gnipper 6,755 Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 On 14/06/2024 at 17:20, eastcoast said: I had the exact same experience with newts escaping in the house Some remained unaccounted for and I just assumed that our mentally unstable pet crockadilapig (mongrel Russell) had eaten them. But mam found a few dried out behind radiators, she was not happy.The last place I would have expected them to head to. I lost 2 snakes and a tarantula in my mums house and she still thinks I sold them even now. I turned the house upside down every time my parents went out looking for the little b*****ds 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 5,632 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 On 04/06/2025 at 20:51, Pardus said: Not just down south now as well, I've seen them in Derby and Bradford, well, you can always hear them before you see them. I’m sure there’s a breeding population in Glasgow, and has been for a few years now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 12,017 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 16 hours ago, mackem said: Yup,they are tiny and lightweight when you hold one,they might look chunky and robust but they aren't.This area is one of the supposed sites they were first released hence the high numbers,there's a decent sized roost not far away of a few thousand birds. Yes I’ve seen loads of articles recently of how they are growing in numbers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Loads of em parakeets round my village, noisy little feckers too. Seen a red kite over the field infront of my house last week, and have it on good authority that we have had muntys round here for a few years now, though I'm not convinced, I'm out over these fields every day, morning and night and never seen one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,151 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 1 hour ago, Bosun11 said: Loads of em parakeets round my village, noisy little feckers too. Seen a red kite over the field infront of my house last week, and have it on good authority that we have had muntys round here for a few years now, though I'm not convinced, I'm out over these fields every day, morning and night and never seen one. Muntis have shit road sense you will see them on the roadside dead if there about usually they also seem to give off no or a different scent to roe as my old lurcher will pick up on roe scent in the thickest cover but I’ve watched muntis go in a hedge and the dog walk straight past a few seconds later 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waltjnr 7,889 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 On 04/06/2025 at 21:22, mackem said: Shot a couple. Mrs didn't like my tree decoration 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Franks dad 1,807 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 5 hours ago, Bosun11 said: Loads of em parakeets round my village, noisy little feckers too. Seen a red kite over the field infront of my house last week, and have it on good authority that we have had muntys round here for a few years now, though I'm not convinced, I'm out over these fields every day, morning and night and never seen one. I usually hear them more often than see them … elusive little beggars . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,755 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 8 hours ago, Bosun11 said: Loads of em parakeets round my village, noisy little feckers too. Seen a red kite over the field infront of my house last week, and have it on good authority that we have had muntys round here for a few years now, though I'm not convinced, I'm out over these fields every day, morning and night and never seen one. Heard tales about muntjac round here too but I'm not so sure. Them ringneck seem to come and go. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leo Sayer 3,625 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 15 hours ago, Bosun11 said: Loads of em parakeets round my village, noisy little feckers too. Seen a red kite over the field infront of my house last week, and have it on good authority that we have had muntys round here for a few years now, though I'm not convinced, I'm out over these fields every day, morning and night and never seen one. I,m on outskirts of Manchester, past 12 months the parakeets moved in, they was all over the other side of manny. I’ve heard no reports of munties near me , but have had a roe population explosion. Haven’t seen a rabbit near me for years. There is a bank of gorse near my gaff , held rabbits for 35 yrs . No one bothers with them and every year they would recover from mixi. They died out a few years ago and never recovered, such a shame. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 31,151 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 15 hours ago, Franks dad said: I usually hear them more often than see them … elusive little beggars . . Ever seen red deer on the Cotswolds ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,419 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Saw two white deer must of been fallow up the a41 one morning. On the way back both dead on side of road feck know where they come from.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 48,242 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 3 hours ago, lurcherman 887 said: Saw two white deer must of been fallow up the a41 one morning. On the way back both dead on side of road feck know where they come from.. Loads of white fallow about ,up and down the country..seen them in Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Hampshire... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 3,022 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 On 05/06/2025 at 22:44, gnipper said: I lost 2 snakes and a tarantula in my mums house and she still thinks I sold them even now. I turned the house upside down every time my parents went out looking for the little b*****ds there is a healthy breeding population of Aesculapian snakes in Colwyn Bay in North Wales that escaped from the Welsh mountain Zoo in the 70's and they like living in the walls people's houses 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,419 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Well don’t get stung by a jellyfish lads I’ve just unlocked a new level of pain I didn’t know existed oh boy 3 hours now like boiling water over and over again feck Dubai 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 13,419 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Just now, lurcherman 887 said: Well don’t get stung by a jellyfish lads I’ve just unlocked a new level of pain I didn’t know existed oh boy 3 hours now like boiling water over and over again feck Dubai Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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