I have seen Bats both yeterday morning and again this morning not really able to identify the specie in the torchlight but most likely a common pipistrelle, has to be an indication of how mild it still is.
I have seen Bats both yeterday morning and again this morning not really able to identify the specie in the torchlight but most likely a common pipistrelle, has to be an indication of how mild it still is.
The older I get the Faster I was
An eventful few days of not really birding on our city break to Newcastle. A juvenile great northern diver in the Tyne, about 40 feet away - first time I've ever seen one of these. Then herons, curlews, gadwalls, and a peregrine all spotted while running along the Tyne around dawn. I'm guessing it's the wrong time of year to see kittiwakes - although TBH I'm not very good at telling small gulls apart.
On this afternoons run I saw a Roebuck in Lathkill Dale. He's the first one I've seen down there and a handsome chap he was too.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Walking through the Outwoods, admiring the toadstools on the ground, when a hare took off from about 3 metres away. Gave me a bit of a shock!
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
Great northern diver! was this nee Bother, he took a dive in front of me on my last 3 peaks race.Originally Posted by noel
NiceGreat northern diver! was this nee Bother, he took a dive in front of me on my last 3 peaks race.
Yesterday's wildlife encounter was a nuthatch sitting on our birdfeeder. Not normally worth a post to the forum, but this one sat there for about 5 minutes. Normally birds hop on, get a sunflower seed, then leave.
I felt sorry for the blue tits and chaffinches sitting on nearby branches. I couldn't help giving them anthropomorphic reactions. They just looked to be thinking "come on already, can't you see the queue?"
A slow worm, another indicator of how unseasonably mild it is.
The older I get the Faster I was
Another impact of unseasonably mild conditions....I got buzzed twice today by the territorial buzzards on my run. This normally only happens in nesting season, may-July. After that they don't bother. Never been buzzed in November before. Maybe they've had a second brood??
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