What wildlife did you spot today?
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It hasn’t been our experience. In previous years the little family has left for the nearest pond - in our neighbour’s garden, presumably for a particular food type and/or physical protection from land-based predators such as foxes and domestic cats. We’ve also seen polecats in our garden on occasion so the ducklings could be quite vulnerable. Perhaps there is something in pond water that the young need to get into their gut to live properly later on ?? I’m a keen observer and photographer but I’m no expert on wild birds.
It’s a Browning Elite HP5 Spec Ops. Sounds ‘tactical’ but it’s not.
It isn’t the best at short ranges (say less than 6 feet), nor the best on IR in the dark, but it’s possible to work around those things, and it’s good on rechargeable batteries
Don't think any of the following can actually be classed as wild but a weekend away in the Dales has seen us see
2 x Bactrian and 1 x Dromedary Camels
Several Llamas and Alpacas
Pygmy Goats
Pot Bellied Pig
Lots and lots of Sheep and lambs (including Swaledale, Herdwicks and Jacob)
Belted Galloway, Fresian, Highland and Jersey Cows.
Definitely on the wild side -
Rabbits
Red Kite
Buzzard
Kestrels
A stoat
Several weasels.
2 x Bactrian and 1 x Dromedary Camels
Several Llamas and Alpacas
Pygmy Goats
Pot Bellied Pig
Lots and lots of Sheep and lambs (including Swaledale, Herdwicks and Jacob)
Belted Galloway, Fresian, Highland and Jersey Cows.
Definitely on the wild side -
Rabbits
Red Kite
Buzzard
Kestrels
A stoat
Several weasels.
It could be her instinct to go to water is stronger.
My Friend had a Mallard who used to nest in the garden.
Then it was over the busy road, and two open fields.
Every year was a disaster.
Not so much "Spotted" as picked up from.behind a box of screws after it flew into the building.
A Swallow.
Released it outside and it flew off.
Thats it really.
A Swallow.
Released it outside and it flew off.
Thats it really.
two day ago i saw my first juvenile neotropical otter, which is even more surprising given the fact that the river is higher than usual again...
four weeks ago i had a different animal encounter: i was on my way to my WiFi spot when i found a bag in our entrance. i picked it up thinking someone dumped trash as usual BUT when i opened the bag several pairs of eyes were looking at me... .i went back to inform the owner of the farm of my find and he decided we'd save them (which involved crossing a waist-deep river) so no i've a box with four puppies sitting under my kitchen counter... .they looked about 4weeks old and were not weaned, so first two days was powdered milk fed from a bottle before the first learned to eat mushed dog food from a bowl... . a neighbor gave me some extra food for them a few days after and when i mentioned that my boys had diarrhoea they gave me some anti parasite pills for them as well (==lot of puppies here die because of parasites) which expelled several worms from their intestines... .by now my boys have progressed to soaked dog kibble and get more active every day
four weeks ago i had a different animal encounter: i was on my way to my WiFi spot when i found a bag in our entrance. i picked it up thinking someone dumped trash as usual BUT when i opened the bag several pairs of eyes were looking at me... .i went back to inform the owner of the farm of my find and he decided we'd save them (which involved crossing a waist-deep river) so no i've a box with four puppies sitting under my kitchen counter... .they looked about 4weeks old and were not weaned, so first two days was powdered milk fed from a bottle before the first learned to eat mushed dog food from a bowl... . a neighbor gave me some extra food for them a few days after and when i mentioned that my boys had diarrhoea they gave me some anti parasite pills for them as well (==lot of puppies here die because of parasites) which expelled several worms from their intestines... .by now my boys have progressed to soaked dog kibble and get more active every day
Heard my first Cuckoo of the year today, in the BBNP.
Also saw my first Swallow of the year just over a week or so ago, sitting on a wire wondering where his / her buddies were.
Also saw my first Swallow of the year just over a week or so ago, sitting on a wire wondering where his / her buddies were.
Oh, thats a good find; you were so sad when your dog was stolen.two day ago i saw my first juvenile neotropical otter, which is even more surprising given the fact that the river is higher than usual again...
four weeks ago i had a different animal encounter: i was on my way to my WiFi spot when i found a bag in our entrance. i picked it up thinking someone dumped trash as usual BUT when i opened the bag several pairs of eyes were looking at me... .i went back to inform the owner of the farm of my find and he decided we'd save them (which involved crossing a waist-deep river) so no i've a box with four puppies sitting under my kitchen counter... .they looked about 4weeks old and were not weaned, so first two days was powdered milk fed from a bottle before the first learned to eat mushed dog food from a bowl... . a neighbor gave me some extra food for them a few days after and when i mentioned that my boys had diarrhoea they gave me some anti parasite pills for them as well (==lot of puppies here die because of parasites) which expelled several worms from their intestines... .by now my boys have progressed to soaked dog kibble and get more active every day
i still miss her (5years in august she went missing), i had folks asking me for years afterwards what happened to her but never found out...
in 2012 i rescued a puppy in south korea from ending in a soup pot (i came too late for her two siblings but later pointed the bone (==a form of Aboriginal black magic) at the guy who ate them...) -- we adopted each other afterwards but i had to giver her away some weeks afterwards (and never knew what became of her apart from hearing six months later she'd grown up )...
Terence, Bud, Ed and Louis (=named after the three greatest-ever actors and one very great one) are getting more active by the day, Terence learned that poking his nose at a landcrab isn't a good idea
Thanks to BBC Countryfile website pics of birds.for ID : Seen in the tree opposite my window just now a Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Been searching for a few weeks to try to identify a bird that I've seen twice in the garden, finally ID'd it - Jay (Garrulus glandarius).
Red Kites circle above this estate all day long, my neigbour sometimes feeds them bacon.
Been searching for a few weeks to try to identify a bird that I've seen twice in the garden, finally ID'd it - Jay (Garrulus glandarius).
Red Kites circle above this estate all day long, my neigbour sometimes feeds them bacon.
Found all over the place in the town where I live are several species of wild geranium.
This one is Geranium molle, commonly called dove's-foot cranes-bill.
And here's another cranes-bill, this time Geranium robertianum or herb robert.
This one is Geranium molle, commonly called dove's-foot cranes-bill.
And here's another cranes-bill, this time Geranium robertianum or herb robert.
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Can you spot it on top of the wall ? South facing.
A Western Whip Snake trying to take in a few rays.....not easy as the sun kept going in.
When the sun went in for good, it hugged the stones warmed by the sun.
A Western Whip Snake trying to take in a few rays.....not easy as the sun kept going in.
When the sun went in for good, it hugged the stones warmed by the sun.
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