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    Quote Originally Posted by LissaJous View Post
    Where's the sheep thread Yesterday a farmer turned up at the top of Cader Idris on a motorbike, and herded the sheep from the high slopes down to Llyn y Gader by means of one dog and lots of shouting!
    He was probably taking them down to the farm to dip them prior to the pending sheep sales, as hereā€¦


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    juvenile kingfisher on pond learning to fish,dives from a good height with quite a splash,he then sat about 6 inch from the pond and did diving 'reps' about 1 every 3 minutes,then went back to the high dives.brilliant to watch.
    then we had the return of a little grebe,the last one vanished along with the moorhens and coote when a mink appeared over a year ago.
    to top of the day i was cycling up hollings hill(between shipley and the old harry ramsdens chip shop)there sat on a wall was a buzzard,minding its own business watching the world go by.

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    A young deer by the side of a track, a few miles from Hodder after yesterday's race. And then a partridge again sitting by the side of the track. Both fled as soon as I reached for my camera.

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    I trod on a squirrel while running. It was on the canal bank and although I kept thinking "any moment it will see me and run into the undergrowth" it didn't. But then when it did see me it ran ahead of me on the track. I had already decided to jump it, and my foot came down square on it. Luckily, as I looked over my shoulder it was running off the other way.

    I don't think I'll ever stand on another live squirrel as long as I live. I wouldn't recommend it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
    I trod on a squirrel while running. It was on the canal bank and although I kept thinking "any moment it will see me and run into the undergrowth" it didn't. But then when it did see me it ran ahead of me on the track. I had already decided to jump it, and my foot came down square on it. Luckily, as I looked over my shoulder it was running off the other way.

    I don't think I'll ever stand on another live squirrel as long as I live. I wouldn't recommend it.
    I hear they are quite tough anyway, not to eat but for withstanding impact. They can survive a fall at terminal velocity.
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    cycling to work,slight fog,had to double take,a camel and 2 zebra's
    then saw the sign for circus
    phew,though overdosed on my morning alpine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
    I trod on a squirrel while running.
    I came very close to stepping on a rabbit yesterday, it was sat so still on the edge of a country lane that I only saw it at the last moment. Glancing back, it kind of quivered, so I think it was alive.

    And later I saw a well-sized rabbit, the result of windfall apples in the garden, hopping around after a magpie.

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    Snipe. Fabulous sight early doors. Half the bird is beak!
    Poacher turned game-keeper

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    Peak Thurs
    swooping Peregrine shot passed us on a nav course
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    Red deer beyond count, the hills were echoing with Stag bellowing at each other. they could be heard for miles. 6 ptarmigan and some birds of prey, too far off to get a clear ID

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    Quote Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak View Post
    swooping Peregrine shot passed us on a nav course
    And now for the punchline...

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