I once saw a Goshawk remarkably close at New Fancy - I wouldn't have known what it was if there hadn't been a 'twitcher' on hand to photograph and later point out the differences between it and buzzards on his amazing zoom-lensed camera. He'd been there for hours without seeing one and one miraculously appeared within minutes of me arriving.
We see a lot of deer, particularly when out running or biking on the the more remote trails. We get a lot of visits from deer in the garden too - one just after Joc had planted out some new lettuce seedlings. We now have a deer proof veggie patch! Our new apple trees have been virtually nibbled to death and one night I startled a huge stag on the driveway as I was locking up for the night, but so far have only managed to get a fox and badger on the infra red webcam.
We've seen little of the much maligned boar - mostly at twilight or night time. You do see a lot evidence of them though - generally in the form of grass verges that have been ploughed up by their strong snouts when looking for tasty morsals underneath.
Today however, we spotted a cheeky group of 6 in broad daylight at around 12 noon near the busy cycle centre.
They weren't the least bit nervous of us or the cars on the road.
Apparently people insist on feeding them and petting them which is making them bolder.
I think they serve bacon butties in the cafe.
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