Lemurs or Coatis I think. I saw a video of some walking across a path like this that was played backwards so that they went tails first. I'm easily pleased
Saw one in the communal garden, where I am, around 5 years ago, which I thought was great as it reminded of the only other time I had seen them, when I was living in Spain.
I love my garden Libby, its not huge and it's not tidy but gives me so much pleasure. I was in my mid 30s when I bought it and never had a decent sized outside space so it was one of the factors to why we bought it.
I am fortunate enough to be on the second floor of a small apartment block, and there is a small copse directly behind. We can watch squirrels most days, and marvel at how they sometimes climb up the brickwork in order to get to bird feeders. We also see, and hear, the Greater Spotted Woodpecker, fairly regularly and I now regret clearing a lot of photos from my phone, as I had a picture of a family of woodpeckers (Mum, dad and 2 littl’uns) on the tree 20 feet from the window.
We get Green Woodpeckers more than greater Spotted ones. The greenies mostly feed on ants. It's a bit blurry unfortunately.
sadly I took a row of conifers and another tree from my garden. Sad but I really needed to. We still have birdlife here but I used to regularly have green and spotted woodpeckers in the garden. We used to have a whole kid of hedgerows and Shrubs that were overgrown, that a pheasant used to use and we would see his wife and babies trotting round the garden. that’s cleared up now but we still hear and see the pheasants in the field behind
Make sure that you have dark corridors (lacking lighting), holes in hedges or fences (for hedgehogs) and plenty of bird and butterfly food buddleia and fruit trees etc. ) leave dead wood and then you will get wildlife. A small pond is best. You don't need big space just a few necessities. It's amazing what will visit even if you don't see it.
My chickens are fenced in, bottom half of the garden. There's a rubbish almond tree, a pond and the rest is wild with Hazel trees in the far corner. I like to describe it to people as the copse just beyond the lake and orchard
I saw a very large bee disappear into the hole on the side of one of the bird feeders we have, on the bars of the Juliet balcony, yesterday evening. I kept an eye on the feeder but after a couple of hours I hadn’t seen the bee exit. Not knowing how bees operate, I was concerned that the bee was a queen, looking for somewhere to set up a home, so I used one of my wife’s crochet hooks to gently prod through the hole from the other side. The noise generated clearly indicated that the bee was still inside, but thankfully it flew out and away, which means that when my wife wants some fresh air she can still open the door and sit looking out at the copse.
I do genuinely feel for all those without an outside space. My garden isn't massive at all, but big enough for Mrs No7, the dogs and I to chill out and also have a bit of privacy from the neighbours. It really is my sanctuary from the outside world. We have a lovely sun trap area (probably sunny this time of year from 11am to 7pm) that is about 5m x 5m but it is totally secluded from all neighbours and you can just sit there and contemplate life.
