Today's Wildlife Encounter

[noel]

Googled the Dipper nest box. Wood and nails here I come. Got a really nice old stone bridge where I can put it.

Nice one. Yes, it's not particularly special. Good luck.

[skennaugh]

Cuckoos! The other week whilst staying with my parents, I was out on a bike ride round Arran with my old man and we heard a Cuckoo. My old man told me a story about how they heard Cuckoos on the Isle of Man when they were kids, but hadn't heard them for the last 40 years or so. Then a couple of days later whilst running through the castle grounds on the Goatfell race I heard another. Today I was out for a run at home and heard one! Also watched the numpties flying radio controlled gliders which really upset the nesting Perigrines.

[cyclops]

2 curlews having a good song and dance on the lower slopes of Kinder today.

[Stolly]

Probably the same fox den that Wharfee has been taking pictures of. Two foxes were out to begin with but only one when I got close enough to take a picture.

[GeoffB]

Do we do flowers here? Anyway, last night's run from Taddington - loads of Cowslips, Mountain Pansies, Early Purple Orchids. Also found a Riggweltered ewe (on its back) near Chee Dale. We thought it was dead at first, as it wasn't moving, then it moved its head a little. I just rolled it over, it jumped up and trotted off with its lamb following after. It had a massively bloated stomach - presumably they can't fart when upside down?

[cyclops]

Do we do flowers here? Anyway, last night's run from Taddington - loads of Cowslips, Mountain Pansies, Early Purple Orchids. Also found a Riggweltered ewe (on its back) near Chee Dale. We thought it was dead at first, as it wasn't moving, then it moved its head a little. I just rolled it over, it jumped up and trotted off with its lamb following after. It had a massively bloated stomach - presumably they can't fart when upside down?

we should have a Today's Flower/Flora thread....I saw loads of cloudberry plants (thanks to IDP for his facebk photos) on Bleaklow at the weekend but thought they were strawberries!! I'm now better educated. A thread to post photos of unknown plants/flowers would be lovely.

[Stolly]

As initiator of this thread yonks ago, I am very happy for flora spottings to be included too

[cyclops]

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fuzzy pic of the close up, same flower in shady, grassy river bank....any ideas?

[cyclops]

campion?

[Splatcher]

Probably Field Mouse-ear. It doesn't look right for white campion to me, & it's definitely not bladder campion. They're all related (pink family).