I sit outsie in the sun as well of course but at night everything is peaceful and still. I once saw an owl land on our fence, absolutely silent when it landed, like a ghost, beautiful thing but I couldn't tell what kind it was due to the dark. Occasionally I hear a hegehog or something snuffling around, and once a fox scared the living hell out of me when it jumped the fence. I think the weirdest thing are the dros, suddenly seeing this ting sort of hopping along when you're not expecting it lol.
Unfortunately even though it's not a big city I live in, and I do live on the very ege of it, the light pollution is still really bad. It's actually bad all over the UK, very few clear spots. Only seen the stars in their full glory a couple of times, once in Scotland and on a ferry in the middle of the Irish sea. Wonderful when you see the full thing.