It is coming out here too, not peaked yet but looks wonderful.
It is coming out here too, not peaked yet but looks wonderful.
A squadron of Swifts giving a fantastic air display over the village this evening whilst at the same time giving the full sound effects.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Running up Macclesfield Old Road from Derbyshire Bridge (returning from Shining Tor) I saw some walkers looking at something through binoculars. Stopped and they pointed out a Short Eared Owl hunting over Goyt Moss. A Peak District first for me. Lots of Orchids - even above 500m.
Two of the usual red squirrels in my garden at the same time!
One eating nuts we left on the patio, just out my garden window door.
The other eating nuts we left on the feeding station at the cherry tree.
I still always wonder to what extent they are aware it's us leaving those nuts there for them, on purpose.
Never mind the body size and shape is identical to mice/rats.
Still very pretty.
Nice. I've seen one years ago not far from there. I wasn't up on owls at the time, but later identified it as a short-eared thanks to it being so close I could see the colour of its eyes!
Looks like one, never seen one myself but most people mistake the common grey wagtails for yellow wagtails because the grey are also yellow!
But that certainly looks like a genuine yellow wagtails 👍.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
Me and the dog (on loan for the weekend) went to investigate a right kerfuffle going on in a stand of spike grass this morning, only to see a pack (?) of stoats bounce out and away, all in one long line, train and carriages like. Eight in total, so presumably the female (jill?) and this year's offspring.
Stoats! I love 'em. Perpetually up to no-good, but with a roguish sense of humour, which always elicits a smile - unless you happen to be the victim of their attention.
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I would love to see that, never seen a family of stoats together hunting.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.