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beautiful video, i feel like im there out in the fresh air, , i have 4 pet girl mice with me 24/7 as im part house bound uk granny , they have a very big purpose built perpex house they are so funny to watch when they eat with their tiny paws they are real circus clowns ,, i also have an old faithful border collie dog Jenny
Excellent video Liam, very informative and accurate. As a gardener/groundsman in London you have covered the bases. I often think that if someone asked me in London where is the best place to see wildlife in the UK I would say you are already in it. Most of the common birds are here, I even saw a green woodpecker the other day. You would have to go to the suburbs to see hedgehogs and badgers, but foxes? Urban Foxes are definately changing, they are getting so much tamer and I have seem them walking down a street like they are pedestrians! Sparrows were non existent a few years ago in east London but I notice they are making a come back. Peregrines have increased their territory, and you can see them flying round Shoreditch now, which is really pissing off the local pigeons! Why the urban environment has got so good for wildlife is that their are so many unkempt gardens, some of them huge. This was actually a wildlife negative about Covid. So many people got out and started clearing their gardens. Parakeets? I hate them.
Another wonderful video Liam. I learn so much from you. I loved all that you featured today. I really love pigeons, well I love all birds and animals. Thank you so much
Great vlog, Liam, on our urban wildlife. Near where I used to live, saw foxes, rabbits, grey squirrels, blackbirds, starlings, Robins, magpies, crows and gulls. House sparrows were scarce, but had recently made a comeback. Thanks for sharing and hope your wife is keeping well. Best wishes. 😊
Loved this. I've got a school's nature garden on the back of my house. Lots of wildlife which is a blessing in an urban area. Got to see baby foxes last year - complete treat. Thank you.
How great. I hope the school makes the most of having the wildlife garden too. Iam going to be doing some school talks soon and love the idea of the next generation developing a love for nature just like I did. Cheers
A lot of people are surprised by that. In some places there numbers are still quite high so people think they are doing fine, and their declines take a while to be noticed. The same thing happened with frogs about 10 years ago and hedgehogs not that long ago. Luckily the declines in them seem to have been noticed before it was too late... hopefully.
Well recognised! I will be doing a garden wildlife version of this at sometime soon, muntjac will be featuring as they are the only deer likely to visit most peoples gardens. Thanks for watching!
I was hand feeding chicken breasts to two foxes at 5am this morning.😂 The squirrels were all over the bird feeders this morning. A black cat was waiting for me to put out the food for the two gulls that I feed daily. Funny how they get used to feeding times. I have over 40 or 50 starlings daily at my feeders ( mealworms) and over 40 sparrows. 2 magpies a sparrow hawk and bats. My hedgehogs seem to have moved out😢. Nice to see Richmond Park as it was my playground as a child. Hope your wife is doing ok❤
An old lady used to regularly leave cooked chicken pieces for the foxes at clifftop by the hotels in Folkestone. Some nights a dozen would arrive for feeding within minutes as they were waiting for her. Unfortunately, food fights broke out, with solitary foxes being set upon by family groups on occasion. One or two of the regulars grew plump on the easy meat.
I love seeing 2 Fox's, Bats, toads,Owls, Squirrels, Jay birds along with other birds and even a deer once during lockdown all on my Street alone. Easy to know when the Fox's are around as they bark quite loud normally just seen one but seen a pair a few times together.
I always enjoy your videos Liam! I went to uni in Norwich but this was before I properly got into birding - now I regret not taking advantage of the amazing reserves in Norfolk while I was there! I’m in Nottinghamshire now and love to visit Attenborough when I can as it’s the easiest for me to travel to. If you’re ever in this part of the country I recommend popping by the reserve 😊
Liam, many, many thanks. You've done it again - yet another cracking, educational presentation. I loved it. Not being a 'townie', I found the video brilliant. I never knew that nesting boxes had been introduced by man onto the rooftops. Gosh! Underground mosquitoes! I've never heard of them but having never been in London nor on a Tube, thankfully I'll never meet one. Not my favourite bug! I'm still feeding my visiting foxes each night come sunset. All eight of them are my true joy in life. I've noticed two pairs of Magpies over the past few months and it was nice to hear you confirm that their numbers are increasing. Sparrows are my favourite visitor to my feeding station. Just adore them and their fun filled antics. I can watch them all day long. Whilst walking through the woods with my dogs yesterday I spotted, off in the distance in a neighbouring field, the largest herd of Roe Deer to date. Fourteen in all with 5 youngsters at foot. The binoculars were put to more use when I spotted, and watched for quite a while, a swooping, hunting Kestrel. I'd not seen him for over a month and was concerned. Anyhow, he's back and looking dandy! Stay safe my friend and enjoy the weather now that it's improving.
I dont know if thats the reason, I suspect their legs got weaker and shorter over time because they didnt need them anymore, rather than the other way round. But, Swifts legs are definitely not strong enough to take off from the ground now, whichever way it happened.
Thanks Liam for this excellent video .City life re wildlife can be a joy and one I am trying out my Nikon on .Thanks to you. :-) Rats fascinate me and not a million miles from where I live they live with sparrows and no killing takes place .I can sit for ages watching them as feet clomp by .Beautiful condition and joined by a pigeons and crows .Every day I see herons coming back from the Zoo.( always in a straight line ) They get fish there and also at another. spot .Never been in the zoo as rather see wildlife free..The adaptability of wildlife is amazing ..👏🏻
Thanks Helena. I am really glad you are getting on well with the camera and that you get to enjoy some of the urban wildlife where you are. I have been to a few zoos and have a mixed opinion on them, but definitely prefer to find and see wild wildlife :)
@@AShotOfWildlife All city wildlife is fascinating Today as I walked though the huge garden courtyard a tiny mouse ran like an athlete .Too fast to get on camera .Much roams at dusk & early morning ie )) foxes , wildschwein and racoons .My Nikon says "thank you", to you : Have a great week Liam .
I work as a groundsman for a university in a busy city, they couldn’t give a fuck about wildlife lol Got 4 bat boxes and a “pond” that is about 1 by 1 foot tho yeah we love animals 😂
My Indian Ring Neck looks like that! I've seen blues and Yellow as well. Crazy that starlings and sparrows are declining. Most of these the urban wildlife we have. Although the underground mosquitoes aren't. Underground mosquitoes? Who knew?!? Glad you did!
I must admit I found out about them when researching for this video but it is really interesting. I used to have a yellow and a green ring necked parakeet as well. They were not very tame but interesting to watch as you could almost see their intelligent brains figuring things out.
So much around us. However, always a bit discouraging, 'Declined by 50% since the 1970's and that trend continues.' I hope that's reversed, except in the case of the underground mosquito.
Great video, nice work! Never heard of the London Underground mosquito before. Amazing example of speciation, and must present a real danger of disease vectoring around the London population. Another good excuse for me to avoid the city 😂
Yes, it was very interesting to find out about whilst researching for this video. I wonder how many other urban sub species are out there that we just dont know about yet.
Thank you. I passed by your way yesterday on my way back from a weekend in Edinburgh. Keep an eye out for the video I filmed there which should be out by next weekend.
Hedgehogs are being decimated by rat traps BTW, losing legs and dying. So sad when there's no need to even trap rats. My friend rescues everything she can, even an ant from a spider's Web. So I know what I'm talking about!
Wow. I have not heard of this happening before and worked at a wildlife rescue for 3 years, but I suppose they are the right size for a rat trap and it makes sense that they would be lured in by any bait.
Wow, a woodpecker is a good sighting in london. Goldfinches seem to be moving more and more into urban areas which is good news for them, theyre a beautiful bird to see (and hear)
Hedgehogs are in trouble because of habitat loss, pesticides and bloody gravel board fencing... which my neighbour has installed and cut off the hedgehogs from her garden. My previous neighbour and I delighted in watching the hedgehogs and fed them the recommended food. Cars are the other things that kills thousands of hedgehogs a year. Slow down!
Im sorry to hear hedgehogs can no longer get to your garden under the fence. Its a symptom of the disconnect between a lot of people and the wildlife around them and is part of the reason I make these videos. Hopefully things will change soon.
Another great video! I hate starlings, i have a bird feeder specifically designed to keep them off so I can just feed our native birds here in nz, but they have worked it out! Hedgehogs are a pest here, wish we could send them to you! Your magpies seem so much nicer than ours as well!
Our magpies are definitely nicer than those you have! Much smaller aswell. Its always amazing to hear of UK wildlife that is struggling here but doing well in other countries where they seem so out of place... Sadly it is detrimental to native species though of course :/
Have you ever done a study video of the Great Bustard that was reintroduced on Salisbury Plain a few years ago? I've only ever seen them once off in the distance. We have foxes outside our house most nights, early in the morning they can be heard barking - noisy buggers. We also have owls that fly around and can be heard communicating but never seen.
No, I havent and have never seen one. But I would love to do so. My brother has a pub not far from stonehenge so I am hoping to pop through to see him and the resident great bustard some time this summer.... 2 birds with 1 stone.
You're right about all of these Liam but trust me there are so many more as I'm sure you already know. The video would probably be an hour if you included every species so I don't blame you for not including more! I don't think people realise how many species there are in urban areas.
Starlings are doing well in my area (Attleborough) especially in my house. We have lived here for 5 years and have had a nest in our porch roof every year. We get at least 2 clutches of chicks each season.
Ooooh, I recognised a couple of clips of mine in there mate! Young Brown Rats under the blue railings at 03:58 and 05:02 - both clips shot at Padnall Lake, Marks Gate, near Romford before the whole lake area was refurbished. Good video Liam. The usual plethora of interesting info in the mate. 👍
Perfectly put together video which will encourage people to keep a look out for all the many animals who , just like us , try to eek a living in our towns and cities. I have to say , that London underground mosquito is giving me yet another reason for only going there too often !
Thank you. Missing bats was a big oversight on my part. I did think about them but didnt right them down and subsequently missed including them in the video. When I do part 2 they will definitely feature.
In early summer I've seen bat hunting moths attracted by the streetlamps in our town. Last year I picked up a pipistrelle from the pavement that felt very warm in my palm, though he (it was a male) was obviously dead, the decomposition causing the body heating.
Yes, and its a shame I didnt include any in this video. I thought of them and must have forgot to add them to my species list, subsequently not including them in the video at all. I will however definitely add the to a part 2 of this when I do one. Thanks!
Checking back on this channel and I just saw that it's doing so well. We were subscribed when you had about 20 subs, really pleased to see you doing so well.
They can be used interchangeably in the sentence I said. But feel free to go through and correct any other perceived mistakes. RU-vid hates it when people comment on videos.
@@AShotOfWildlife I can only hazard a guess that a seagull once disturbed a worm in the sand accidentally by stepping on it and was so excited he jumped up and down for joy, exciting al the other worms 🐛 to the surface, so from there on in he thought what a great trick that was 🤣👍 he must of trained all the others to do that to. Reckon that’s how it happened!🤓👌
loss of hedgehogs, is apparently linked with systemic pesticides, remembering every slug pellet has a chance of ending up in our spiny friends. we get roe deer on our suburban, front meadow sometimes, mostly if we get snow when their forced further into the city. i have not seen or herd a hedgehog near me for about 7 yrs
Great that you get to see roe deer where you are but very sad about the lack of hedgehogs. Im sure its a variety of reasons that they are declining but hopefully changes can be made before it is too late!
Great and very informative! We also have quite a few animals in Varna,the biggest city near the sea in Bulgaria. We have a lot of pigeons ,we have hooded crows ,jackdaws,magpies,house sparrows,starlings,eurasian jays ,seagulls both big and small,other birds in parks such as robins,blackbirds ,wood pigeons,common swifts in the summer ,in winter we have mute swans near the sea ,we also have mallards and great cormorants and sometimes even pelicans. We also have hedgehogs , squirrels ,lizards and small snakes in the parks mainly in summertime. We sadly have a lot of street dogs and cats too,which are also part of the urban wildlife.
How on earth did you forget about the grey squirrels Liam, they're everywhere except for the isle of Wight where they still have the red squirrels, and let's give it up to the mighty swans controlling our canals protected by our late queen Love your channel keep it up
Well... I had never heard this theory before and the consensus does seem to be that its to mimic rainfall rather than burrowing predators. Some people think overwise but I am not sure why the worms would move towards the vibrations if they thought it was a predator?
Humans didn't evolve in Britain so even your ancestors arrived here at some point by some means. Gibney isn't a British last name so it's likely only a few generations ago your ancestors arrived here by boat as well.
Ask a Magpie to make your next video, if they are amongst the smartest birds not animals on the planet then we could expect an improvement in the dialogue.
