A group of Quail on the side of Hamildon hill today,had to look in me bird handbook when i got home to make sure.
A group of Quail on the side of Hamildon hill today,had to look in me bird handbook when i got home to make sure.
still getting swooped at by pesky seagulls, one today was quite persistant in his swooping and actually tried to shit on me, heard it rain down hitting the floor like machine gun fire just yards from me
found climbing th garage door tonight,think its a newt,have quite a few about the garden,but someone said its a lizard,what do you think.
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In the dark tonight, running up the slope towards Attermire scar, hundreds of black slugs on the wet grass. After picking my way through, passed one, then another meaty frog out for the buffet. The first surprised me by jumping into my foot, just managed to avoid treading on it.
Newt I think?...the toes don't look right for a Lizard. See the Lizard photo on one of my recent posts on this thread (post no.1437).Originally Posted by dylan
Last edited by wharfeego; 11-08-2011 at 09:36 PM.
I'd say it was almost certainly a smooth newt (as opposed to great crested or palmate). When they are out of water they look quite dark skinned and dryish.
Saw what I think was a young cuckoo hopping along a wall yesterday. It was up on Addingham moorside, nearer SIlsden really, in an area where cuckoos could be heard earlier in the year. It kept itself just a bit too far in front to be easily identified, but was a bit smaller than a kestrel but defo bigger than say, a blackbird. rough outline like a raptor but a kind of arched posture with shortish legs...
a few marmotts yesterday basking on the slopes while walking and a pair of peregrines on todays big climb, seen plenty of buzzards over the last two weeks and a Kite.
No eagles though which is a bit disappointing
Marmots? Eagles? I take it you're not on Ilkley Moor then!
Another nocturnal run in Settle, one startled looking hedgehog that curled up as I ran past on banks lane, one large frog sat in the middle of the road on constitution hill as I came back down. It hopped off in listless annoyance when I leant in to try and identify it. Must start carrying a camera.
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