Today's Wildlife Encounter

[noel]

Great Grey Shrike

Saw a bird in the garden I hadn't seen before looked like a tree creeper but bigger, white/grey,black stripe over eye bigger than a tit....then saw a couple out on the Strines road (about a mile away) exactly the same. Theres always bird spotters out there and I asked what it was and he told me, apparently there are a few that nest near upper Midhope...will keep my eyes open for more.

I've always wanted to see one of those.
http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/nuthatch

[Derby Tup]

Nuthatch are very active and vocal atm. Learn the call, go into woods or parkland and you'll fine one

[noel]

Sorry, I meant great grey shrike. I was initially pasting the nuthatch link in to see if it could have been one of these instead. But if some birders said shrike, I'll believe them.

[noel]

Last week's wildlife encounter: deer. About ten of them. Quite near to the house - about 100 yards away in a field. None had antlers.

[noel]

And yesterday's wildlife encounter: tree-creeper on our sycamore. Spotted by my eagle-eyed daughter.

[noel]

And today's wildlife encounter: Dying chaffinch in my cats mouth, in the kitchen. I took it off her but it was already on the way out - shame.

[vespa]

I heard noel that you can bring chaffinch back to life a lot easier than you may think as they are tough a bit like the woody woodpecker

[The Navigator]

A dozen or so snow buntings flying over Striding Edge this morning.

[Derby Tup]

Nice spot Nav. We saw sanderling, turnstone and oystercatcher today at Cleveley beach

[Stagger]

Dead fox on Ripponden bank (TDF 2014 route)