I've still never seen a goshawk. I would get excited if I did - although I suspect I'd need a few sightings to get my eye in, so I'm not sure I'd recognise one if I ever did see one.
I've still never seen a goshawk. I would get excited if I did - although I suspect I'd need a few sightings to get my eye in, so I'm not sure I'd recognise one if I ever did see one.
My neighbour bred them and was an authority, eg expert witness in court cases. He sold chicks for eye watering amounts because his breeding stock were originally from the wild and caught in a German forest.Originally Posted by noel
They are very big!
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
Goshawks remind me of Putin, merciless b****y killers. But very good at it.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
There were a couple of blokes walking down our lane a few years ago with goshawks perched on their arms! They are indeed large birds and rather splendid. Apparently, they'd been out hunting in the local area (game-keeper and land owners' permission). I saw them a few times after that.
One of the best places to see them if you have the chance to visit, is the bird of prey 'event' that's held regularly at Munster Castle. To be honest, I was a bit sniffy about it initially, not wanting to be part of the easily beguiled hoi-polloi, but much against my better inclination I found myself ahhhh-ing and wow-ing with the rest of us grottles. It's an outdoor event and one where it's best to leave your toupee at home, or stuffed deep in your pocket, if you have one!
Am Yisrael Chai
I think you mean Muncaster Castle, Mossdog.
You have reminded me of the Fell Race that finishes on a lawn of the Castle at the top of a very steep grassy bank!
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
I do Llani - thanks for keeping me right! Obviously the wrong Munsters
One of the other treats they have there is that in late afternoon, herons regularly come and land in the oaks trees on the slopes near one of those lawns, to be fed fish. Quite a sight to see so many together, up to a dozen of them when I last visited, trying to ungainly balance, flapping their large wings, in the branches and then sneaking along in the long grass, up that steep bank, to nab a fish or two.
Am Yisrael Chai
I have always enjoyed the Birds of Prey displays that I have been to. Years ago my daughter and I had a session at a Birds of Prey centre near Keswick. We started off "flying" some smaller birds and ended up with a huge eagle. It is quite something when one of those lands on your arm. Amazing birds.
My Mum is 92 with quite advanced dementia, but still lives at home. She was telling me that she had a white squirrel visit her garden and I was not sure if I believed her until one of her carers took a picture of it. We were visiting her recently and saw two of them.
Not my favorite animal, but I've never seen a white one before.
But is it an albino grey squirrel, or an albino red squirrel?
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
unfortunately Grey.
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