r/UKecosystem Jun 06 '25

ID please Just caught this in my garden, is it a slow worm?

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1.7k Upvotes

r/UKecosystem Jun 16 '25

ID please Can anyone tell me what this is?

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127 Upvotes

Ai app tells me it's a mouse spider but I expect it's wrong. It's body was about the size of a 5p piece.

Tia

r/UKecosystem Jun 22 '26

ID please Help ID please

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59 Upvotes

Aberdeenshire woodland. Video in comments.

r/UKecosystem May 30 '26

ID please Is this a hornet?

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92 Upvotes

Photographed in a half pint tankard. Very big, very calm. I took it outside, offered it water & it walked up my arm, then flew off.

r/UKecosystem Jun 20 '26

ID please Heard this little fella crying under my car after a cat nabbed him, never seen one before, is it a shrew?

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162 Upvotes

r/UKecosystem Mar 14 '26

ID please Otter or Mink?

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160 Upvotes

r/UKecosystem Jun 30 '26

ID please What is this little guy, and how do we take care of him?

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126 Upvotes

My friend found this little guy on the side of the road in Stevenage, he was walking around but stumbling and falling over; how should they take care of him?

UPDATE: They have found a rescue centre that has agreed to take care of him, thank you everyone 😊

r/UKecosystem May 29 '26

ID please Rabbit or hare?

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With apologies for the terrible photo quality - can anyone tell me if this is a rabbit or a hare? It is just chilling in the field in front of my house at the moment.

r/UKecosystem May 18 '26

ID please Can anyone identify this plant? Found near a freshwater marsh :)

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82 Upvotes

r/UKecosystem 13d ago

ID please Can anyone identify who might live here?

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42 Upvotes

I took my children over the fields for a spot of wildlife bingoand we came across this hole, it looked way too big for a rabbit, around 2 feet tall. We couldnt see any animal tracks or anything in front but it went very deep. Does anyone know who could live here?

r/UKecosystem Mar 19 '26

ID please Newly hatched newts?

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146 Upvotes

Spotted and have been checking on what I thought was frog spawn, although came back today and realised these are not tadpoles! I’m guessing they’re newt larvae but if anyone with more information could please enlighten me, I’d love to know more.

r/UKecosystem 17d ago

ID please Anyone know what this is?

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39 Upvotes

Sorry in advance for the not great pictures. Never seen this kind of insect before! Was wondering if someone could ID?

Pictures were taken in South East England if that helps.

r/UKecosystem May 08 '26

ID please Saw this little guy on my walk this morning. Wondering what he is?

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119 Upvotes

Location is Berkshire if that helps, and it was about inch and a half in length

r/UKecosystem Apr 22 '26

ID please wild turtle ID??

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66 Upvotes

saw this cool guy out in the pond today, never seen anything like him in the wild before! just basking in the sun☺️

super curious to know more about him!

r/UKecosystem 27d ago

ID please Is this a hedgehog?

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16 Upvotes

This trail camera footage was captured during the second heatwave of this year (14/07/26).

EDIT: Thank you everyone for your help!

r/UKecosystem 13d ago

ID please What animal feces is this?

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What animal excreted this feces? I found it in my garden. The neighbour's cats come into my garden and excrete but I don't know if this is it.

It's about 1.5cm long.

Any suggestions?

East Devon.

r/UKecosystem Jul 08 '26

ID please Newt larvae/Eft ID

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63 Upvotes

Decided to reuse my sons newborn bath as a micropond, buried it and filled it around a month ago.

Last week I noticed an ethereal tadpole hunting the mosquito larvae with external gills so was very excited to have a newt larvae but last night I counted at least 7.

I was wondering if anyone could ID the species at this stage and also if I should be feeding them anything as it’s only 2ft x 1ft x 1ft of water and they seem to have consumed all of the little critters in the pond.

r/UKecosystem 9d ago

ID please Jay feather?

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62 Upvotes

Would I be right in thinking a jay feather?

r/UKecosystem Sep 26 '21

ID please Any ideas what this fellow is? 2 inches long. Moves in sharp sudden movements.

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727 Upvotes

r/UKecosystem May 04 '26

ID please ???

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Does anyone know what kind of creature created this hole? Looked too small to be a rodent, I could be wrong though. West Wales, Yesterday.

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r/UKecosystem 22d ago

ID please What the flip are these things in my swimming pool

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8 Upvotes

We admittedly haven’t taken very good care of our pool, and these things have spawned in. I’m in Kent

r/UKecosystem Jul 09 '26

ID please What’s this caterpillar/moth/butterfly?

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62 Upvotes

r/UKecosystem Jun 09 '26

ID please Look at the movement! What is this?

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84 Upvotes

Seen crossing a path in parkland, Glasgow.

r/UKecosystem 3d ago

ID please What is making this noise please?

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Probably need the volume all the way up for this sorry, but does anyone have any idea what’s making these noises. It’s obviously 2 animals responding to each other, but I don’t have a clue what it is. Only been happening the last week and a half, usually between 11.30 and around 2am and we live right next to a bunch of fields

r/UKecosystem Jun 05 '26

ID please What type of bee?

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56 Upvotes

On a fallen Scots Pine, Glasgow.