Ten creatures I have seen in or from the house

1. A buzzard. On an absurdly lightweight young oak tree opposite the front door, that trembled when it swooped away (day before yesterday). 
2. Stink bugs (or pentatomoidea). They are gathered in clumps in the shutters of the windows, keeping close to the house's warmth. They make an almighty racket when they fly, like the drone of a helicopter. One landed on my head in the night recently and since then, I am less forgiving of their presence inside the house. I haven't smelt their stink yet, although am yet to deliberately provoke one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomoidea 
3. Green lacewings. I really like these ethereal creatures, like tiny dragons. There are dozens of them on the ceilings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopidae
4. Ladybirds. Last week there was a ladybird party on my bedroom outside windowsill - common or garden red with black spots, black with red spots, yellow with black and black with yellow spots. How pleasingly cosmopolitan I thought to myself.
5. Red squirrels. On the garden wall, in the trees above the river. I wonder if they are ever afraid of heights, whether you get squirrel daredevils and cowards. 
6. Dormice. I believe the European ones are bigger than the English ones. This blighter was about 8-10 cm long, scampering along the roof struts in the attic. We hear them sometimes at night, throwing a walnut down from the box and rolling it away to be enjoyed in a safe corner. 
7. Bats. They occasionally sleep on the insides of the shutters. Apparently we should put turpentine on the wood to keep them away, but for now we quite enjoy the vampiresque surprise they bring. 
8. Swallows. A chattering row of enthusiastic gossips are in residence on the phone wire outside the bedroom window all summer. I regretted their departure when we were inundated with mosquitoes in September. 
9. Lizards. Dozens of them. The pleasure of seeing them has yet to wear thin, despite their numbers. "Regarde, un lézard!!"...again. 
10. Other birds which I cannot identify. I know they are not starlings or sparrows, nor kingfishers nor blackbirds. But I don't know their name yet. Oh yes, I did see a woodpecker pecking from the kitchen window. They peck very loud you know.