saw a dipper on the river aire near to shipley for the first time,the river must really be getting clean
saw a dipper on the river aire near to shipley for the first time,the river must really be getting clean
Great news!
Poacher turned game-keeper
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
It was clutching a compass in its talons
How many flaps per 100m...
A huge fox today, front half red and the rear half more a greyish-brown.
Hummingbird hawk moth in the garden today. I've not seen one before. It spent a few minutes on the Erysimums before harvesting the trailing lobelia. Lovely.
Here's some footage of one flying. Not from me of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPsD9PVDkiI
What is it with wasps at this time of year? I was cycling home from work yesterday when one landed on my arm and immediately stung me.
I was marshalling the juniors recently at Lantern Pike, an U8 girl came past me and said "I've just been stung by a wasp - and it really hurt" - it was still stuck to her arm and it took me 3 attempts to brush it off. A minute later an adult came along with his child, and he'd just been stung as well!
To change the subject, we were sat having tea on Tuesday when a Sparrowhawk landed on the table on the patio. It was clearly eyeing up the sparrows in the Pyracantha growing up the wall. It flew across, into the shrub and started making its way through the branches. Its wings were getting tangled and I thought it had no chance of catching a small, agile bird. Sure enough, out it hopped a few seconds later with a House Sparrow clutched in its talons. Fascinating stuff!
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These Golden Plover are back for the winter.
Came across an otter yesterday on the shore outside our house. It was tangled in fishing line that some idiot had tied to a rock. It was about ten metres off shore just looking at me. I did my best and cut the line. It swam off.
Nothing as sexy as an otter or sparrowhawk but a sheep. It was quite strange, the sheep was stood on top of Edale rocks just gazing out over the Edale valley below. It took me about 5 mins to run past it but it just stood there on it's own. I would like to think it was contemplating life and enjoying the view.
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