I wouldn't lose any sleep if I never saw a Magpie or a Grey Squirrel ever again.
Vermin, both of them!
I wouldn't lose any sleep if I never saw a Magpie or a Grey Squirrel ever again.
Vermin, both of them!
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Did you see that video on news last week of a seagull eating a whole squirrel (swallowed in one). Don’t know where it was or details but ideally the seagull choked on it afterwards.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
I've just watched this on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsazShJnK-8
I'm guessing the squirrel was already dead. It looks like the footage is not from the UK.
A huge mouthful - well done to the gull.
And it managed to take off fly afterwards!
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Out running this morning coming back down the road to Otley near Farnley Hall. I felt a bang to the head and my hat flew off. I thought it must have been a branch, but as I bent to pick my hat from the road I spotted a buzzard circling back and going into the wood at the side of the road. I've heard of this happening, and have been hit by Terns and Skuas, but this was a new one on me.
Also saw Lapwing, Curlew and Oystercatchers on my run.
Be careful out there!
This morning's great excitement. A kingfisher - on Clough Brook in Wildboarclough! The first time I've ever seen one round here. This is barely a river, so I'll be surprised if there's enough fish in there to keep it here.
Not sure if it was a stoat or weasel but one or the other was nearly run over on my cycle on Saturday morning.
Pete Shakespeare - U/A
Going downhill fast
I follow the Clywedog Osprey nest on live cam - youtube. Two chicks had successfully hatched and recently fledged. This afternoon a Goshawk attacked the nest and killed one of the chicks. I'm so sad. You can see it happen at 4.30pm if you wind the live stream back.
Nature red in tooth and claw.
Yes very sad Matt Po.
I took a friend up to see them only a week last Saturday, the afternoon of the 8th, when one of the two left the nest for the first time. There was excitement amongst the few twitchers present and one of them let me have a look through his very expensive looking tripod mounted monocular. Fantastic.
Goshawks are fantastic birds too!
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
We have been watching the Clywedog Osprey for 9 years. Their nest is about 8 miles from our cottage and I normally run down - there are a huge variety of routes from down the road to going by Glaslyn and more.
So much nicer than the circus at Dyfi. When home in Yorkshire I check in most days on the live camera.
I do like Goshawks and get excited when I see one, but.....
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