Today's Wildlife Encounter

[vics]

A male merganser and a kingfisher on Lancaster canal. The kingfisher is just so stunning! :-)

[Fnstein]

Stopped for a "call of nature" on my way up Simons Seat this morning. Just about to set back off & spotted a very cute mole snuggled up to the wall. Managed a moment or 2 of closer inspection before he scurried inbetween said wall. Would have like to have taken him home to show the children.

Don't try and take a mole home in your bumbag - they make a terrible mess of all the gear, and their claws are really sharp.

[Derby Tup]

Flock of long tailed tits by the river on this afternoon's run out :thumbup:

[Jez Hellewell]

Cheers, I'll bear it in mind for next time !

Don't try and take a mole home in your bumbag - they make a terrible mess of all the gear, and their claws are really sharp.

[noel]

Don't try and take a mole home in your bumbag - they make a terrible mess of all the gear, and their claws are really sharp.

There speaks the voice of experience. I presume this was an attempt at fresh protein-rich emergency food.

[IanDarkpeak]

Not running but I was doing a rope training session on Thursday and we had a Great spotted woodpecker bashing its head 10ft above for nearly an hour

[Grouse]

I always thought a mole above ground was a dead mole or a mole in trouble. The only ones I have seen above ground have been of the Norwegian Blue variety. Haven't seen any below ground. Yet.

[Alf]

I saw 2 or 3 of them run away from the group at Margary hill.

I flushed out lots of Mountain Hares in full white winter fur on Bleaklow/Kinder today

[Grouse]

Bleaklow. Where men are men and hares are... scared.

[Ze Monsta]

From the upstairs window of the Giggleswick house where I'm working, watched a magpie setting about a weasel, chased it across the flags, pecking away, then up and down the boundary wall as the weasel tried to find a gap to scarper into. It seemed to be attacking the weasel for nothing more than it's own amusement. I've seen them do it with chicks and other small birds, but this was a new one on me.