wudn't say no to tekkin Kate 'umble on one o' mi badgerwotchin trips...
Julia Bradbury's welcome to come along fo' t'ride an all;)
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wudn't say no to tekkin Kate 'umble on one o' mi badgerwotchin trips...
Julia Bradbury's welcome to come along fo' t'ride an all;)
Went for short run last night to see how my shin is doin and i was running down the thin off-road path near my house thats quite over-grown....and this wood pigeon flew out of a tree right into me.
Took me by quite a supprise and the bird was in shock, it just stood on the floor. I picked it up and hid it in the bush away from anythin that might want to eat it and continued on my run, on my return through the path on the way home, i checked and it had gone....presuming it recovered and flew off becuase there was no sign of feathers or anyting that would suggest it had been eaten.
If some of my relations are worth 4 quid a shot, come on down to Wales and I can put you onto some business ;) (50:50 shares eh?), clear out some of those old aunties of mine. Then you can kick their houses down with your steel toecap Walshes.Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
try this site...Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
www.britishmolecatchers.co.uk/memberspage.htm
tha'll be able to find a welsh moler 'oo might doll yer aunties for less than £4 a time.:D
Last night's run around Holme Moss: saw lapwings, curlews and hares a plenty. And then right at the end an owl. Best thing was that I didn't see a single person in over 2 hours.... :p
They were all in pairs then?
except the single owl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Margarine
Aye, just the one....! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by XRunner
wot sort on owl worrit?...little...tawny...barn...short-eared...long-eared.........Quote:
Originally Posted by XRunner
eagle?
or worrit just an owly sort of an owl.
Twit...
Just, errm, brown, dark brown...if that helps! :rolleyes:
Lapwings , Ostercatchers, Heron , blackcaps , coal tits and Orange tip Butterflies.
Tawny.Quote:
Originally Posted by jodg
twoo.
Is this 'wildlife encounter' thing supposed to be stuff seen when tha's out on a run?:confused:...coz if it is then I don't qualify as t'runnin's tekken a back seat for a week or two.
Mind you...I could lie 'n pretend I was out runnin wi' mi camcorder!
filmed 4 playful fox cubs last evening...then t'vixen turned up wi' a rabbit she'd caught.:cool:They were totally unaware that I was there.
Daren't say where the den is for fear o' someone killin 'em...suffice to say it was somewhere up t'Dales. Got totally midged-off after 10 mins...evil little bugga's:eek:
What about tha' putin' i'up on't youtoobe for uz all t'see?Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
I'll never be allowed in Yorkshire ever again....
wonderful run with no people in sight.
lapwings, snipe, curlew, grouse(featherd kind), hare.
Also found two snares, one occupied by a stoat?
Swimming mayfly nyymph, non-biting midge larva, uncased caddis fly larva, beetle larva, water mite, stonefly nymph, whirligig beetle (School field trip)
Amazing what you can find on school fields these days:D
Errr... btw IDP: how did you know it was a stoat?
did yer leave the snare in place? Even though "free-runnin" snares are still legal I think it's an 'ellish asty control method...mind you all them upland ground-nestin birds you saw will stand a much better chance of raisin there yung'uns wi'out stoats 'n weasels 'n charlie fox predatin 'em.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Surprised there was a stoat in it...snares are normally set fo' rabbits 'n foxes.
That was a public information message.
[QUOTE=dominion;135002]What about tha' putin' i'up on't youtoobe for uz all t'see?
like I said I don't want to give away the location...the footage I got would show too much detail of the site...there's too many lampers out there oo'll seek 'em out if they get an inkling of where the den is.
I'll 'ave anutha session nxt week (assumin some bugga 'ant gone 'n dolled 'em inbetween time) then 'll ask Grifter if 'e can put a clip ont'web. Is that ok Dom?
Must remember to tek mi Avon SSS nxt time.
Easy,stick a pin in it.....if it goes POP..........:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Grouse
[QUOTE=wharfeego;135137]did yer leave the snare in place? Even though "free-runnin" snares are still legal I think it's an 'ellish asty control method...mind you all them upland ground-nestin birds you saw will stand a much better chance of raisin there yung'uns wi'out stoats 'n weasels 'n charlie fox predatin 'em.
Surprised there was a stoat in it...snares are normally set fo' rabbits 'n foxes.
That was a public information message.
Trap was too small for a fox and given location it wasn't for a rabbitt or hare.
Don't know for certain hence the ? it was semi decomposed but about 25cms long grey brown fur thin with long tail Stoat/Weasel/sharp pointy teeth! ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouse
The traps were set out side a purpose built hole(nest) with an egg in side. I've got the GRef and picture on another unoccupied snare found same day, we set it off and then buried both snare and hole.
[QUOTE=IanDarkpeak;135163]'ang on a minnit ID...in tha previous post tha said "snare"...now tha's sayin "trap"...there's a difference. I think tha's stumbled on a Fenn trap which are used to catch small ground "vermin" such as stoats, weasels 'n rats.Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
Tha mention that the dead animal was semi-decomposed...these traps are legal but they must be set in a tunnel to prevent non-target animals being caught and they must be checked at least once a day but preferably twice...mornin 'n evenin...so the fact that the animal was decomposed shows that the "gamekeeper" is usin the trap illegally.
Tha shuduv tekken a photo then passed th'evidence to th'appropiate authority...animal welfare/DEFRA/Natural England/RSPCA.
Don't pick the trap up or destroy it coz that's th'evidence. Also if traps/snares are bein used legally then tha won't be doin fell runnin fraternity any good by annoyin gamekeepers 'n landowners.
That was anutha "public information message".
I thought it was common knowledge that a weasle is weasily identified and a stoat is stoatally different?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouse
Wharfeego should get that keyboard of his fixed.
Aye, I didn't know you could get keyboards that wrote in Gaelic....! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Margarine
yes you can, look hereQuote:
Originally Posted by jodg
http://www.evertype.com/celtscript/underwood-5.gif
!!! :eek:
Really pleased to report mum and dad blackbird have produced a large baby blackbird from the nest in the bush in my front garden. Dad's just been feeding baby on the fence 5feet from my front-room window - fantastic!
[QUOTE=wharfeego;135168]'as tha got a piture ova fenn trap?Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Snare/Trap they both catch animals, sorry if it was worded incorrectly.
Like a big mouse trap and yes it had been in the hole so other animals would not be caught. Neither had been checked for weeks, the other one had had an egg in it but it had decomposed. the trap was very rusty. Will try and post a picture later.
I shall report it.
We've had a cute Robin Redbreast hanging around in the garden the last few days. :)
I thought they only came out at Christmas ;)
Catched a buck Roe Deer ont'camcorda whilst 'avin mi butties int'van...it trotted x road 'n leapt a fence then started munching some foliage...zoomed reet in on it.
Will add it to the fox cub snippets...plus wotever I manage to film later this evenin...then I'll ask Grifter to stick it on yoo toob...'e said 'e would last neet int'pub.
I'll 'ave to be well upwind o' the sensitive-nosed buggas 'r'else they'll be down th'oles like a shot.
Blathered missen up wi' avon sss...plus mi midge 'ood...goin prepared this time;)
I'm off up yon dale...keep thi fingers x'd I'll geet some good views fothee to look at next week.
WharfAttenborough.:D
He's covering himself in Avon skin so soft (wel known midge repellant). He's wearing a mesh anti midge hood.Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
This is a public service announcement.
sss/mij'ood/gloves/gaiters...parked mi arse on a limestone escarpment forran'our ("a long continuous steep face of a ridge formed by erosion"...fo' them as dunt know wot an escarpment is...Public Info interlude:rolleyes:)...infested wi' midges... never got bit once.
It's just a fair thing tav midges crawlin all oer thi 'n know they can't get yer.:eek:
Got the cubs on film but t'owd dog 'n vixen didn't turn up before dark...they cud probably smell mi repellant a mile off.
I've bin told since that the local gamekeeper shot a dog fox on the fell close to where the cubs are. That probably explains why mister ant bin around.
Yesterday : loads of bunnies many young uns, a young group of Goldfinches, a lovely shoal of Dace under the Bridge on Teesdale Way. A Turkscap Lily too , bit of a rarity in the wilds up here. Also spotted quite a few mayflys and demelzas and a black backed Gull greedily hoovering them up.
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Originally Posted by Alf Tupper
may I correct you AT...a group of Goldfinches is known as a "Charm"...and would not the gull have been a Black Headed of the species?:rolleyes:
A 'Charm of Goldfinches'. You been reading BB?Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
BB? Big Brother?? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
nay lad...I only look at Big Boobs...I dunt read it;)Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Followed a hare down the road in the car last night for a couple of hundred yards. Those things can really run, I thought it was a small terrier when I first saw it.
Been walking up Beamsley Beacon and over Round Hill today. Saw loads of Meadow Pippets and Curlew and heard several Golden Plover. Well remember some birdwatchers up on Bleaklow describe them as "Johnnie One-notes", which sums them up brilliantly.
a shedful o' midges tugetha wi' a bunch o' wild mammals beltin doon scree at Kettlewell...midge capital o' Dales!:eek: