Strange visitors

[richart]

In the last few weeks we have had some strange unwanted visitors in the house.

Started a couple of weeks ago with a cat strolling into my office. It belongs to a neighbour and is often hanging around the garden. Not too unusual but the start of a trend. Week later and a fox appeared in our lounge. Very quickly shown the door.

Today a perhaps rarer sight in the house. A great spotted woodpecker in the kitchen. It was trying to fly through a closed window. The bird often feeds off our bird table, but is very timid, and the slightest movement and it flys off. Amazing that such a shy bird would come in the house, and fortunately decided not to peck its way out through the window.

Will definitely stop leaving the back door open from now on.:thup:

Anyone else had any unwanted visitors of the animal kind in the house ?

 

[larmen]

A friend of mine once found a fox on their bed in their ground floor flat. Apparently it stinks like hell.

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Had a grass snake wander in. Buggering thing got underneath the freezer until it was gently coaxed out. The dog just sat there and watched it

 

[SocketRocket]

There's a Rat in Ma Kitchen. What am i gonna do?

 

[badger57]

There's a Rat in Ma Kitchen. What am i gonna do?

Get a cat !

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Get a cat !

Or better still some sort of terrier, wins on all counts

 

[chrisd]

Who are you? Doctor Flippin Doolittle?

😊😊

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I thought Homer had been to Blackmoor recently Rich when I saw the thread title

 

[Hobbit]

A ferret. It wandered in, then back out. 5 minutes later it was back, at which point I got it into the cat’s travel box. Turned out to belong to a guy a few doors away. Dutifully returned in exchange for a slab of Stella...

 

[bigslice]

Not unwanted by me perhaps my mum. She feeds balck birds raisins . So anytime im round i feed them at the patio doors. One day i had made a wee trail into the house down into kitchen. I had two of the, down at the cooker until my mum came in . Theybdidnt stop kept filling there beaks up and then walked out

 

[SatchFan]

A rat in the lounge, a green budgie behind the gas fire having slowly fluttered down the chimney, and a buzzard in the conservatory. He was quite impressive but I wasn't allowed to keep him. Also had a big cow which turned up occasionally but that was just the ex mother-in-law.

 

[patricks148]

We have had a couple of Blue Tits and the odd sparrow and last year a bat. But my neighbour had a pine marten in his kitchen last week.

 

[CliveW]

Nothing spectacular in the house apart from mice, but on Tuesday we had this young buzzard visit us...

... And this heron a while back.

Not to mention the bloody rabbits!

 

[Hobbit]

Forgot to add, a horse in the kitchen. Sister gave the reins to mum whilst she went to the bathroom. Mum wasn't keen on horses so took a step back. Horse took a step forward, and mum took another step back, and horse took another step forward.... repeat, repeat, repeat....

 

[patricks148]

Nothing spectacular in the house apart from mice, but on Tuesday we had this young buzzard visit us...

... And this heron a while back.

Not to mention the bloody rabbits!

I'm no expert Clive, but that might be a Goshawk??

 

[richart]

Who are you? Doctor Flippin Doolittle?

😊😊

I don't talk to them.

 

[richart]

I thought Homer had been to Blackmoor recently Rich when I saw the thread title

That would have had a very different thread title.

 

[Sharktooth]

A few geckos in my place, but they are the insect police.

 

[Liverbirdie]

Once had a big hairy beastie in my bathroom, calm as you like in the bath, didnt even flutter an eyelid when I bore down on him.

TBF, Stu C is completely house trained, and done a fine job of fitting my shower, as well.:thup:

Do I win?

 

[Slime]

I used to have a Jack Russell who once chased a badger into my house!
Thankfully, he chased him out almost immediately, but for a couple of minutes it was like WWIII in my house.