Had a very odd sighting in my Brixham garden last week, on a wall next to an ornamental conifer. The attached (about 4-5 ins long) is apparently a Prickly Stick Insect from New Zealand-thanks to Mike L. for the ID, apparently they also occur (escapees of course) in Paignton but not sure how widespread they are. A new occurrence for me anyway although of course they are ideally suited to escape detection in conifers.
