My mother and I found a young chaffinch with a broken wing many years ago, my mother nursed it back to health but it couldn’t fly so she kept him he lived to be 16 and was completely grey when he eventually passed in his sleep.
I rescued a baby Robin looked after it till it could fly a and it lives in the garden and comes when whistle because he knows he gets dried meal worms!
That was very interesting. We have 3 foxes that visit our garden every evening, they are 3 years old. The mother was killed on the road nearby. When we moved to this house an old lady in the upstairs flat fed a herring gull and when she died we "inherited" the bird. It disappeared last year but we calculated it was at least 25 years old.
Not yet. I may go up at the weekend and check. I've been following Spawn Map on Twitter that tracks spawn sightings and they're getting closer, but I don't think they've reached us yet, but it won't be long.
A great one as usual .Not really surprised .Merely rather depressed the lot of the fox .Hearing how some have lived a long life it is often in captivity . This make me wonder were they really living or existing in a man made prison .Born to be free is my mentality .The only real surprise were the wood lice .Just goes to show .Oh and lizards made me happy .. All did . Thanks so much and have a great week ,👍 Best wishes from Berlin .. Helena 🌻
Thanks Helena. I agree about wild animals meant to be free but it does seem.a shame that they have such short lives in the wild compared to their real potential. Thanks as always and have a great week.
@@AShotOfWildlife Bizarre since hooded crows of which Berlin and Eastern Europe have many but are not persecuted and live much longer than carrion crows who are all too often shot by farmers.Scotland shoots hooded crows and so does Ireland .Indeed Cork once put a bounty for each bird shot ... Rather tragic The fox also is hunted ..Have a great week and look forward to your next video :)
Hi Helena. Love Berlin - such a beautiful city. My Grandfather was a Professor who taught at Berlin University, now the Humboldt, and my mother was born a Berliner. She used to go to the lakes with her friends and swim across to the islands. I wish I had asked her more about it as I don't know where those lakes are. We tried to find them on one of our visits to the City but got nowhere.
That's how nature works, no pity, no mercy, only the strong survive. We r the lucky ones to survive longer, but only through interference by modern medicine we reach that goal, which in turn makes us a pest and also a useless predator!
woodlouse use to be my pets in the 90s in my parents shed haha. I seen one inside my home and i loved it! let him run free. But ended up putting it outside on soil with rotted fruitt and flowers :)
They were my little friends when I was working in a woodyard making pallets for £3.50 an hour and depressed I hated that job. They were the only thing that brought me any sense of joy in the 4 years I worked there. I've liked them ever since. Sad, weird , but true!
Another super video from you. some interesting statistics in there,. Showcasing some very interesting animals. I look forward to seeing what you create next. 👍
Thanks mate. Earthworms were the most surprising for me too. I might do some more videos like this in the future, among my more regular content of course. Have a great rest of your week.
Great informative video. Just Last night, looking outside my window in Islington London I saw 2 fox cubs chasing each other and having a great time. When I looked out again in the morning one was dead, totally intact on the road. A crow was pecking at it. I felt really sad.
I get your sadness. Foxes had a den in the base of a couple of century old tree shared (and then legally protected) by neighbours in Leytonstone. Those fox cubs gamble where frogs, bats, spiders, a whole ecosystem survives around that one tree. We all need foxes and trees and all of life to live on with us in my sense of mine.
I have a great job, I work in security on a site on the edge of the Suburbs of Dublin and as a kid I used to live in a small town in North Wales, so I'm used to seeing lots of wildlife. So now at work I get to see Buzzards, Barn Owls, Foxes, Badgers, Hedgehogs, Frogs, the ubiquitous Rabbits and Hares and very occasionally, a Kestrel. I also occasionally get to see the occasional otter in the Liffey in the city centre (yup, in the city centre)- most people don't realize there are holts on both the East - (the docks) and the West (on an island by the last weir before the river becomes tidal at Islandbridge) ends of the river. I've seen otters from O'Connell, Ha'penny, Grattan, O'Donovan and Heuston Bridges.
I knew about the snake, but was surprised by the toad. I feel so sorry for the peacock butterfly. They are such beautiful animals that have a short life. I'm surprised you didn't mention wasps, most of whom die within a year, but some overwinter and can live up to three years.
I love watching this wild life series and I love the animals and birds that it talks about. I grew up during WWII In the Yorkshire countryside. I knew all the birds and animals and their habits. I'm sorry to say, I shot all 'food' animals, rabbits, pheasants, wood pigeons, etc, due to the food shortages. I could get for five rabbits the same as what I earned for one week's work. I couldn't hurt a fly now, as the saying goes. It's good the many species have grow in number. Kids today, not all, grow up not ever experiencing the wonders of nature. Keep up the good work.
That's amazing how long they can live if left unmolested. Always thought the Golden Eagle was the biggest bird of prey. You live and learn. Thanks for sharing.
I was very surprised at the life span of the Woodlouse. I've heard they taste similar to shrimp but wonder how when the shrimp get their taste from the sea? I had no idea our Grass Snakes were that big 👍🏻 Love the vids, Thanks. P.S I've lived where I am for 22 years. I'm in the North East of England. I'm fortunate to have many different species of birds visit my garden 😊 2 days ago, despite seeing Robins in my garden regularly over 20 years. I saw 2 Robins side by side on a branch 10ft away from my window. My phone was in another room. Probably my 1 and only chance to see if I could distinguish between a breading pair 🤦🏻♂️
Here is a question for you it appears that the larger the creature the longer the lifespan unless you are a dog where small dogs live much longer than large ones. Why is that?
Larger species live longer than smaller species. But smaller individuals in a species live longer than larger individuals in the same species (including humans.) Dogs are all the same species.
My foxy friend H has been visiting me for about 3 years now and I hope she continues for a long time as she's a lovely little thing. She brought her babies to meet me this year, the most confident of which is GB (greedy baby because he takes treats out of H's mouth) Oh and H stands for histrionic because she can be very loud when she's looking for her mate D (Dad).
Talking of lifespan, I look after a leopard gecko, a corn snake, and a royal python, all of which are over 25 years old. They are fit and well and will probably outlive me!
Hi Sean. Welcome to the channel. A lot of the footage in these list style videos is creative commons stuff. In the wildlife walks and longer type videos, its usually all my own footage. I'd love to film all for myself but I don't have the time at the moment.
A 40 year old Toad??? Thats crazy! Also I had no idea that Woodlice could live as long as 3 years; I think they are pretty horrible though. Great video, thanks for your effort.
The toad surprised me the most also! If you don't like the woodlice, you certainly shouldn't look up their giant, undersea cousins - the legendary Bathynomus Giganteus!
You mentioned the common lizard in this video, but it's relative, the slow worm can live for 40 years and the longest living one recorded made it to 54 years old.
It's a bit late so I'm not 100percent on this. However I wanted to respond before your comment got lost. I think the longest lived native mammal is the brandts bat, 41 years is the oldest I believe.
They are "property" of the crown and can only be eaten at exclusive restaurants. But if you spend a bit of time with mute Swans, you will quickly realise that they don't need protection. They are very intelligent animals and they can interpret your intentions. It takes a long time to earn their trust 😎
ITS so nice to see some one that makes a video about wild life uk with out killing it with a gum. it makes me so angery how little humans respect wildlife. an in fact any one other tham themselves
That life span has been reduced due to housing developments going ahead in full earnest to accommodate their imported booming populations without thought nor regard spared of the extinguishing impact on all our native species
My mother and I found a young chaffinch with a broken wing many years ago, my mother nursed it back to health but it couldn’t fly so she kept him he lived to be 16 and was completely grey when he eventually passed in his sleep.
I rescued a baby Robin looked after it till it could fly a and it lives in the garden and comes when whistle because he knows he gets dried meal worms!
Did he smoke a pipe?
Pipe?
I don't get it?
Thank you for including often overlooked but very important earthworms and woodlouse!
Thank you. I really wanted to include the widest variety of animals I could think of. Im glad you enjoyed it.
That was very interesting. We have 3 foxes that visit our garden every evening, they are 3 years old. The mother was killed on the road nearby. When we moved to this house an old lady in the upstairs flat fed a herring gull and when she died we "inherited" the bird. It disappeared last year but we calculated it was at least 25 years old.
Thanks Liam. Excellent as always.
Thanks Peter!
Great topic for a video. Hopefully, we'll see more like this in the future.
Cheers Mr Greg, its great to see you back in the realm of RUclips. Have you been to see if there's any spawn about yet?
Not yet. I may go up at the weekend and check. I've been following Spawn Map on Twitter that tracks spawn sightings and they're getting closer, but I don't think they've reached us yet, but it won't be long.
Thanks for your excellent and kind videos.
Thank you for watching them!
Disappointed the old butterfly isn’t around for to long Liam… Mole made me giggle. Lovely Vlog thank you.
Yeah, they're not around very very long. Cheers!
Wow awesome sharing. Liked it.
A great one as usual .Not really surprised .Merely rather depressed the lot of the fox .Hearing how some have lived a long life it is often in captivity . This make me wonder were they really living or existing in a man made prison .Born to be free is my mentality .The only real surprise were the wood lice .Just goes to show .Oh and lizards made me happy .. All did . Thanks so much and have a great week ,👍 Best wishes from Berlin .. Helena 🌻
Thanks Helena. I agree about wild animals meant to be free but it does seem.a shame that they have such short lives in the wild compared to their real potential.
Thanks as always and have a great week.
@@AShotOfWildlife Bizarre since hooded crows of which Berlin and Eastern Europe have many but are not persecuted and live much longer than carrion crows who are all too often shot by farmers.Scotland shoots hooded crows and so does Ireland .Indeed Cork once put a bounty for each bird shot ... Rather tragic The fox also is hunted ..Have a great week and look forward to your next video :)
Hi Helena. Love Berlin - such a beautiful city. My Grandfather was a Professor who taught at Berlin University, now the Humboldt, and my mother was born a Berliner. She used to go to the lakes with her friends and swim across to the islands. I wish I had asked her more about it as I don't know where those lakes are. We tried to find them on one of our visits to the City but got nowhere.
That's how nature works, no pity, no mercy, only the strong survive. We r the lucky ones to survive longer, but only through interference by modern medicine we reach that goal, which in turn makes us a pest and also a useless predator!
woodlouse use to be my pets in the 90s in my parents shed haha. I seen one inside my home and i loved it! let him run free. But ended up putting it outside on soil with rotted fruitt and flowers :)
They were my little friends when I was working in a woodyard making pallets for £3.50 an hour and depressed I hated that job.
They were the only thing that brought me any sense of joy in the 4 years I worked there. I've liked them ever since.
Sad, weird , but true!
Another super video from you. some interesting statistics in there,.
Showcasing some very interesting animals.
I look forward to seeing what you create next. 👍
Thank you. I'm not sure what's next up in terms of videos. I have a lot of stuff filmed but haven't started putting together anything yet. Cheers
I'm addicted, thanks lad.
Cheers mate!
Nice one Liam.
Some amazing facts on this - couldn’t believe the earthworms!!! And I was surprised at the Mute Swans
Great share mate 👍👍👍
Thanks mate. Earthworms were the most surprising for me too. I might do some more videos like this in the future, among my more regular content of course. Have a great rest of your week.
@@AShotOfWildlife And you Liam👍👍
Thanks for putting this video together Mate, I really enjoyed it !
Cheers, Im glad you enjoyed it!
What a great informative video, cheers 👍
Thank you!
Great video Liam and some surprising numbers, the toad particularly.
Cheers. I knew toads lived for a long time and think anecdotally they can make it beyond 40 years but there's no hard evidence for that yet.
Wow, great video. Very interesting.
Have a nice evening, Jacq 👋
Thank you :)
Fantastic video thanks
Great video, well done, more please
Very interesting video.
Really interesting. Thanks a lot for the video.
Excellent 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💕
Thank you!
Great informative video. Just
Last night, looking outside my window in Islington London I saw 2 fox cubs chasing each other and having a great time. When I looked out again in the morning one was dead, totally intact on the road. A crow was pecking at it. I felt really sad.
I get your sadness.
Foxes had a den in the base of a couple of century old tree shared (and then legally protected) by neighbours in Leytonstone.
Those fox cubs gamble where frogs, bats, spiders, a whole ecosystem survives around that one tree.
We all need foxes and trees and all of life to live on with us in my sense of mine.
I have a great job, I work in security on a site on the edge of the Suburbs of Dublin and as a kid I used to live in a small town in North Wales, so I'm used to seeing lots of wildlife. So now at work I get to see Buzzards, Barn Owls, Foxes, Badgers, Hedgehogs, Frogs, the ubiquitous Rabbits and Hares and very occasionally, a Kestrel. I also occasionally get to see the occasional otter in the Liffey in the city centre (yup, in the city centre)- most people don't realize there are holts on both the East - (the docks) and the West (on an island by the last weir before the river becomes tidal at Islandbridge) ends of the river. I've seen otters from O'Connell, Ha'penny, Grattan, O'Donovan and Heuston Bridges.
The eagle surprised me
Thanks! Interesting to know.
Cheers!
I like your presentation. Good video.
Gem of a channel , hope your subs keep growing.You deserve a lot more , and I'm sure they'll come.
I knew about the snake, but was surprised by the toad. I feel so sorry for the peacock butterfly. They are such beautiful animals that have a short life. I'm surprised you didn't mention wasps, most of whom die within a year, but some overwinter and can live up to three years.
Great video, thanks!
Cheers!
Fascinating stuff Liam.
great video
Woodlice are so cute close up
I love watching this wild life series and I love the animals and birds that it talks about. I grew up during WWII
In the Yorkshire countryside. I knew all the birds and animals and their habits. I'm sorry to say, I shot all 'food' animals, rabbits, pheasants, wood pigeons, etc, due to the food shortages. I could get for five rabbits the same as what I earned for one week's work. I couldn't hurt a fly now, as the saying goes.
It's good the many species have grow in number. Kids today, not all, grow up not ever experiencing the wonders of nature. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
Thank you very much!
Happy new year Liam. 👍
Happy new year, thanks for commenting this. I hope you have a great 2023!
That's amazing how long they can live if left unmolested. Always thought the Golden Eagle was the biggest bird of prey. You live and learn. Thanks for sharing.
I was very surprised at the life span of the Woodlouse. I've heard they taste similar to shrimp but wonder how when the shrimp get their taste from the sea?
I had no idea our Grass Snakes were that big 👍🏻
Love the vids, Thanks.
P.S I've lived where I am for 22 years. I'm in the North East of England. I'm fortunate to have many different species of birds visit my garden 😊
2 days ago, despite seeing Robins in my garden regularly over 20 years. I saw 2 Robins side by side on a branch 10ft away from my window. My phone was in another room. Probably my 1 and only chance to see if I could distinguish between a breading pair 🤦🏻♂️
Enjoyed the facts and footage, all really interesting! Thank you for this!
Thank you :)
Here is a question for you it appears that the larger the creature the longer the lifespan unless you are a dog where small dogs live much longer than large ones. Why is that?
Larger species live longer than smaller species. But smaller individuals in a species live longer than larger individuals in the same species (including humans.) Dogs are all the same species.
New subscriber. Watched a few of your videos. Very enjoyable. Thank you for sharing.
Proof that if you look after things, they last longer.
Excellent..... Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Your mising one very important one from the list...
The wild animal that is the CHAV.
Amazing stuff, the stag got me and the fox, plus the eagles.
Thank you!
Great video as always but you left out Ravens lol 😎
Interesting video Liam! Thanks for sharing and have a nice day! // Bertil.
My foxy friend H has been visiting me for about 3 years now and I hope she continues for a long time as she's a lovely little thing. She brought her babies to meet me this year, the most confident of which is GB (greedy baby because he takes treats out of H's mouth) Oh and H stands for histrionic because she can be very loud when she's looking for her mate D (Dad).
How nice. I've never been lucky enough to have garden fox visitors but maybe one day that'll change. How lovely for you to see the whole family.
Talking of lifespan, I look after a leopard gecko, a corn snake, and a royal python, all of which are over 25 years old. They are fit and well and will probably outlive me!
earthworms are interesting.
They are indeed. I am tempted to do a fact file just about them but getting the footage isn't very straightforward.
Great video well done
Thank you!
really interesting videos. thanks for these. subscribed now to see more. thanks.
Cheers. I hope you continue to enjoy the videos!
@@AShotOfWildlife thanks.. i'm sure i will.
great videos ,thanks
Hi Liam.
I've just come across your channel, so catching up. Have you shot all the footage in these videos? Or is there some stock footage in there?
Hi Sean. Welcome to the channel. A lot of the footage in these list style videos is creative commons stuff. In the wildlife walks and longer type videos, its usually all my own footage. I'd love to film all for myself but I don't have the time at the moment.
A 40 year old Toad??? Thats crazy! Also I had no idea that Woodlice could live as long as 3 years; I think they are pretty horrible though. Great video, thanks for your effort.
The toad surprised me the most also! If you don't like the woodlice, you certainly shouldn't look up their giant, undersea cousins - the legendary Bathynomus Giganteus!
Thanks again for sharing
Nice video, as someone who studies birds ,life spans are very varied , , certainly underestimated, as are fish ,
You mentioned the common lizard in this video, but it's relative, the slow worm can live for 40 years and the longest living one recorded made it to 54 years old.
I have a pet worm...somewhere I usually find him back in the lawn ...little scamp tryna escape
When they approach my chickens very short
Lovely video. What's is the longest living mammal native to the UK?
It's a bit late so I'm not 100percent on this. However I wanted to respond before your comment got lost. I think the longest lived native mammal is the brandts bat, 41 years is the oldest I believe.
Those women always get the best of the life expectancy. Deer things.
Not many of the creepy crawlies in my pocket matchbox at primary school managed to live very long.
Swan Muscles grow about a millimeter a year, I've found some over 100mm long and at least a century old. Amazing little creatures!
5:24
Make that the THIRD mammal.
Well spotted. I actually added stoats in late and must have forgot to change my script! Typical.
Surprised by the life span of the Woodlouse. I thought their life span would be just weeks.
Poor badgers. I'm always seeing their bodies at the side of roads 😢
Liam are Mute Swans protected and owned by the Crown in the UK?
They are "property" of the crown and can only be eaten at exclusive restaurants.
But if you spend a bit of time with mute Swans, you will quickly realise that they don't need protection.
They are very intelligent animals and they can interpret your intentions. It takes a long time to earn their trust 😎
Porcellio scaber was the woodlouse?
Interesting how a woodlouse can live longer than a butterfly.
Yes it is. I was surprised by how long earthworms can live as well.
At least a butterfly lives longer than a mayfly.
My patience is tested by the woodlice that I have to rescue from the bottom of my lavatory bowl.
I enjoyed the video, but am I the only one who needed the captions to understand English?
Slaters, who would have thought they live for 3 years.
What is the lifespan (in office) of a wild UK Prime Minister ?
I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that the oldest recorded common toad would far outlive the oldest recorded red deer...
A very good video giving out interesting facts. Unfortunately the spoken grammar became a nuisance such as"wiv" "fawt" throughout.
6.9 kilos white tailed eagle is that right?
Yes, for a very large female bird.
Badgers life in UK 1 year by massive culls, I bet its rare they live longer than 3 years nowdays unless not near farm land
We have badgers visiting our garden. We see new cubs each year, I wonder if I’ve watched previous babies grow up and breed.
ITS so nice to see some one that makes a video about wild life uk with out killing it with a gum. it makes me so angery how little humans respect wildlife. an in fact any one other tham themselves
Thousands of Barn Owls kept as pets?
Owls in general are popular as pets,dont know how common here in the uk though
That life span has been reduced due to housing developments going ahead in full earnest to accommodate their imported booming populations without thought nor regard spared of the extinguishing impact on all our native species
Under my big shoes a woodlice life is cut short very quickly
Why would you not say thirty instead of firty when your on RUclips. It’s awful
Feel three to make your own video with perfect English.
@@AShotOfWildlife well said Liam. Don't let the bastards put you down!
How rude.
Why would you write your and not you're.
People in glass houses .
@@paulwarner5674 don't scroll down in these comments. You'll be here all day lol.
What a bout Red squirrels