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    Re: Today's Wildlife Encounter

    Ahh. So Grey wagtails are sort of more greyish and Yellow wagtails are a bit more err.. yellow. I think I've got it.

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    A family of Canada geese (two adults defending two goslings) on Turn Edge. I didn't realise there were two goslings at first so I intimidated the adults off the path. Having then avoided stepping on the goslings I turned round to see one of the adults flying straight at me.

    Short-eared owl later on the same run, on Cut-thorn Hill. Among many curlews. A lovely evening run.

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    Dive bombed by irate seagulls all week, changed my route last night and was chased by an angry sounding dog. Made a nice change!

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    I rescued a sloworm. Driving along thru' countyside at work and saw a buzzard in the road 'gutter'. It flew off and left the lizzard there thrashing about - there were kerbstones so it couldn't climb out of the road. Stopped the car and picked it up and put it into the long grass, surprisingly it seemed unhurt. Good deed for the day. Missus counted 10 in the garden today, so they aren't exactly rare, but I like them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by molehill View Post
    I rescued a sloworm. Driving along thru' countyside at work and saw a buzzard in the road 'gutter'. It flew off and left the lizzard there thrashing about - there were kerbstones so it couldn't climb out of the road. Stopped the car and picked it up and put it into the long grass, surprisingly it seemed unhurt. Good deed for the day. Missus counted 10 in the garden today, so they aren't exactly rare, but I like them.
    What a nice guy!

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    Attack of the greenfly in my garden today! But I don't have a rosebush!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mountain Goatess View Post
    Attack of the greenfly in my garden today! But I don't have a rosebush!
    If tha leaves them greenflies too long then tha'll end up wi' a bare bush


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    An impressive flying V of geese just gone overhead, canada geese i think.

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    A family of Tawny Owls ( not sure of collective noun, but like idea of a 'hoot'! ) up a tree sheltering from the rain last night
    Poacher turned game-keeper

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    Quote Originally Posted by Derby Tup View Post
    A family of Tawny Owls ( not sure of collective noun, but like idea of a 'hoot'! ) up a tree sheltering from the rain last night
    a school or university ?? perhaps

    I saw a stunning gold finch this morning

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