Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Recent wild life
The water in the New River is not usually clear but sometimes it is and here is what can be seen on those rare occasions:
Small dark slugs that live in the soil are the ones that can do so much damage to growing vegetables. I use nematodes to control them. We still see the big green ones that feed in the food waste bin and today, for the first time, I saw a leopard slug. I don't know what they eat but it was not near any food crops. Wikipedia tells me that these can grow to be 8 inches long but the one I saw was less than half that size.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Leopard Slugs live primarily off decaying matter but will also eat other species of slugs. As such they are more of a gardeners friend than enemy.
They also have one of the most extraordinary mating rituals. It’s worth looking up a video of it.
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Permalink Reply by paul on
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I work shifts and sometimes late night / early morning I see bats darting about above the new river - they're very difficult to actually see as they're small, fast and it's dark but they're there.....no chance of getting any pictures though for the same reasons
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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We have tiny Pipistrelle bats that roost in the space under the flat roof at the back of our house. I’ve only seen them a handful of times over the years (an neighbour’s cat used to sit in the garden and stare at the air vent they exited from) but can often hear them moving round as they get ready to fly out for the evening.
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Permalink Reply by Pat Devereaux on
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Hi Dick I read this week that leopard slugs eat other slugs so good to keep them in your garden.
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