Today's Wildlife Encounter

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Originally Posted by Rob Furness

Loads seen today up the Washburn valley, deer in the woods near Thruscross, grouse on the moorland, Oyster catchers (about 50 of them) and rabbits on the banks of Thruscross, cormorant in Fewston, a brightly coloured greenish bird a bit smaller than a dove seen flying over Thruscross (any ideas anyone?) and a woodpecker in the valley just above Lindley bridge. Cracking day for it

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Could have been a green woodpecker. If you're sure it wasn't, then ring-necked parakeet would be my next guess. They're around & travel a long way foraging. We've seen them here in Cheshire from time to time.

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Originally Posted by Splatcher

Could have been a green woodpecker. If you're sure it wasn't, then ring-necked parakeet would be my next guess. They're around & travel a long way foraging. We've seen them here in Cheshire from time to time.

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Thanks for that, I actually had a feeling it might have been a green woodpecker anyway as the colouring matched and I have seen a few about further down the valley, but I wasn't sure if they would fly that close to the reservoir. I don't think it was a parakeet, but interesting nonetheless. I had no idea we had parakeets nesting in britain.

A few years ago I was running up the same valley (but right at the bottom near Lindley) and I disturbed a flock of three brightly coloured (yellow/orange) birds about the same size which took off from a tree and flew away from me. I still have no idea what they were having not got a good enough look at them.

Loads of treecreepers and a nuthatch Beeston Castle yesterday. Child no. 1 spotted them first and asked if they were mice.

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Originally Posted by Grouse

Loads of treecreepers and a nuthatch Beeston Castle yesterday. Child no. 1 spotted them first and asked if they were mice.

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Fantastic! Thanks for posting this Grouse :cool:

I was staying at the Yorkshire Ramblers place at Lowstern near Clapham this weekend and was woke on both mornings to the sound of a Woodpecker and Curlews,

A good-sized skein of pink footed geese on the move yesterday flying by Skiddaw

Feeding ducks (yesterday) with my little boy. There were some gorgeous ones as well.

Spotted a deer on Otley chevin this morning first thing, and a curlew in the fields nearby as well.

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Originally Posted by Rob Furness

Spotted a deer on Otley chevin this morning first thing, and a curlew in the fields nearby as well.

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I was out for a gentle run at sunset and a Stag ran across the path 50m in front of me. never seen one so big in the peak, and certainly not off Roacher head/dukes drive, pretty sure it was a red dear. wow!

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Originally Posted by Stef F

I've been looking for a nice herdy pic for my wall.

Stef

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I'm a bit late Stef, but here's a nice one from last month, day of Loughrigg Silver Howe Chase, at the top of Red Bank.
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