Aww aww and aww...those three photos would make a really lovely picture for my wall in a set just as they are. Please very nicely?
Stef
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Was running a bit too close to comfort to some of these last night:
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Also saw a bird of prey, wings about a foot long, browny colour, but can't identify it unfortunately. Jumped out of a tree and glided after a couple of flaps.
Red Kite over Eldwick - 1st for me in this location!
Swifts are back in Addingham now in good numbers and I heard several chiff chaff and willow warbler on this morning's walk to the paper shop
LFF - is that one of the Chillingham wild cattle? I went to see them a couple of years ago, when we were staying in Alnwick for a couple of nights. Impressive beasties!
...or is it some other breed of oldy worldy cattle?
A Buzzard at very close quarters :w00t:
It attacked me this morning when I was climbing Castley Knotts on the Sedbergh Hills race route. First I heard was a swoosh above me and then as I climbed the hill it swooped closer and closer. I thought it was fun to start with till at the middle of the climb I glanced to my left and it was descending rapidly, undercarriage down and locked heading for my head. I dived to the ground and after it had passed managed a PB for the rest of the climb when it finally gave up.
The joys of fell running :rolleyes:
Thanks for the nice comments WC. It's been in the back of my mind for a while...trouble is wi' me, ideas like that tend to stay locked up for too long.
Hellish exciting problem to deal with! I can just imagine you sprinting off, lookin' behind you as you panic into a PB!