Today's Wildlife Encounter

[stevefoster]

Oreet it ain't a "Monster From The Deep" but it sure is a fantastic wildlife spectacle on my doorstep...Atlantic Salmon leaping Stainforth Foss on the River Ribble...today!

Cracking pic wharfee, them salmon are the Fellrunners of the fish world!
Wonder if they wear Salomons

[OneHillWonder]

Cracking pic wharfee, them salmon are the Fellrunners of the fish world!
Wonder if they wear Salomons

Salmons in Salomons hey :thumbup: Great pic wharfee and just trying to see it's feet on the zoomed in one

[IanDarkpeak]

Cracking pic wharfee, them salmon are the Fellrunners of the fish world!
Wonder if they wear Salomons

Pike's possibly? or innoskates

[stevefoster]

Pike's possibly? or innoskates

Whatever gets em to the FINish line:wink:
innoskates, that made me chuckle.
Hakeloffs jackets for them?

[stevefoster]

And of course some something perched on their head to keep their mullett in place.

[Derby Tup]

Highlights of today's birdwatching on the Lancashire coast:

Eider
Whooper Swan
8 species of wader
Three big flocks of Pink-footed Goose

[swift]

Highlights of today's birdwatching on the Lancashire coast:

Eider
Whooper Swan
8 species of wader
Three big flocks of Pink-footed Goose

I watched a funny programme about twitchers on BBC4. It made fell runners look very normal.

[wharfeego]

I watched a funny programme about twitchers on BBC4. It made fell runners look very normal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ish_Obsession/

[southernsoftie]

Picture the scene: (surprisingly) empty white sands, crystal clear turquoise sea ahead, slurping a smoothie in the shade of a tree, when...

Humming bird hovers overhead, and makes repeated visits back to the same spot. Turns out there was a tiny nest with a couple of chicks just above our heads. At first there were juust a pair of tiny beaks visible above the rim, but towards the end of the holiday, you could see their heads, and eyes too big for the body. Got a cracking pic of the mum in full hover mode, and a not so great shot of the chicks in the nest (bit blurry). Will get them on here if I remember when I get back home.

Also saw: huge pelican, lots of large buzzard type birds circling everywhere (I saw one carrying somethin large off in its talons), another owl outside our room (another pic, but all you can see is the flash reflected in its big round eyes) - research needed on these latter 2 to identify. Owl was between 4-6 inches tall: any ideas?

Huge iguanas on the beach, raccoons, large tail-less rodent like creature, octopus, rays, various colourful tropical fish, fluouurescent sea slugs, moths with nearly 1ft wingspan, large hermit crabs...and a grey squirrel

[wheezing donkey]

Highlights of today's birdwatching on the Lancashire coast:

Eider
Whooper Swan
8 species of wader
Three big flocks of Pink-footed Goose

Andy,
Wot U doin' on my coast? And where?
Ian.