First up there’s the squirrels

Do you ever see wild animals?

First up there’s the squirrels

We see them every day

Competing with the garden birds

For seeds we have left out.

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I can see a nuthatch now

It’s feeding upside down.

Soon there’ll be goldfinches

And blackbirds on the ground.

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There’ll be loads of pigeons

Feral parakeets.

Blue tits, great tits, coal tits

All of those will come.

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Greater spotted woodpecker

He will come along.

Starlings, magpies, robin

Red Kites in the sky.

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Sometimes there’s a Heron

Comes to get our fish.

We’ve even had a sparrow hawk

Drop down from the sky.

Occasionally in dark of night

An owl up in the tree.

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And don’t forget the swans,

the ducks and other river birds

We are near the River Thames

And see them all the time.

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Sometimes in the garden

More often in the street

We will see an urban fox

In search of stuff to eat.

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Foxes are quite fearless

And will not run away

They will simply stare at you

And then just slink away.

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We’re near to Windsor Great Park

And see a lot of deer.

Mostly larger roe deer

But sometimes muntjac too.

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Then of course there’s rodents

Hope not to see a rat

But often there are field mice

Or perhaps a vole.

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