I have seen Bats both yeterday morning and again this morning not really able to identify the specie in the torchlight but most likely a common pipistrelle, has to be an indication of how mild it still is.
I have seen Bats both yeterday morning and again this morning not really able to identify the specie in the torchlight but most likely a common pipistrelle, has to be an indication of how mild it still is.
An eventful few days of not really birding on our city break to Newcastle. A juvenile great northern diver in the Tyne, about 40 feet away - first time I've ever seen one of these. Then herons, curlews, gadwalls, and a peregrine all spotted while running along the Tyne around dawn. I'm guessing it's the wrong time of year to see kittiwakes - although TBH I'm not very good at telling small gulls apart.
On this afternoons run I saw a Roebuck in Lathkill Dale. He's the first one I've seen down there and a handsome chap he was too.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Walking through the Outwoods, admiring the toadstools on the ground, when a hare took off from about 3 metres away. Gave me a bit of a shock!
Great northern diver! was this nee Bother, he took a dive in front of me on my last 3 peaks race.Originally Posted by noel
NiceGreat northern diver! was this nee Bother, he took a dive in front of me on my last 3 peaks race.
Yesterday's wildlife encounter was a nuthatch sitting on our birdfeeder. Not normally worth a post to the forum, but this one sat there for about 5 minutes. Normally birds hop on, get a sunflower seed, then leave.
I felt sorry for the blue tits and chaffinches sitting on nearby branches. I couldn't help giving them anthropomorphic reactions. They just looked to be thinking "come on already, can't you see the queue?"
A slow worm, another indicator of how unseasonably mild it is.
Another impact of unseasonably mild conditions....I got buzzed twice today by the territorial buzzards on my run. This normally only happens in nesting season, may-July. After that they don't bother. Never been buzzed in November before. Maybe they've had a second brood??
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