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We have a small herd of roe deer in my part of the world - see them many mornings when I'm walking the dogs. Saw a buzzard in Walshaw Dean today - a couple of weeks ago it was a pair of peregrine's hunting in almost the same spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Multiterrainer
A pair of dippers yesterday :cool::cool:
We have a family of them too ! They are quite numerous in the upper Worth Valley & along the Bridghouse Beck into Oxen'ope. Lovely. See one up at Ponden Kirk quite often too. Luckily neither our resident mink or idiot rabbit / bird of prey / anything-that-moves killers have seen them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
I had a walk around Ponden Kirk early summer while recovering from torn calf - nice spot! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Anorak
A freshly-dead shrew on the full Tour Pendle route...Scott Baistow tripp'd o'er it!
Almost forgot, a young deer in the woods above Ripponden:cool:
A dozen or so snow buntings (and an inch or so of snow too) on the summit ridge of Helvellyn today.
Two deer (maybe roe deer??) in Bingley (Altar Lane for those who know it).
A worm but the strange thing it was covered in soil!:confused:
A giant shrew then? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
When you say freshly dead, do you mean you dropped your camera on it?Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
Too busy videoing it for Autumnwatch! :D
Freshly dead as in not dead for reet long:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
A buzzard was circling overhead today when I was cycling...I'd just fallen off so maybe it could smell the blood or is that vultures?!
A badger ran across a few feet in front of me last night on my headtorch run along the Sandstone Trail. I didn't run into it: I'm not fast enough. Then a rabbit ran out under the wheels as I drove home again. That one I might have got - I hope not. Wish they wouldn't do that. I hate it when I run something over.
A pied wagtail, several swallows skimming a pond and, best of all, a swift :)
Seen any mad Chinese animals yet, that haven't been on your plate? :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Not really mate. Hoping to have a day off next weekend in the countryside. How cool would it be to post I'd spotted a giant panda?? Dont think we've had one on here before :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by ukhursty
Haha, yeah it most certainly would be a first!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Watch out for the tiger's as well ;)
On a hillside in Wales....
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Wow, there must be something in the water up your way. You know when people say that a swan could break your arm despite nobody ever witnessing anyone that has had their arm broken by a swan. Well this one may very well be living proof.Quote:
Originally Posted by jackie
Saw a couple o muntjac deer this morning on my run this morning.
What are you feeding them on in Wales :eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by jackie
I was out on a WALK today round Pilgrims Cross fell race route. Spotted a kestrel and managed to get almost underneath it till it clocked me and flew off.
Alf - the kestrel whisperer ;)
Saw a Peregrine Falcon near Storiths today :)
A pair of buzzards today in the Peak :)
A buzzard trying to keep away from the small train at Blenheim palace.
A Jay in a small tree by the path I was running on. It stood out against the snowy field behind it and its colours were brilliant in the good light reflected off the snow.
A bit further on I saw a Heron at close range flying along the brook. Usually they are either flying far way from me or just stood still but it was very graceful close up using minimum wing movement as it kept just ahead of me.
One male peacock (complete with full tail) and two females - loose on Farleton Knott! Thought they were bloody big pheasants when I first saw them but they just kept getting bigger.:eek:
Saw 2 wild boar and a red squirrel while out running in the snow this morning.
You didn't see them near Craven cottage did you. A boar with a scots accent was bellowing I hear:D;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyrenees Haven
Sorry I really didn't get that my other half had to explain it to me. I was trying to figure out where a place called Craven Cottage was over here, I now know that it is a football ground!Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
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I saw a small flock of Red Polls at the bottom of Kinder reservoir this morning.Not a rare bird by any means but always nice to see.
Nice:)Quote:
Originally Posted by William Clough
A very big Barn Owl took a rat off the road right in front of me as i cycled home tonight!
Over the last few days I've seen loads of hares up on Scout Hill. It's great to see the way they move and the speed they can reach over the snow.
I was wondering whether they are always there, but well camouflaged so I never notice them, or whether they move to places where they can feed when the weather's bad like this?
Anybody know about hares?
Hes - forumite, poet, artist and printmaker knows a thing or two about hares I suspect. Think she should be back very soon from journeying round India :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by tinyman
They are there all the time, certainly round hear on Howden/Derwent edge. I see them all year in various states of pelt. best time is early morning or late evening. if you're quiet and off the beaten track you can see loads in the peakQuote:
Originally Posted by tinyman
I remember seeing loads one late winter - early spring day with white coats near the Grinah Stones. Looked like all the residual patches of snow were getting up and running off :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
I had a close encounter of the hare kind recently. I was about one mile north of Grinah Stones on NYE with Plumbum & a group of others ploughing through deep snow and heading for Ronksley Moor shooting cabins for a left over lunch. When a Mountain Hare burst out of a hole in the snow at my feet and set off up towards Barrow Stones. This was followed by a hare which was startled by Peter who wisely used skis to make the journey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
The ammount of over wintering Grouse on Howden moors suggests bad shots this summer and autumn or the recession cutting down the number of corporate guns.
Short-eared owl, fairly close to home :cool:
A pair of very lesser spotted snow ravens.....:D Summit of Dove Crag last Friday :)
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They look more like Alpine Kingfishers to me:rolleyes::DQuote:
Originally Posted by William Clough