Today's Wildlife Encounter

[sore legs]

Early morning today a vixen with her 3 cubs in the street outside our house. 2 of her 3 cubs then decided to have a robust game of chase jumping in and out our front & side garden before continuing the game around and under a neighbour's car.

I love foxes.

[Latege]

A swan sitting on no less than nine eggs in the middle of a disused section of the Bury-Bolton-Manchester canal - actually, I suppose it was standing on the edge of the nest, otherwise I wouldn't have seen the eggs.

They've hatched! :thumbup: All nine cygnets sitting happily with the parents in a reed bed near the nest.

[bigfella]

Deer crossing the road in Curbar this morning, just missed hitting it with the car, will try harder next time, quite facncy a bit of venison.

[Grouse]

Surprised and pleased to see a couple of oyster catchers near a res in Glossop, a buzzard on the same run and (heard but not seen) a woodpecker a couple of days back, oh and a deer near Longdendale reser. I see the hares have got their summer outfits pretty much.

[wharfeego]

They've hatched! :thumbup: All nine cygnets sitting happily with the parents in a reed bed near the nest.

Great news!

[wharfeego]

Today's Lapwing


Today's Lapwing by Andy Holden, on Flickr

[Alf]

I got a bit too close to a couple of Canada Geese on the Naden middle reservoir today when I was running along a narrow path. They had 3 goslings who looked to be recently hatched. One of the geese gave me a right old hiss.

[molehill]

This morning I was having breakfast and a Goshawk flew past my window and landed on the bank - think it swooped on my pen of Quail :w00t:. We've only had the Quail a week and they are securely penned in, luckily. Was about 10m away from the window for a couple of minutes whilst we watched it through the binocululars - sitting on my plank bridge over the steam.

Enough excitement for one day, this place will take some getting used to.

[that_fjell_guy]

I'm pretty sure I got 'stalked' by a Goshawk once!! It was pretty scary, it wouldnt let it lie!!!! I had just dropped down to a farm below The Calf in the Howgills and I could hear what i think were their chicks in the woods! Mr Goshawk sat on a fence watching Mrs Goshawk give me a very hard time!

[Steph]

Ptarmigan toyed with me on the Sron nam Forsairean ridge on my way up Ben More, tried again on the way back down but couldn't get any closer.

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