Suspect most likely peregrine ;) Saw one over the New Forest at the weekend; magnificent :cool:
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Suspect most likely peregrine ;) Saw one over the New Forest at the weekend; magnificent :cool:
Wings didn't seem pointy enough.
Think they don't look pointy in normal flight, more when soaring. Hard to tell from a description on interweb :) Did it catch either of your mates? :eek:
I love this thread. You guys are fun. It's like Autumnwatch with proper jokes :)
yesterday we chanced upon rutting (fallow - I think) deer on the Wrekin; well, we heard them first. What a noise!
We got to about 30 yards, stood and watched, not much to see in the gloom really, but they weren't bothered by us at all, we ran on... to be buzzed a couple of miles later by bats. Did I mention the owls?
I saw a kestrel fighting with crows on ilkley moor today. I thought it was a sparrow hawk at first until it started hovering. Good to see though
Grouse, could it have been a harrier? (Hen harrier, not Wharfedale or wherever!) They don't have pointy wings - any plantations nearabouts?
Doubt it...I think the government have pulled all the Harriers out o'the sky:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by plodding bear
Think I saw a tawny owl this morning. On my passenger seat.:eek:
You were on the passenger seat, or the owl? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by southernsoftie
The owl. Soon to be revealed.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Tawny Owl flew over my head as I cycled in to work yesterday morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by southernsoftie
There's a thing on ITV1 on Nov 2nd called 'River Monsters' where they go and catch Goliath Tigerfish after reports of attacks on people in DR of Congo. This it what they find...
http://conservationreport.files.word...pg?w=365&h=550
Reminds me of the Goonch Catfish...
http://animal.discovery.com/fish/riv...h-photo-03.jpg
These have taken children on the Kali River in India.
Blimey! you'd need a big jam-jar for that!
Eeek! Those teeth are just designed to look like monster teeth!
That Goliath Tigerfish is basically a dinosaur, has to be.
Is he throwing them back ? :w00t:Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
I saw 4 Lapwings today!!!surely it's the wrong time of year?
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Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Ya wah, you call at brad field brewery on your run
Lapwings are here all year. In fact in the winter the normal breeding population is boosted by migrants coming from Scandanavia, Russia etc. (Don't tell the Daily Mail!) When the weather gets colder they move to lower levels, and if it's really bad they'll go out to the coast.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Wusses.
Of course he's throwin' 'em back...somet's got to control the human population.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alf
At todays Passing Cloud there was a Buzzard above Dains Mill after upper Hulme
I don't know. The problem on the Kali with the Goonch Catfish was that they were growing massive from eating the remains of bankside cremations, massive enough to take people alive. The one in the picture is too small to completely consume an adult person, they mocked up a graphic based on estimations of how big one would need to be to take a whole person and leave no trace and it was frightening. Catfish will just grow and grow if the food's there, this is the biggest one they found...Quote:
Originally Posted by Alf
http://www.sott.net/image/image/1294...82_610058a.jpg
Oreet it ain't a "Monster From The Deep" but it sure is a fantastic wildlife spectacle on my doorstep...Atlantic Salmon leaping Stainforth Foss on the River Ribble...today!
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1...natstainfo.jpg
That's excellent Wharfee, cracking picture. A couple of years back we spent ages at the strid watching what looked like brown trout jumping up the white water there. It was great to see
Fabulous image that wharfee. That fish looks like it's been in the river some time
I don't know much about the salmon that run up our rivers. I do know that when they leave the sea and head into fresh water they are bars of silver. After some time they start to darken but I don't know how long that process takes. The skin darkening might be to help the fish blend-in with their new environment or perhaps it's because they stop feeding once they've left the sea? The fish in the picture has similar markings to Brown Trout.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
I'm not too up on salmon either but used to do a lot of fly-fishing for trout and grayling. Grayling are wonderful fish. You're right about the colour and cock fish in particular develop a big kype-jaw after spending time in the river. A freshly run fish can have sea-lice on it but these fall off after a whileQuote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
http://www.letsflyfish.com/salmon_kelt.htm
Some info here wharfee ;)
Good link that DT...learnt some new stuff there. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Here's one I took today...
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5416/salmonleap.jpg
there weren't so many fish leapin' today due, I think, to the high water level. The light was poor so I decided to take a photo of the spectators. There's a fish in there too!
Cracking pic wharfee, them salmon are the Fellrunners of the fish world!Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
Wonder if they wear Salomons:D
Salmons in Salomons hey :thumbup: Great pic wharfee and just trying to see it's feet on the zoomed in one :DQuote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Pike's possibly? or innoskatesQuote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Whatever gets em to the FINish line:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
innoskates, that made me chuckle.
Hakeloffs jackets for them?
And of course some something perched on their head to keep their mullett in place.
Highlights of today's birdwatching on the Lancashire coast:
Eider
Whooper Swan
8 species of wader
Three big flocks of Pink-footed Goose
I watched a funny programme about twitchers on BBC4. It made fell runners look very normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ish_Obsession/Quote:
Originally Posted by swift
Picture the scene: (surprisingly) empty white sands, crystal clear turquoise sea ahead, slurping a smoothie in the shade of a tree, when...
Humming bird hovers overhead, and makes repeated visits back to the same spot. Turns out there was a tiny nest with a couple of chicks just above our heads. At first there were juust a pair of tiny beaks visible above the rim, but towards the end of the holiday, you could see their heads, and eyes too big for the body. Got a cracking pic of the mum in full hover mode, and a not so great shot of the chicks in the nest (bit blurry). Will get them on here if I remember when I get back home.
Also saw: huge pelican, lots of large buzzard type birds circling everywhere (I saw one carrying somethin large off in its talons), another owl outside our room (another pic, but all you can see is the flash reflected in its big round eyes) - research needed on these latter 2 to identify. Owl was between 4-6 inches tall: any ideas?
Huge iguanas on the beach, raccoons, large tail-less rodent like creature, octopus, rays, various colourful tropical fish, fluouurescent sea slugs, moths with nearly 1ft wingspan, large hermit crabs...and a grey squirrel:rolleyes:
Andy,Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Wot U doin' on my coast? And where?
Ian.