•  Red Deer​

  • Wild boar

  • Roe Deer - their eerie barking often heard

  • Porcupine

  • Squirrels 

  • Hare

  • Bats of various sorts

  • Fox

  • Wolf - rare, but about once a year we hear a pack moving through the valley below. A fantastic and other-worldly sound. Recently my new trail camera captured a lone wolf only meters from our door! 

  • Pine Marten

  • Badger

Wildlife

The valley and woods are teeming with wildlife which if you don't see you can often hear. 

  • Buzzard

  • Golden oriole

  • Nightingale

  • Various woodpeckers

  • Hoopoe

  • Bee-eater

  • Nightjar- the sound of hot Summer nights

  • Various owls

  • Cuckoo

  • Turtle Dove

  • Kestrel

  • Common lizard

  • Green lizard

  • Slow worm

  • Scorpion- common - best not to leave your clothes on the floor overnight! Sting not serious.

  • Snakes are present though not often seen and are always more frightened of us than we are of them. The following have been seen over the years;

  • Smooth snake

  • Whip snake

  • Viper

  •  Aesculapian snake.

But best of all are probably the fireflies. A magical and beautiful experience.  If you have never seen a Summer night flashing with fireflies you really should! Come in June for the best experience. The background photo of this page was taken by myself in late June 2024 from our outside dining table.