Birds

Bats

Squirrels

Foxes

Hedgehogs

Welcome to Garden Wildlife, Jeremy's Wildlife Web site. My name is Jeremy and I live in Somerset in the South West of the United Kingdom. Living in the country, I have always been interested in wildlife from a very young age, so I thought why not build a wildlife website?. Please note I'm dyslexic so please bear with me. Here you can get information on Birds, Foxes, Squirrels and Hedgehogsnot forgetting Batsall of which are frequent visitors to my british garden. Not only this but find out information about all your favorite animals.

The most popular part of my site is my bird box camera in a bird nesting box. Click here to see the parent birds rearing their young every spring. If you have any questions or comments about any thing on my site please e-mail me

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This is my Back Garden where most of the photos are taken. The image above is updated every month.

"January" - This month look out for

Bird flocks in wetlands and estuaries
Redwings, fieldfares and waxwings
Surprises at the garden bird table
Frogs returning to ponds
Thrushes, robins and great tits singing for territories

Christmas is over and the new year celebrations are now a mere hangover. January and February are the core of winter, and Spring feels a long way off. Days are short, but can be crisp and bright. Early morning frosts leave pearls of ice on spiders webs making them useless for catching prey. Lasts year's leaves also get a frosting, and lawns are often silvered with ice.

Most plants have disappeared to their over wintering form (such as bulbs, runners and seeds or leafless above-ground branches), although one or two may be now tentatively poking through again.

The list of winter bird species is very different from the summer one, as many species have migrated southwards. However geese, ducks and waders feed frenetically on coasts and wetlands are a special attraction at this time of year. Fieldfares and redwings move in flocks through the countryside, whilst many smaller birds come to garden bird tables to find enough food to survive. As the month progresses, the song thrush, with its strident repeated notes, starts to proclaim its territory. On sunny days blackbirds, greenfinches and great tits also sing. In woodlands you may be lucky enough to hear a great spotted woodpecker drumming against a tree.

At certain sites during winter bird flocks gather to roost in their tens of thousands. This provides a moving spectacle and quite a din. Starlings for instance flock in wetlands, such as on the Somerset levels, and cover the reed beds like black, chattering locusts.

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