger than usual because of the mild weather 
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Thank you 
I took about 20 before I got this one
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We enjoy lots of wildlife visitors through the year. Here is one of our regular favouritesā¦
I will try and put some more up along the way.
J
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Thereās probably no reason to think they canāt get that big just because this one is outside the average size. She would have some people I know running for the hills 
Sam x
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Lovely pic! I donāt like to be a squirrel racist, but the reds are much lovelier than the greys 
Sam x
Hedgehogs are one of the species I wish I had in my garden. I have a plentiful supply of prey for them, but sadly thereās no access because I have a high wall and my husband refuses to let me knock a hole in the bottom of it to let them in
It doesnāt seem to keep the frogs out though-they are great at finding their way in!
Sam x
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