Ben M
Formerly pest control
could it have been a slow worm?
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Non Native Species In The Uk
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UKAPS
Last year I found a french house lizard in a plant pot, and we get hundreds of grey squirrels, which I shoot with my air rifle, I hate the things!
Ben M
Formerly pest control
i have the same problem with rabbits. the borders in our garden look like they have been shelled. we shoot billions of them, but they breed so fast. 
markandhisfish
comfortably numb
there was a pair of cattle egrets nested on a river in colchester last year .
gaz gun man
Fish Addict
Gosh no-ones posted on this thread for ages!
I can tell you now though..... I think guppies are getting hardier everyday and now they are getting released into the stream near me! I saw a guppy in the stream while trying to catch some shrimp for my smallest tank.
Caught it and it turns out it was FEMALE!! Big problem if guppies are getting released into the wild here! The stream is freezing so i don't know how it's surviving but it sure was it looked nice and healthy! I nearly brought it back to my house to put with mine but then decided against it.
Alessa x.
I can tell you now though..... I think guppies are getting hardier everyday and now they are getting released into the stream near me! I saw a guppy in the stream while trying to catch some shrimp for my smallest tank.
Caught it and it turns out it was FEMALE!! Big problem if guppies are getting released into the wild here! The stream is freezing so i don't know how it's surviving but it sure was it looked nice and healthy! I nearly brought it back to my house to put with mine but then decided against it.
Alessa x.
chesterscot
Fish Herder
they wont survive our winters anyway
scot
scot
What you saw is likely a minnow, a guppy in water that cold would die within the hour. Please stop taking animals from the wild, they'll just end up dead. If you find an animal, if you think it looks poorly, just leave it be, maybe help it across the road if its in the road, but otherwise, DO NOT TOUCH! Despite the best of intentions, you will only cause more harm than good.
chesterscot
Fish Herder
agreed ^^^
I didn't take it! I left it! It swam off! It went scaboosh! How many more ways do you want me to say it was left free?!?!
It went bye byes! It said bye!
And it was most definitely a GUPPY! I keep guppies and it had a red tail! It was pale with a red tail! WAAAAY to big for a minnow! About 2-3" long!
Alessa x.
It went bye byes! It said bye!
And it was most definitely a GUPPY! I keep guppies and it had a red tail! It was pale with a red tail! WAAAAY to big for a minnow! About 2-3" long!
Alessa x.
Was probably a baby perch. A guppy would be sluggish and die extremely quickly in English waters.
james_fish
Chuck, Leader Of Ze People.
I know of a few populations of Wallaby's in the British Isles, the biggest population are reported to be on the isle of man. Also in Southern England.
I have seen them in the wild in Australia but have never seen them myself over here.
I doubt you'd get a perch mixed up with a guppy.
James.
I have seen them in the wild in Australia but have never seen them myself over here.
I doubt you'd get a perch mixed up with a guppy.
James.
chesterscot
Fish Herder
stickle back same size and red and no one said anything about it been left free if it was a guppy you should of removed it as its non native anyway
scot
scot
WHAT DO I DO?!?!?! FIRST I GET TOLD LEAVE IT THEN I GET TOLD TAKE IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT NATURAL!!!!! I CAUGHT IT AGAIN TO TAKE A QUICK BUT THOROUGH LOOK AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A FEMALE GUPPY!!! IT WAS GUPPY SHAPED AND HAD A RED TAIL BUT NO OTHER COLOUR!
IT LOOKED LIKE THIS!!!
AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A FEMALE GUPPY!
Alessa x.
IT LOOKED LIKE THIS!!!
AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A FEMALE GUPPY!
Alessa x.
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