Comments on: Camberwell wildlife http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camberwell-wildlife Camberwell and my life in it Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:43:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4418 Mark Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:41:49 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4418 Good one Ben Good one Ben

]]> By: ben patio http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4393 ben patio Fri, 02 Jun 2006 20:48:53 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4393 Ben's rodent control tip: After extensive experimentation, I can recommend Rentokil humane mousetraps from Homebase, baited with salmon fishcake and Sainsbury's tomato chutney. Then simply release the pernickety blighters into the wilds of Burgess Park. Ben’s rodent control tip:

After extensive experimentation, I can recommend Rentokil humane mousetraps from Homebase, baited with salmon fishcake and Sainsbury’s tomato chutney. Then simply release the pernickety blighters into the wilds of Burgess Park.

]]> By: Mark http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4374 Mark Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:05:45 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4374 We have NO birds in our garden because of cats. We can hear them but they don't come down to ground level. This makes our bird feeder very economical. WE did have occasional foxes, they actually managed to wear a hole out in the lawn, but since we put up a ten foot fence to discourage uninvited humans (exclusively male in our experience) from also being in our garden - in our house and on our roof - the foxes have dropped off the sighting index, so have the humans. We didn't commission an environmental impact analysis before putting up the fence. In retrospect a little rash going ahead without it. Lucky that ODPM let us get away with it. We have NO birds in our garden because of cats. We can hear them but they don’t come down to ground level. This makes our bird feeder very economical.

WE did have occasional foxes, they actually managed to wear a hole out in the lawn, but since we put up a ten foot fence to discourage uninvited humans (exclusively male in our experience) from also being in our garden — in our house and on our roof — the foxes have dropped off the sighting index, so have the humans.

We didn’t commission an environmental impact analysis before putting up the fence. In retrospect a little rash going ahead without it. Lucky that ODPM let us get away with it.

]]> By: Amanda Fuller http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4346 Amanda Fuller Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:10:49 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4346 I'm on 'team fox' the cats in our area are a real pain, keep digging up my garden and even wandering into the house when I leave the patio doors open! Having said that a fox wandered into my neighbours house and up the stairs as well...Think it was after her chihuahua... I’m on ‘team fox’ the cats in our area are a real pain, keep digging up my garden and even wandering into the house when I leave the patio doors open!

Having said that a fox wandered into my neighbours house and up the stairs as well…Think it was after her chihuahua…

]]> By: torie http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4344 torie Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:00:30 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4344 Christian, I think you may have a point. My boyfriend and I keep trying to entice more birds to our garden, we have a range of feeders, all different types, different foods and spread out over our patch but so far with little sucess. We live in hope that one day we'll get one of those wild parrots which the BBC reported are living in south London, apparently they've been spotted in Peckham. Christian, I think you may have a point. My boyfriend and I keep trying to entice more birds to our garden, we have a range of feeders, all different types, different foods and spread out over our patch but so far with little sucess.

We live in hope that one day we’ll get one of those wild parrots which the BBC reported are living in south London, apparently they’ve been spotted in Peckham.

]]> By: Christian http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4336 Christian Wed, 31 May 2006 22:43:04 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4336 Or might it be bird lovers encouraging urban foxes? Kill a lot of birds these cats. No offence... Or might it be bird lovers encouraging urban foxes? Kill a lot of birds these cats. No offence…

]]> By: eusebiovic http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4333 eusebiovic Wed, 31 May 2006 21:02:09 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4333 Around where I live (by Ruskin Park) we have a troublesome fox who has been terrorising all the pets recently - I think he's killed a cat or two as well - which is a shame because a lot of cats around here like my garden because it has a lot of shade and I've become quite used to their presence there even though they are not mine - hope he doesn't do anything to my favorite - the bloodthirsty git that he is - I'm sure country folk are releasing them here just to piss us urbanites off... Around where I live (by Ruskin Park) we have a troublesome fox who has been terrorising all the pets recently — I think he’s killed a cat or two as well — which is a shame because a lot of cats around here like my garden because it has a lot of shade and I’ve become quite used to their presence there even though they are not mine — hope he doesn’t do anything to my favorite — the bloodthirsty git that he is — I’m sure country folk are releasing them here just to piss us urbanites off…

]]> By: Dagmar http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4330 Dagmar Wed, 31 May 2006 19:54:59 +0000 http://www.camberwellonline.co.uk/blog/2006/05/camberwell-wildlife/#comment-4330 I was in Lucas Gardens with my 3-year-old girl Rosie recently and fell into conversation with a mum who had something to say, which was unususal in itself. She lives near the top of Shenley Road and said that a fox had taken the family guinea pig AND rabbit. We have a big mouse problem in our flat. Their skeletons are very delicate and incredibly interesting. Their ribcages are like lace. I was in Lucas Gardens with my 3-year-old girl Rosie recently and fell into conversation with a mum who had something to say, which was unususal in itself. She lives near the top of Shenley Road and said that a fox had taken the family guinea pig AND rabbit.

We have a big mouse problem in our flat. Their skeletons are very delicate and incredibly interesting. Their ribcages are like lace.

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