rare not by species but location, some animals are now taking up residence in unusual locations like in the cities, i saw a very pleasant sight of an otter early one morning at Kingsbury Water Park near Birmingham, a Peregrine in Birmingham city centre, Great Crested Newts in an old pond near Harborne Birmingham, in an age when people want to flee the cities wildlife is doing the opposite and moving into them, Muntjac deer have now moved right into the cities and deer in general have become very common, when i was a lad over forty years ago i only saw Buzzards when i was taken to Wales but now they are incredibly common and i have seen them at Sandwell Valley in West Bromwich, also a Kingfisher on the River Thame at Sandwell Valley as well as Grey Partridge in same location, the reverse to this is that in the countryside some aniimals are now sadly seen less often, hares are less abundant and while red-legged partiridge are everywhere the native grey partridge has become a scarce sight, where i live the lapwing has become less common as well as the skylark, it used to be a joy listening to the skylark singing and trying to spot it in the sky, it's a rare sight and sound now sadly.
