Leeds Central Wildlife

[Croggy1]

My dd and I saw a fox a couple of nights ago trotting up our street in front of us!

[raveydavey]

Croggy1 wrote: My dd and I saw a fox a couple of nights ago trotting up our street in front of us! They certainly seem to be getting bolder. Seen a couple around here (or is it the same one several times?), hear the noisy things now and then too!

[stutterdog]

Leodian wrote: That's an interesting sight Jon. I've read that deer are becoming a pest in some parts of the country but I've hardly ever seen any genuinely wild ones during walks in the countryside. There are many in Harewood Estate near Weardley and some are wild in the sense that they roam free in the woods and could get away, but they will be farmed to some extent. I think I must scare animals away as I see very few rabbits nowadays and have not seen a live hedgehog in years. I've also not seen a live fox in years but do occasionally see dead ones at the side of roads (such as Scott Hall Road near the playing fields).     I was driving up Woodhall Rd Calverley last Winter when a deer shot across the road in front of me from a field just before the houses at the top of the hill. I don't know how I managed to miss it! This was also the first time I've seen a wild deer in 70 years! A question now! Given that wild salmon have not been present in the Aire for a century because the river has been badly polluted, and that they head for the place they are born or are hatched.Why do they try to get there when they have no history of being present in the upper reaches for so very long? I know they have been seen for quite a few years since the river was cleaned up.I'm talking about the 100years prior to this.