Wallaby Sightings

Seen something out of the ordinary? We post the sightings in date order, the most recent at the top of the page.

"We have just returned from a holiday in the New Forest. On Tuesday evening at around ten o'clock I am almost certain the car headlights picked out a wallaby at the side of the road. This was on the Lymington to Brockenhurst road about half a mile from the station at Brockenhurst. Was I seeing things are is there a wallaby at large?!!!!

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"I just saw a wallaby in my garden. It is 10pm and dark dusk - I was doing some 'hedgehog watching' and suddenly a wallaby appeared moved quickly up and down the garden and into the flower border and then came down to the pond to drink. The pond is near the window I was watching from - and so although is was quite dark - I managed to see it reasonably clearly.

I live at Kingston, which is ~4 miles south of Canterbury.

Marian "

"I worked for Surrey Police for a number of years. There have been many reports of wallabies being seen in and around the commons of Woking, Surrey. Particularly the Horsell to Chobham Commons and along the Chobham Road, north of Woking. There was also a LION ! which used to be seen running on Chobham Common, until the butcher owner of the lion was told to stop exercising it there. Llama sightings in the town of Woking were frequent, the owner lived there and they often got out of his garden.

John Dunn, presently retired in Ramsgate."

"I'd just like to follow up the sighting by 'Simon' of a possibly wallaby on the North Downs by saying that such reports have been pretty frequent over the last few years.

There were many sightings of such animals in the Ashford area a year or so ago as some of these animals were kept in pens which, during the storm of '87 were destroyed enabling various escapees. I'd like to hear from anyone else who has seen strange, out of place animals in the Kent countryside, you'd be surprised what's out there! Many thanks

Neil Arnold - KENT BIG CAT RESEARCH - neilthemod1@blueyonder.co.uk"

On the 23rd March 2005, Due to operation stack on the M20 and the A20 being solid I drove home via the roads that follow the top of the North Downs. Just past Steed Hill on Flint lane towards West Street I came across a large furry animal thing, about 4 foot high at the side of the road. It then proceeded to hop away like a Kangaroo. A Wallaby? Certainly too big for a large Hare!

Simon"

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