Today's Wildlife Encounter

[MickTor]

Seen 2 dead badgers and a dead baby rat and a dead pigeon this week.

[cyclops]

Seen 2 dead badgers and a dead baby rat and a dead pigeon this week.

sounds like we did the same route. ditto.

[dylan]

camping up at kielder,
saw osprey fishing,buzzard flying through the forest mid height,3 adders,2 lizards,poorly hedgehog,loads of red squirrels,too many small birds to mention.brilliant.

[IanDarkpeak]

Brilliant week in North Wales, so much seen including a sparrow hawk, lots of Buzzards, a pair of Jays, dippers and other small birds but the crowning glory was a huge adder at least 2ft long just sat on the path, It freaked the two girls out who I was leading as they stepped over it thinking it a twig. it went in to a hole in the wall before I could get my phone out. a real high light.

[wharfeego]

Screaming Swifts


Screaming Swifts by Andy Holden, on Flickr

[Derby Tup]

Lovely image Andy. Enjoy them while you can mind. They'll be off very soon for their winter holidays

[MickTor]

http://instagram.com/p/qq5flTCaPI/?modal=true
Picture of a fox cub on my allotment other morning. I was watching it from the shed for a wee while. Luckily my dog didn't know it was around or there would have been trouble!

[wharfeego]

Enjoy them while you can mind. They'll be off very soon for their winter holidays

Gargrave's sky is full of Swifts every evening, they make good spectator sport.

[Alf]

I found a Wood pigeon in the middle of the lane this morning when I was out on my mtb.
It couldnt put one leg in front of the other without falling over (a bit like me last night ). I managed to get it home riding one handed and then drove over to Greenmount wild bird hospital in Bury. They had half a dozen Swifts in. They were also feeding a one legged Barn owl with some mouse bits while I was there.

There used to be a bird sanctuary less than half a mile away from where I live. I regularly took injured birds to it that I found when out running. Unfortunately it had to close down as the neighbours complained about the noise I was grateful there was still one reasonably close.
https://www.facebook.com/GreenmountW...spital?fref=ts

[wharfeego]

I found a Wood pigeon in the middle of the lane this morning when I was out on my mtb.
It couldnt put one leg in front of the other without falling over (a bit like me last night ). I managed to get it home riding one handed and then drove over to Greenmount wild bird hospital in Bury. They had half a dozen Swifts in. They were also feeding a one legged Barn owl with some mouse bits while I was there.

There used to be a bird sanctuary less than half a mile away from where I live. I regularly took injured birds to it that I found when out running. Unfortunately it had to close down as the neighbours complained about the noise I was grateful there was still one reasonably close.
https://www.facebook.com/GreenmountW...spital?fref=ts

Good on yer Alf