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Thread: Today's Wildlife Encounter

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    First swallow of the year over our house. Some time behind LB's spot, or perhaps you're more observant.

    And on the subject of rabbits. We have a few trying to make warrens around the garden. So far, the cat has killed three young ones. The dog is now very interested whenever the cat comes through the cat flap, having managed to eat half of one the other day.

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    My Swallow friend back on the same telegraph wire this morning.

    Still waiting for his pals to arrive!
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    Six house martins today. Chirruping above the house.

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    Rescued four tortoiseshell butterflies and a wasp from inside the byre windows today, so hopefully chalking up some good karma for the summer ahead
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    Two mallards on our pond yesterday. Happily eating all the tadpoles and frogspawn seemingly. All part of a rich ecosystem - I should be pleased.

    I think a few tadpoles got away hiding away among the leaves.

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    Talking of Mallards you have reminded me Noel that on this evenings dog walk we disturbed a pair of them on a farm track. They both flew off and then I heard a clatter and could see that the female was on the floor in front of a five bar gate walking backwards in circles.
    The gate had mesh attached to it which the male had cleared, and was stood waiting the other side, but she had obviously crashed into it.

    We sat quietly for a few minutes and eventually she waddled forwards under the gate and after a few quacks with her mate they both flew off into the sunset, hopefully to live happily ever after!
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    On todays bike ride a Wren flew out of a moss covered wall and straight through the spokes of my front wheel.

    I never felt a thing and fortunately no puff of feathers!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Llani Boy View Post
    On todays bike ride a Wren flew out of a moss covered wall and straight through the spokes of my front wheel.

    I never felt a thing and fortunately no puff of feathers!
    Two wrens sitting on a wall.
    I bet you couldn't fly through a bike wheel without hitting it.
    I bet I could.
    Bet you couldn't, I bet you three ants and a caterpillar dinner.
    Right, you're on; here comes a slow old cyclist - I'm going for it....!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by molehill View Post
    Two wrens sitting on a wall.
    I bet you couldn't fly through a bike wheel without hitting it.
    I bet I could.
    Bet you couldn't, I bet you three ants and a caterpillar dinner.
    Right, you're on; here comes a slow old cyclist - I'm going for it....!!


    Yes. And I was going uphill!
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    A Jay this morning in the Hafren Forest only trumped by my first Cuckoo of 2021 above Llandinam in Cwm Ffrwd yesterday. Heard but unsurprisingly not seen. I was annoyed that in my rush to catch the bus I had forgotten my field glasses and as it was calling for about 10 minutes I'd have had a good chance of spotting it.

    I was even more annoyed I'd forgotten them, when, about an hour later when up on the Llandinam Hills between the two windfarms, what a visual and aural act of vandalism they are, I saw on a reedy field what I thought was a flock of Lapwings. About 30 of them, they all lifted together about 6 feet and settled down again. I thought, as I tried to find my phone, that they looked a bit small and before I could get a photo they were off on the wind and out of sight. I could see that they were definitely not Lapwings as their wings were pointed and smaller. Looking at my book I think they were Little Ringed Plover's but the habitat is not quite right although there was a small llyn nearby.

    In my early teens during my egg collecting days, and before the windfarms, those hills were full of Curlew and Lapwing at this time of year but none to be seen. Plenty of Skylark though.

    A lovely walk back to Llani, taking in some of Glyndwrs Way, of just over 15 miles, 2'620 feet in dead on 5hrs.


    Anyway a lovely
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