A Martian in Woking (Photo by Colin Smith ) This is a metal sculpture, based on H G Well’s book ‘The War of the Worlds’
Dear Readers, you might read a lot in the UK papers about ‘invasive aliens’, but would you recognise one if you tripped over it? Below are photos of some of the animals that the UK government is getting most worked up about. Most of the larger animals have been deliberately introduced into ponds or gardens or private wildlife collections, but have found the UK very much to their liking. The invertebrates are a bit more audacious, and have turned up without any invitation at all! Climate change is making our environmental conditions more conducive to many creatures, so who knows what will turn up next?
Answers in the comments by 5 p.m. UK time next Friday please (17th September), and the answers will be posted on Saturday 18th. I will hide your answers as soon as I see them, but write them down first before you open the comments if you’re easily influenced (like me).
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I am bowing out of this one, but have to say how strange it is to see our Egyptian Goose making itself at home in the UK. They are fiercely territorial birds and woe betide any others wanting to ‘invade’ their chosen breeding territory! You have often commented on the Rose-ringed Parakeets seen during your regular walks – always a surprise to me.
Yep the Egyptian geese are very feisty…..