Nature Hidden in Plain Sight | Free plants and secret wildlife

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[@LizZorab]

Which wonderful or strange wildlife have you spotted in your garden? Leave your sightings in the comments. Recommended video is How to Take Rose Cuttings kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2imYnqOerWAbZY

[@TomTom-df9ph]

Unfortunately Liz. I only spy rats and have had to stop feeding my dear birds, which was my joy. It just attracted them. Please do you know what I can do.

[@howarddavies3744]

Just seen the local Sparrowhawk mobbed by three crows, I also saw a paralysed Cabbage White caterpillar surrounded by the wasp's eggs.

[@ErnieCG]

I saw a fox once ,we live a few minutes to a wooded park

[@ErnieCG]

This year as I and my husband walked in the wooded park we saw a deer,and I have also saw a rabbit at the front of out flat

[@huttonsvalleypermaculture]

I've had blue tongue lizards eating my strawberries, copperhead snakes going after the frogs but the most exciting sighting was a koala. At first, looking out the window, I thought it was a rabbit and was heading out side to chase it away - then it climbed a tree and I thought - what!!? Yes turned out it was a koala - they are in my area but that was the first and only time I've had one in my garden!!

[@judifarrington9461]

Congratulations on your lizard. My first thought was your ducks. I am so happy you changed your plans. My friends think I'm crazy, but I love my little garden friends!

[@aimeestauffer2844]

Your are one of my favorites!!!! You are so down to earth and encouraging, inspiring!!!! Thank you Liz!

[@jennyjohnson9012]

We built a wildlife pond 2 years ago. Nothing the 1st spring, nothing the 2nd Spring, no frogs or toads or anything. Then suddenly my daughter was sittiing on a tree stump at the edge of the pond this year and spotted movment. We were very patient and it turned out to be a newt! We were delighted. At last!!! Funnily enough when I was a child and lived in south east London we had a pair of lizards in our rockery. They lived under the Arabis plants for many years. Never seen one since, only abroad as you said. How lucky you are Liz!!

[@stevendowden2579]

lovely lizard we very often seen them in the garden when i was a young boy always nice to see also nice to get so many plants for free

[@LizZorab]

How fabulous to have seen lots of lizards as a child, it sounds great!

[@julie-annepineau4022]

Second growing season here on East Coast Canada. I have found 2 small garter snakes in the last week, a couple large toads and some small frogs. I have a salamander that seems to enjoy my unfinished basement. Every new addition makes me so happy to know I am growing an ecosystem, not just a garden!

[@LizZorab]

That is awesome! And you are right, it's growing an ecosytem, not a garden (I love that!)

[@rosemarybushea3517]

Wonderful visitor! I enjoy the skinks, toads and small snakes found here (US) as I'm working in the garden. I once found a beautiful little mole king snake, the first time I'd ever seen one. Your new ducklings are beautiful!

[@LizZorab]

I'll have to look up mole king snakes to see what they look like.

[@pennythompson4790]

OMG you are so lucky to have that lizard i adore them & they would be quite welcome in my gardenxx

[@LizZorab]

I keep going out to look for it, it hasn't reappeared yet, but it's a sunny day again today, so maybe we'll be lucky again.

[@PlanetZhooZhoo]

How lovely to find a lizard! I found a huge slow worm in the garden earlier this year and that made me very happy too.

[@LizZorab]

Oh wow! I haven't seen a slow worm for decades!

[@missevie8739]

I'm in North Wales and added long grasses in an alpine rockery and a small barrel pond this year and have recently seen grass hoppers, a chunky frog and froglets 🥰 It's wonderful and I can't wait to see what else appears.

[@LizZorab]

It's so exciting to the wildlife starting to arrive!

[@tallulah8070]

That is so exciting! I have never seen a Lizard in the UK. My best is a hummingbird hawk moth which loves my bedding in pots!.

[@LizZorab]

I've only seen one hummingbird hawk moth before and it was beautiful!

[@janwilky]

That's so exciting to have lizards in your garden Liz, and that's really good footage too. I'm an ecologist and I've handled and counted a lot of lizards over the years but I've never managed to get anything like such clear images as that. We have slow-worms in our garden in Shropshire, which is quite exciting as I'm not aware of any other local populations. We think they were intruduced in the 80s by a wildlife enthusiast who also happened to be a fruit grower, and he planted two orchards here for the previous owner. 35 years later and we still have the slow-worms - and far too many apples 😁

[@LizZorab]

I haven't seen a slowworm for decades! It's nice to know that there are pockets of them still.

[@lorrainerichardson3280]

Yes I have sometimes have bellbirds (New Zealand) They are nectar eating native birds and have a very distinctive call. They have fed on the kowhai trees that I planted. So blessed. =-)

[@LizZorab]

I'll look them up to see what they are like 😀

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

Here in California my favorites are the salamanders and snakes. The only snake we have is a tiny one with a delicate red necklace called a California ring-neck, and it's quite harmless. The salamanders hide under pots and come in two types: the slender salamander looks like a very small dark snake with legs, but the arboreal salamander is larger and is a cocoa brown with creamy yellow dots. They are both very sweet and I always move them to safe places when I disturb them.

[@veggiepatchideas]

I get Dear roaming through my vegetable plot, but I defiantly think a lizard is a great find 🌱

[@conniedavidson1807]

We have lots of geckos here in Texas. Sometimes I find baby ones in the house and very carefully I catch them and put them outside on one of my plants. I love lizards and love finding them in my garden or yard. Also like to see dragon flies show up sometimes.

[@terrialice6139]

I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mts. Near Yosemite NP in California. We have an abundance of wildlife including; deer, bears, Bobcats, Mt Lions, Rattlesnakes, fox, Squirrels, lizards, and many others. Birds from Turkey Vultures, Ravens, eagles, hawk to finches and hummingbirds. We have a cat rescue and sanctuary. Needless to say, our cats are all indoors with access to Catios so they can safely enjoy the outside.

[@bowtielife]

So sad about the ducks but I wish I could send you a few hundred of my lizards! 🦎 That would not even put a dent in our supply! 😆😁 I love our lizards. I toss them bugs all the time and they always pounce on them! 🐛

[@moocollins3099]

I'm in East sussex, I have a family of common lizzards living in my pollytunnel, they are just soo cute, they babies watch me weed and make me jump!

[@BrimwoodFarm]

Super exciting!! ❤❤

[@LizZorab]

Thanks Geoff! We need to catch up so I can learn about your fantastic news!

[@Shadow_Trader_Troders]

Found a star nosed mole last spring. I know they are considered pests here (US) but he was adorable and I'm glad to share my space with him. Lovely video as always.

[@LizZorab]

That is awesome!

[@jeanholdstock3695]

Hi Liz, thanks for another fab video. Here in Bulgaria I've got a hedgehog that lives in the garden, and we often see frogs, newts, snakes and toads. I love to see wildlife in the garden, to me it represents a great balance, and is testament that not using chemicals allows access to all for a healthy life xxx

[@barbarabrasted-maki875]

Western US Zone 8b here. I've been seeing many baby garter snakes in my garden this year. I'm trying to figure out the balance between letting areas be wild enough to keep snakes and other creatures happy, but tame enough to control weeds and keep me happy!

[@spoonsandspades]

The wildlife in my garden is mostly limited to slugs and aphids! Ive been working on attracting ladybirds, frogs, hedgehogs etc. Built our first little pond this year so can't wait to see what it attracts 😊

[@LizZorab]

If you build it, they will come! And apparently if you leave things well alone, they come too!

[@dianecharles881]

Oh , Liz I have many lizards. My main concerns is that I have plenty of moles or voles in my garden area . My cat does it’s best to keep it under control but their tunnels can be very long . You’re garden is beautiful as always.

[@LizZorab]

Thank you Diane.

[@carlyamandaart]

I thought you were going to announce that Mr J had agreed to getting Geese 😂 x

[@rickthelian2215]

Sorry about the ducks lost by the fox, I’m glad you where gifted 3 ducklings😊

[@LizZorab]

We were very sad about losing them, but the ducklings are very sweet.

[@lindixie5624]

I had a small wildlife pond built earlier this year & I have a frog & newts in it. I'm in Hertfordshire. My daughter lives in Glastonbury & has slow worms in her compost bins & hedgehogs & badgers visiting her garden.

[@LizZorab]

Oh it's been decades since I saw a slow worm, I'd love to have them here too.

[@Coxeysbodgering]

We have loads here in Kent, mostly they live in and around an old fire wood pile and raised beds! I would suggest putting some logs / branches there maybe with some clean straw in the middle as it is coming up time for them to brumate (reptile hibernation) they love ants especially our wood ants but they don't seem to deter the red and black ants from disturbing omy containers grrr. Most exciting and also disappointing wildlife find was 2 glow worms, Lampyris noctiluca this year last year there were many more. Hummingbird hawk moths, bee hover flies, and every version of shield bugs!

[@kerryl4031]

We had to build a barn when we first came here - last year swallows nested in it and they were back again this year. It's exciting when they swoop around your head in the veg patch! Last year we had a grass snake, but not seen this year - hope it survived the awful monsoons. Excited to get a hummingbird hawkmoth for the first time here too. I have seen many lizards sunbathing on a stone wall in Dorset, not sure where but it was on the coast - I was a child then, so it was Studland, Swanage or further round perhaps Kimmeridge/Lulworth. Not seen any since so what a lovely find in your garden. A tip - you can take cuttings of elder and pop them in a jar of water on the windowsill - they take root that way! I'm building up my elder bushes that way.

[@LizZorab]

Thanks Kerry!

[@EliMacalikova]

Oh i am so glad i have subscribed on your website, without the email send by you i wouldnt have even see this video! KZbin didnt showed me anything.. 🤔Well, im late, but im here! 😁 I love all the green in your garden, it is so full of life. Oooh and that trick with fork with elderberries is GENIUS!!! We always just laugh about our fingers being purple/blue for a week after working with them, this is such amazing idea! Im totally stealing it and using it too! :D Especially now, in here (Czechia) we are just now getting all the elderberry bushes all black and ready to process. Cant wait to forage for them, its always fun. This year im planning on doing not only liqueur (we are doing it in this strange strong mix of elderberries, rum and coffee - its real pick-me-up in winter, i can tell you 😆 but for first time i would like to make elderberry jams. I think it could be amazing, hmm. 😋 And so cute that you have new pet, and such a cutie too! Lizards are amazing, in here i usually just see them when they are dead. 🙁 So this is very nice. New companion to help you with pests. And for free!

[@LizZorab]

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[@janenewley1014]

I,ve never seen a lizard in Wales…I wonder if she is enjoying the warmth of the poly tunnel? Jinxy

[@howarddavies3744]

I live at 1400ft on the edge of the Black Mountains and I saw two in June whilst building my neighbour's shed, never thought I would see them at that altitude!

[@LizZorab]

I think it's just the sunshine that she's enjoying - and I know how she feels!

[@LizZorab]

It's amazing how widespread they are and yet I've never seen one until now.

[@petewestlake8564]

Squirrels eating my patty pan argh

[@hikerlindacanadianrockies8478]

At my home, squirrels are the bane of my existence, as someone in the area feeds them peanuts, and they've learned to associate human scent with free food. They dig everywhere in my garden that I touch, disrupting seeds, digging up seedlings and generally making a mess. I prefer the birds that come around.

[@ansmith827]

🦔🦊

[@rosaarias7128]

i love to find volunteer plants too. never a dull moment in the garden. thank you for sharing your adventures. 🤍🕊

[@LizZorab]

I love that every day I learn something new and finding out about the lizard was fascinating!

[@rosaarias7128]

i know the feeling :) @@LizZorab