Today's Wildlife Encounter

[Rob Furness]

an absolute load of deer tracks in Eccup Whin this morning, looks like a whole herd has run through the mud there. Didn't see any though

[Latege]

I think that's it, a cardinal bird. We don't get them over here though!

Thanks for this. Looked it up on-line from this and it's a Northern Cardinal to be precise. I realised when I went for a run through the woods later they're pretty common here. Also saw some sort of very large hawk on that run, just soaring right above may head then gently glided down and landed, but unfortunately just around a bend from where I was.

[Derby Tup]

Purple sandpiper, pied wagtail and rock pipit yesterday in Lyme Regis. Got up this morning to go for a walk down to the Axe estuary and it's lashing down with rain. It's wet enough on Stef's folks' patio for a run of salmon :thunbdown:

[The Navigator]

After a week when spring seemed to be just around the corner, it was back to winter on the Howgills today. A cold wind and a couple of inches of fresh wet snow on wet grass, but the haunting call of the curlews still provided a promise of spring

[Masham Man]

Some top twitching while driving up the M1 today from London, 6 Red Kites,Kestrels, 2 peregrine falcon, stopped counting after 30 Buzzard and a Muntjac deer grazing on the embankment.

[IanDarkpeak]

Some top twitching while driving up the M1 today from London, 6 Red Kites,Kestrels, 2 peregrine falcon, stopped counting after 30 Buzzard and a Muntjac deer grazing on the embankment.

Thats a good count, can't top it for numbers 20ish Buzzards some very close (10ft up in a tree) my first siting of a Green Woodpecker also a spotted woodpecker , also a possible kingfisher although we can't be sure some thing blue streaked in to the water and flew away in a split second. We also saw a muntjac and came across 2 different Badger sets whilst laying a course for a race. (we moved the route to avoid them)

[Multiterrainer]

In all the times I've been around Harewood & Eccup, and despite regularly seeing them higher up, today was the closest encouter yet with a Red Kite - hovering & swooping about 30 metres in front of me as I ran along the bridleway between Wyke Gate & New Bridge, which was nice:thumbup:

[Rodders]

Two Roe Deer running through the school woods. Caught on video!
Also a couple of randy frogs in fine voice at 1550 feet up Crowden Meadows. Hope they survive saturday nights snow!

[charlieB]

A hare on the road and two canada geese overhead as I cycled into Hebden down Sandygate this morning at 0615. A good start to the day!

[Erich K]

First a water vole swimming across the Foss Beck, then a kingfisher further upstream - haven't seen either of these in ages. Great stuff!