Today's Wildlife Encounter

[Llani Boy]

No wild animals to write home about on today's run... but a couple of fields full of Rams with their Lambs.

Which did startle me a bit, as those fields were empty a couple of weeks back... and having been ran out of town by a field full of sheep in St John's In The Vale many years back, i was watching my back.

They were more likely to have been Ewe's Travs!

[Travs]

They had horns, which I thought meant they were male... But my animal knowledge is somewhat limited.

[noel]

First Lapwings of the year seen on this mornings run near Magpie Mine.

Me too. On this morning's run near Lamaload Reservoir - about 3 or 4 of them.

[Mossdog]

They had horns, which I thought meant they were male... But my animal knowledge is somewhat limited.

No worries Travs. Once you've moved up to Cumbria you'll be tutored in how to identify and distinguish between gimmers, mules, shearlings and hogs, etc. to help you through the end of first year continued residency test

[molehill]

And then when you travel to Wales they all have different names and same again if you go to southern England.
A sheep is not just a 🐏🐑!

[Mossdog]

And the different words they use to count them 'yan, tan, tethera, mether, pip, etc'!

[molehill]

One-erum, Two-erum, Cockerum, Shu-erum, Shitherum,

Shatherum, Wine-berry, Wagtail, Tarrydiddle, Den.

Is the one from the Romney marsh area that my wife knows, learnt as a kid from her dad who was a shepard there.

[Gambatte]

Random black squirrel on our pati, just outside my living room while I was working on my laptop

[noel]

Random black squirrel on our pati, just outside my living room while I was working on my laptop

Is that a different one to the usual suspects you've videoed? Have they got names yet?

My wildlife camera is currently pointing at the pond to see if we can spot frogs.

[MattPo]

First Chiffchaff of the year this morning. Heard and saw it.