Recommend going for the European marsh toad. It’s not native to the Uk and I believe you can only get them in the Rainham area of the UK. They aren’t difficult to find as they are pretty large. Edit- also could you make content on the species of animals that are naturally coming over due to climate change. Little egrets, cattle egrets and great egrets are all natural colonisers, as well as the collared dove, European honey buzzard, black winged stilt, bee-eater and the spoonbill.
@@Revelationscreation There are many species of invertebrates moving in to more Northern latitudes, coming from continental Europe to UK as a result of increasing atmospheric temperatures. Exponential globalisation is another key factor with the import of ornamental or agricultural plants into the UK. A beetle (The Great Capricorn Longhorn) that was thought to be extinct for thousands of years in Britain has now been recorded in the UK, it its native habitat is orchards in central and Southern Europe and it likely arrived in the UK by importing fruit trees. A new order of insects (like flies, butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers etc) the webspinners (Embioptera) the first in over 100 years, were found in the roots of an orchid at a RHS Garden in Surrey. The most invasive species globally is the Harlequin lady bird which arrived in 2003 from either Europe or USA as aphid pest control agent. If he managed to find The New Forest cicada, which is now presumed extinct and hasn't been seen for over 20 years that would be amazing but highly unlikely. I have a guide book from the 80's which have list silver pheasants, along with golden pheasants, lady Amherst, Reeve's pheasants. I have seen golden pheasants the wild and lady amherst in a wildlife park, and but would want to know if the UK still has wild breeding populations of Reeves or Silver pheasants. Hoopoes, bee-eaters and rollers are beautiful birds. In fact some years a second rarer species of bee-eater (The blue cheeked bee-eater) has been recorded nesting in the UK, rather than the more commonly spotted Eurasian bee-eater. The Eurasian roller, and the hoopoe would be great finds also. I have only seen Hoopoes while on holiday in Spain.
Great video with quality content! Love what yourself and Jacob have been doing together and what you are doing to for the UK, inspiring people to get out and see the vast amount of wildlife we have to offer here.
Not an anomaly, but I remembered when my brother caught a praying mantis in southern France. Didn’t realise we had native mantises in Europe. First time I ever held a mantis. Also recently had my first European pond turtle, the only native turtle I’ve ever seen in a random pond near some fields.
@@WildlifeWithCookie no, it was in France. Sadly we don’t get them in the UK. However, if you are after terrapins- London is great for them. There’s about 4 which live in a small pond near friern bridge retail park.
In NZ our native Mantis has been largely usurped by the bigger and more varied colouration South Africa Mantis. I thought I hadn't seen stick insects since I saw them in Titirangi, these were much bigger specimens than in this vid, possibly Rough ones from memory- both green & brown. However I think more recently a year or two I may have seen juveniles even smaller than these ones in the vid - that I put down to being very young baby SA mantises, which I also see. It might be 30yrs since I've seen a native NZ mantis which has a purple blue 'ear'? on its praying/preying foreleg. I used to find dozens on one tree in Manurewa, which is incidentally exactly Antipodal?/Antipodes to Seville in Spain.
Great video!! Ive always found introduced species like this quite interesting. Here in spain we got (or maybe had) introduced coatis in the balearics, i am not sure if they are still present however. You should come down and go look for our (arguably more interesting than the introduced) native fauna! 5 vulture species, tons of raptors, lynx, wolf, ibex, euro mink, desman, many many interesting birds (check out spanish imperial eagle, duponts lark, european roller, iberian magpie, and northern bald ibis!) marshes with thousands of flamingos (with 1 or 2 lesser flamingos in there sometimes), waders and other waterbirds... Can't miss it ;)
Really cool to see these in the UK. Have seen my very own anomaly recently in the form of four Black-bellied whistling duck that are living wild on a pond near me. Seen them twice this year, once in February and once about a month ago, but they are not always there, both times in my home town. Then there is the melanistic Mallard duck (which I've seen) and Leucistic Squirrel (which I missed seeing on Saturday) that are both present in the next town over. Only missed the Squirrel because I was on the wrong side of the car, but now that I know where it hangs out I will be going in search of it with my camera again at the weekend.
What if Persian Lions, also called 'Asiatic Lions in India, and under the New 2017 Scientific Name, is Panthera leo leo' were Re-Introduced to Bulgarian side of the Rhodope Mountains, alongside, Wolves, Vultures, Foxes, Brown Bears, and Jackals, Once Upon A Time, Lions roamed parts of the Balkan Peninsula. Excavations show that the last Persian Lions were spotted in Bulgaria somewhere around the 3rd or 4th century BC. And while Lions were not around to witness the birth of Bulgaria or its struggles, Historical sources show that the Lion was an invariable companion of Bulgarians. As a Symbol, over time, the image of the Lion gradually replaces other Animals used by the Bulgars, among others, the Snake and the Eagle. Images of Lions are also found on Ancient Tablets discovered during excavations, on various Monuments and Columns, and the famous Madara Rider, an Early Medieval large Rock Relief carved on the Madara Plateau, East of Shumen, in Northeastern Bulgaria. Historically, Lions went Extinct in Bulgaria, and there are no confirmed Modern records of Lion presence in the Country, some say the Lions that still live in India, are much quite as the same as Lions that once were living in Bulgaria. What do you think? 🦁 🇧🇬 🏞
I never appreciated the massive diversity of creatures great and small which we had in South Africa until I came to live in the UK. So few animals left and the small Cape Peninsula has more plant and flower species than the whole of the Brirish Isles!
Interesting they came on imported plants and not as released pets. I found a non native jumping spider H. adandoni on my house plants which I kept in a viv for a few months - it eventually escaped! I always check my plants for hitchhikers, amazing what people find.
I visited Mexico in September and our hotel was over run by coatimundi and I recently found out apparently they are here in the uk aswell in Cumbria … could be worth an episode ?
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Recommend going for the European marsh toad. It’s not native to the Uk and I believe you can only get them in the Rainham area of the UK. They aren’t difficult to find as they are pretty large.
Edit- also could you make content on the species of animals that are naturally coming over due to climate change. Little egrets, cattle egrets and great egrets are all natural colonisers, as well as the collared dove, European honey buzzard, black winged stilt, bee-eater and the spoonbill.
You should do a collaboration with @wildyourgardenwithjoelashton
@@Revelationscreation There are many species of invertebrates moving in to more Northern latitudes, coming from continental Europe to UK as a result of increasing atmospheric temperatures. Exponential globalisation is another key factor with the import of ornamental or agricultural plants into the UK. A beetle (The Great Capricorn Longhorn) that was thought to be extinct for thousands of years in Britain has now been recorded in the UK, it its native habitat is orchards in central and Southern Europe and it likely arrived in the UK by importing fruit trees. A new order of insects (like flies, butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers etc) the webspinners (Embioptera) the first in over 100 years, were found in the roots of an orchid at a RHS Garden in Surrey. The most invasive species globally is the Harlequin lady bird which arrived in 2003 from either Europe or USA as aphid pest control agent. If he managed to find The New Forest cicada, which is now presumed extinct and hasn't been seen for over 20 years that would be amazing but highly unlikely. I have a guide book from the 80's which have list silver pheasants, along with golden pheasants, lady Amherst, Reeve's pheasants. I have seen golden pheasants the wild and lady amherst in a wildlife park, and but would want to know if the UK still has wild breeding populations of Reeves or Silver pheasants. Hoopoes, bee-eaters and rollers are beautiful birds. In fact some years a second rarer species of bee-eater (The blue cheeked bee-eater) has been recorded nesting in the UK, rather than the more commonly spotted Eurasian bee-eater. The Eurasian roller, and the hoopoe would be great finds also. I have only seen Hoopoes while on holiday in Spain.
I'm from NZ and we have fantastic stick insects. We even kept some as pets. You should check out our tree weta.
same
Great video with quality content! Love what yourself and Jacob have been doing together and what you are doing to for the UK, inspiring people to get out and see the vast amount of wildlife we have to offer here.
Not an anomaly, but I remembered when my brother caught a praying mantis in southern France. Didn’t realise we had native mantises in Europe. First time I ever held a mantis. Also recently had my first European pond turtle, the only native turtle I’ve ever seen in a random pond near some fields.
Haha that's cool! That turtle, was that in the UK? I'd like to know more about that, I'm after them
@@WildlifeWithCookie no, it was in France. Sadly we don’t get them in the UK.
However, if you are after terrapins- London is great for them. There’s about 4 which live in a small pond near friern bridge retail park.
In NZ our native Mantis has been largely usurped by the bigger and more varied colouration South Africa Mantis.
I thought I hadn't seen stick insects since I saw them in Titirangi, these were much bigger specimens than in this vid, possibly Rough ones from memory- both green & brown.
However I think more recently a year or two I may have seen juveniles even smaller than these ones in the vid - that I put down to being very young baby SA mantises, which I also see.
It might be 30yrs since I've seen a native NZ mantis which has a purple blue 'ear'? on its praying/preying foreleg. I used to find dozens on one tree in Manurewa, which is incidentally exactly Antipodal?/Antipodes to Seville in Spain.
Great video!! Ive always found introduced species like this quite interesting. Here in spain we got (or maybe had) introduced coatis in the balearics, i am not sure if they are still present however.
You should come down and go look for our (arguably more interesting than the introduced) native fauna! 5 vulture species, tons of raptors, lynx, wolf, ibex, euro mink, desman, many many interesting birds (check out spanish imperial eagle, duponts lark, european roller, iberian magpie, and northern bald ibis!) marshes with thousands of flamingos (with 1 or 2 lesser flamingos in there sometimes), waders and other waterbirds... Can't miss it ;)
Really cool to see these in the UK.
Have seen my very own anomaly recently in the form of four Black-bellied whistling duck that are living wild on a pond near me. Seen them twice this year, once in February and once about a month ago, but they are not always there, both times in my home town.
Then there is the melanistic Mallard duck (which I've seen) and Leucistic Squirrel (which I missed seeing on Saturday) that are both present in the next town over.
Only missed the Squirrel because I was on the wrong side of the car, but now that I know where it hangs out I will be going in search of it with my camera again at the weekend.
What if Persian Lions, also called 'Asiatic Lions in India, and under the New 2017 Scientific Name, is Panthera leo leo' were Re-Introduced to Bulgarian side of the Rhodope Mountains, alongside, Wolves, Vultures, Foxes, Brown Bears, and Jackals, Once Upon A Time, Lions roamed parts of the Balkan Peninsula. Excavations show that the last Persian Lions were spotted in Bulgaria somewhere around the 3rd or 4th century BC. And while Lions were not around to witness the birth of Bulgaria or its struggles, Historical sources show that the Lion was an invariable companion of Bulgarians. As a Symbol, over time, the image of the Lion gradually replaces other Animals used by the Bulgars, among others, the Snake and the Eagle. Images of Lions are also found on Ancient Tablets discovered during excavations, on various Monuments and Columns, and the famous Madara Rider, an Early Medieval large Rock Relief carved on the Madara Plateau, East of Shumen, in Northeastern Bulgaria. Historically, Lions went Extinct in Bulgaria, and there are no confirmed Modern records of Lion presence in the Country, some say the Lions that still live in India, are much quite as the same as Lions that once were living in Bulgaria. What do you think? 🦁 🇧🇬 🏞
I never appreciated the massive diversity of creatures great and small which we had in South Africa until I came to live in the UK. So few animals left and the small Cape Peninsula has more plant and flower species than the whole of the Brirish Isles!
Interesting they came on imported plants and not as released pets. I found a non native jumping spider H. adandoni on my house plants which I kept in a viv for a few months - it eventually escaped! I always check my plants for hitchhikers, amazing what people find.
Brilliant stuff, you both are a breath of fresh air. Can't wait to see what strange animals you film next 😂😂😂
Thanks mate! Stay tuned for the next one :)
Somehow this video almost made me cry, your videos are so wholesome ❤
Ah thank you! Means a lot ❤️
St mawes looks a wonderful place 👍
It really is! Fully worth a visit, that whole area around Falmouth is lovely to be fair
I visited Mexico in September and our hotel was over run by coatimundi and I recently found out apparently they are here in the uk aswell in Cumbria … could be worth an episode ?
Of course another banger by my British forest galante, cookie
Haha thank you bro
Great video as always amazing how they survive in the UK think I recognise that bird sound at the end of the video cant wait to see that
We have stick insects in our garden very common here even though they're not native
I come from the Roseland peninsula in Cornwall, so I've grown up knowing that they are here ❤
What's the name of the millipede he was talking about?
ISLES OF SCILLY DID I HEAR
They are just too precious!