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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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IMG_4117.jpgIMG_4127.jpg
seen a few of these this last month or so on my morning run along the coast in Whitehaven, Cumbria.
Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar.
Please click on pic to expand it.
Last edited by luverlyjuberly; 01-10-2015 at 04:46 PM.
Running up Doctors Gate got to within 6ft of a kestrel hovering at eye level, stunning.
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?
Scramble the rock face through the glare of morning sun — to run
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?
Scramble the rock face through the glare of morning sun — to run