Nice Derby Tup! Never seen one of those, but I keep trying in the woods near Bassenthwaite! Also saw first Swallows of summer day before yesterday...I forgot!
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Nice Derby Tup! Never seen one of those, but I keep trying in the woods near Bassenthwaite! Also saw first Swallows of summer day before yesterday...I forgot!
Saw first housemartens yesterday and I think swifts although I couldn't be sure but I think so because they were so high up.
Out of shotgun range.
Frigate birds and black vultures for me this week!
A group of five Red Deer and a male Kestrel this tea time on Blackamoor while out with the dog , Deer only 20mtrs off the path , really nice.
Think I caught a fleeting glimpse of my first swallow in the Towy valley.
I checked our robins nest today, at ground level in a bank (in our garden), it had a full clutch of eggs 10 days ago - nest been pulled out and destroyed - could be anything, pair of resident jays, corvids, stoats, fox or chief suspects.........the neighbours 3 cats which hunt through the garden :mad:.
Two young deer in the field opposite our house, by the time i got my camera they'd gone:rolleyes:
Two seperate Roe deer, or the same one twice!!! :)
Ha, may be so:).
Anyone know where I can see some otters? they are supposed to be all over the place, but I've never even seen one!!!!:thunbdown:
i saw a seal in the river hull near beverly today it went under and came back up with what looked like a roach of about 2lb it mustve been well off its intended course to be that far up river !!!!
Hard first cuckoo in the valley yesterday, and the swallows and martins are definately here now, more arriving all the time.
A couple of my favourite waders seen this afternoon near Jacob's ladder in Sidmouth: purple sandpiper and turnstone. Also a rock pipit
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A group of little owls at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Modena, ItalyPicture: Maurizio Malagoli/Solent News
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Sunday.
Running just past the Curmudgeon's house in Glusburn spotted 4 Heron in a field. Then two minutes later another heron in a field.
Went running the other day and spotted 2 heron in different places in the middle of Skipton.
Flip, need a cull soon :)
From Heron in I declare all herons to be shot on sight;)Quote:
Originally Posted by brett
Having said that they were so still they might well have been plastic!
Anyway I'm expecting a delivery of pigeon spikes in the next couple of days... and once installed on the chimney pot above the bedroom ~I should get a full nights sleep.
If not come round and cull him/her!
Should have gone to specsavers and asked for dick dastardly and muttley:p
Running past a field in Pately Bridge my Wildlife encounter was.............. Giant Poodles? or did these escape from a village a few miles away called Darley and they are.... Darley Llama's - sorry! they are probably Alpaca but that doesn't sound as good :D
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Just seen a Salmon swim passed my conservatory window.....it really is wet up here!
Went canoeing on Derwent Water the other day and saw Sandpiper, Goosanders and Mergansers. Also went up Dodd Wood to see the Ospreys, got treated to a fantastic fly past and display for a good couple of minutes, also saw female on nest (...very blurry and a long way off!!).
saw a magnificient hare at selby.
later in the day saw a very sad sight of 2 dead badgers at shibden valley killed by the train.
Seen a few dead badgers lately!! :(
Today i saw a cow suffer a compound fracture of the front right leg whilst the farm lad was moving it and its mates out of a field and along the road near Malham Tarn. All of a sudden the lad appeared absolutely distraught; completely overcome with grief. The cow at the back had somehow snapped its front leg in half between the ankle and the knee and was still trying to keep up with the rest with the broken end flailing around like a snapped branch. I later asked the farmer bloke at Buffers Cafe if it would be operable; he said he had never before heard of such a catastrophic injury befalling a cow and that it would more than likely be shot as soon as possible.
Heard the first cuckoo of the year when I was up on Farleton Knott [south Cumbria] this evening :-) and later a dead badger at the side of the road :-(
A Brown Owl in the woods near Norland Moor, first one I've ever seen round here.
A dozen of so yellowhammer, a dipper, two common sandpiper, buzzard, goldcrest and first cuckoo of the year this weekend
Between Burley Woodhead and the Cow and Calf, 3 red kites. I haven't seen them on Ilkley Moor before, although I know there's a few round Harewood, Bolton Abbey and so on.
My first swift of the year this morning. Summer must be here!
Good work Navigator. I'm still looking!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Navigator
We've had a badger in our back garden the past couple of evenings. On Saturday I went out to bring my smelly shoes in off the patio, and there it was just shuffling around. It turned and had a look at me but didn't seem too bothered before wandering off. Then last night I had a look through the patio door/window and there it was again with its head right up against the glass. I knocked on the window to get its attention, took a couple of photos and it just carried on cleaning up below the bird-feeders.
Hope we don't all catch TB!
Saw one above Dick Hudsons last year. First and last sighting (so far) for me in that area.Quote:
Originally Posted by plodding bear
Great day today for firsts, out for 8 hours on the hills and saw (pretty sure) first Pied Flycatcher of 2012, first cuckoo (heard but not seen previously), heard first Cricket Warbler - couldn't spot the little beggar though,
and first pair of Swifts. Not bad!
Seen swallows at work tonight. First time for me this year. Don't get too excited though - one swallow doesn't make a summer!
Was she with the rest of her troop!!?Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Thats odd! We've had a fair few up here...North Cumbria and Dumfrisshire! Saw my first about a fortnight ago. House Martins too, need to see if Sand Martins are about on the Eden in Carlisle.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Navigator
Dotterel on High Street plus Wheatear, Meadow Pipits. No Eagle tho!!!
.....Oh! and a pair of Ring Ouzel below Kidsty Pike. :)
Our swifts at the old house (mid Wales) always arrived 5th or 6th MayQuote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
This is the earliest I have seen one here - only 30 miles away from before - maybe they've had a gentle following wind from Africa!!
I'm thinkin' that you meant to say Grasshopper Warbler?Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
That's the one, made the same mistake before, ever since I first heard one on the Rhinogs and thought it was a cricket! Will probably call it a "cricket" again next year :o. Blame my age.Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego