r/UKecosystem • • May 27 '25

Sighting Elephant hawk moth

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Saw somebody else post one they'd seen so I thought id add this one that I saw chilling in my roller shutter at work a while back.


r/UKecosystem • • May 13 '25

Fauna Has anyone seen a squirrel this obese?!

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r/UKecosystem • • Jun 13 '25 This

Sighting Snake in my pond

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Hi all , very long snake in my garden pond . Recently all my tapoles have started forming into small frogs , is this why this is here ?? Also I tried to handle it and it tried to strike me 2 times , is it an adder ? Is it venomous??


r/UKecosystem • • Jun 06 '25

ID please Just caught this in my garden, is it a slow worm?

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r/UKecosystem • • May 28 '25

Sighting Saw this the other day

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Never seen a butterfly with a pattern like this before, didn’t know what it was at first.


r/UKecosystem • • Jun 14 '25

Sighting White-clawed Crayfish (endangered in the UK)

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Spotted in fowlmere nature reserve in Cambridgeshire. The area which was formerly used for watercress cultivation, has been under RSPB protection since the 70’s. One of my favourite places to go for a bit of peace and quiet.


r/UKecosystem • • Jun 01 '25

Sighting Had a lime green hawk moth land on me last night!

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They are huge!

After the video it hopped off my arm and sat in a leaf in a hedge it was really cool to see up close.


r/UKecosystem • • Jun 09 '25 This

Sighting Had the fright of my life yesterday. Playing football with my son and the ball went into the overgrown grass , as I bent down to get the ball I was greeted with a HUGE striped yellow spider .. can’t find anything online that’s UK native ..is it venomous?? What is it …

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It’s something I have never seen before in the UK . My son expressed “ maybe it come out a bunch of bananas “ looks very menacing.. sorry for picture quality ( I was petrified haha)I do have a video but I won’t let me post ??


r/UKecosystem • • May 16 '25

Sighting Hello there

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Didn't seem to care about humans 😊 Rough looking fella though


r/UKecosystem • • May 23 '25

Fauna Found an Elephant Hawkmoth basking in the sun whilst I was gardening

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r/UKecosystem • • Jun 03 '25

Sighting Just caught this at my front door , is it a snake ????

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Looks like a snake but moves strange , put it in a bucket and released over the field


r/UKecosystem • • Nov 07 '21

Question Found a baby hedgehog, what should I do?

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r/UKecosystem • • May 09 '25

Sighting Coming of age

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Peacefully coming of age


r/UKecosystem • • Sep 26 '21

ID please Any ideas what this fellow is? 2 inches long. Moves in sharp sudden movements.

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r/UKecosystem • • Jan 11 '22

Sighting I posted this little fella that I found yesterday in r/birdpics and they said it might be appreciated here, so enjoy my pics of a Pied Wagtail

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r/UKecosystem • • Jun 13 '25

Sighting Update on the snake in my pond !

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It’s eating probably 70% of my smaller koi , I watched him on two occasions strike and eat whole large frogs , in the video update you can see he had not long swallowed a fish and has a large bulge not far from the head , spends 1-2 hours in the pond hunting the smaller spawn frogs and fish then retreats back to a ivy bush , come in and out all throughout the day , should I remove the fish till it’s gone ? Or is it nesting int he bush ??


r/UKecosystem • • Aug 19 '21

Sighting I posted this on r/whatsthisbug and was told you guys might appreciate it. A giant woodwasp in my garden in Scotland.

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r/UKecosystem • • Jul 10 '25

Sighting I've never seen this bird before, so so cool

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What seemed like a parent with two juveniles flying around tree to tree at the park


r/UKecosystem • • Jul 03 '22

Sighting My 'welcome to the UK' ambassador badger - description in comments

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r/UKecosystem • • Mar 11 '21

Discussion The Eurasian lynx was hunted to extinction in the UK and lynxuk.org want to reintroduce them back into our countryside. I say COOL

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r/UKecosystem • • Feb 19 '26

Question UK Rainforest

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Was interested to know how many species of moss an lichen were making this hawthorn branch their home. From a sodden Lancashire.


r/UKecosystem • • Jul 30 '21

ID please Anyone have any idea what kind of rodent this could be? Unfortunately I think I captured it in its final hours.

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r/UKecosystem • • Jun 03 '26

Sighting Second glow worm I’ve found over the past year

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Just see them outside my house! The camera doesn’t do it justice they glow very bright I live in the south west of England was wondering if these are common?


r/UKecosystem • • Jun 21 '22

Sighting First time seeing Verbascum nigrum and a mullein moth caterpillar in the wild

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r/UKecosystem • • Jun 02 '26

Sighting First badger I've seen that isn't on the roadside

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