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seen a few of these this last month or so on my morning run along the coast in Whitehaven, Cumbria.
Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar.
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seen a few of these this last month or so on my morning run along the coast in Whitehaven, Cumbria.
Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar.
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Running up Doctors Gate got to within 6ft of a kestrel hovering at eye level, stunning.
Wow that's close!Quote:
Originally Posted by cyclops
I got that close to a perched peregrine near the top of Helm Crag in thick cloud 4 or 5 years ago. Don't know which was more surprised, me or the peregrine.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyclops
bird pecking wood
NOT a woodpecker
intermittent tap, tap, tapping
in a hollow on a willow tree trunk - guess may've been after beetles/grubs, but went on for while (I had to leave to continue run!) so seemed to be enlarging the hole rather than foraging
dark plumage, starling size, quite "squat" though
tinterweb suggests nuthatch, but didn't look like that either
any ideas?
Interesting. I would have gone for nuthatch. Jackdaw? They often use old woodpecker holes.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Treecreeper?Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Treecreepers are tiny, and they don't 'tap'. I can only think it was a nuthatch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
I was quite close to a Raven yesterday evening near Shelf Benches, Glossop. Just after that I also saw a medium sized raptor. Initially thought it was a Buzzard but its plumage and head seemed lighter and it did a wheeling / swooping dive at one point. Any thoughts?
Jackdaw is a possibility - do they tap? but I'd've thought it would've appeared more upright - what I saw was more 'hunkered down'Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
Nuthatch does seem most likely, but I couldn't see any lighter belly plumage