saw a magnificient hare at selby.
later in the day saw a very sad sight of 2 dead badgers at shibden valley killed by the train.
saw a magnificient hare at selby.
later in the day saw a very sad sight of 2 dead badgers at shibden valley killed by the train.
Seen a few dead badgers lately!!
Today i saw a cow suffer a compound fracture of the front right leg whilst the farm lad was moving it and its mates out of a field and along the road near Malham Tarn. All of a sudden the lad appeared absolutely distraught; completely overcome with grief. The cow at the back had somehow snapped its front leg in half between the ankle and the knee and was still trying to keep up with the rest with the broken end flailing around like a snapped branch. I later asked the farmer bloke at Buffers Cafe if it would be operable; he said he had never before heard of such a catastrophic injury befalling a cow and that it would more than likely be shot as soon as possible.
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Heard the first cuckoo of the year when I was up on Farleton Knott [south Cumbria] this evening :-) and later a dead badger at the side of the road :-(
A Brown Owl in the woods near Norland Moor, first one I've ever seen round here.
A dozen of so yellowhammer, a dipper, two common sandpiper, buzzard, goldcrest and first cuckoo of the year this weekend
Poacher turned game-keeper
Between Burley Woodhead and the Cow and Calf, 3 red kites. I haven't seen them on Ilkley Moor before, although I know there's a few round Harewood, Bolton Abbey and so on.
My first swift of the year this morning. Summer must be here!
Good work Navigator. I'm still looking!Originally Posted by The Navigator
Poacher turned game-keeper
We've had a badger in our back garden the past couple of evenings. On Saturday I went out to bring my smelly shoes in off the patio, and there it was just shuffling around. It turned and had a look at me but didn't seem too bothered before wandering off. Then last night I had a look through the patio door/window and there it was again with its head right up against the glass. I knocked on the window to get its attention, took a couple of photos and it just carried on cleaning up below the bird-feeders.
Hope we don't all catch TB!
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