Where the hell is it?.............
- Thread starter Jack
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Yeah really serious! As far as know we don't have them round here...Jack said:
Similarly when we were camping down near the NEC Adi heard his first ever woodpecker! He didn't know what it was till I told him. We don't get the same number of birds here. Apparently it's the green belt concentrating the birds around the edge of the city (... or something like that!
Where's 007 when I need him?) So please let me know when you hear one (so I can live vicariously!) :-D :-D
I heard my first Cuckoo on Dartmoor on Sunday.
I haven't heard one locally around Chichester for years.
Bat population seems to be growing though:-D
I haven't heard one locally around Chichester for years.
Bat population seems to be growing though:-D
I haven't heard a cuckoo on Anglesey in, ohhh, let me think, well over 15 years. I know where there might be some and might take a trip there real soon to find out.
I remember a point on Anglesey when Barn Owls were almost as rare as hen's teeth too (pardon the pun) but they seem to have made a bit of a come-back in recent years.
As for bats ... well, we do really well for those here ... there are spots that will be thick in bats come June! :-D
I remember a point on Anglesey when Barn Owls were almost as rare as hen's teeth too (pardon the pun) but they seem to have made a bit of a come-back in recent years.
As for bats ... well, we do really well for those here ... there are spots that will be thick in bats come June! :-D
Kath's right, I'd never heard a woodpecker before. There are a few about but not in any significant numbers :-(
The edges or urban areas can be quite prolific in wildlife generally because just as we are pressing in on their habitat, they press in against ours. A few years ago work finished on the A55 road across Anglesey and if you travel along it now you might easily see a dozen birds of prey about. Neat!
The edges or urban areas can be quite prolific in wildlife generally because just as we are pressing in on their habitat, they press in against ours. A few years ago work finished on the A55 road across Anglesey and if you travel along it now you might easily see a dozen birds of prey about. Neat!
I went camping sat-mon, woodpeckers were all we heard! They were everywhere! Never saw one though, they were very well-hidden.
I think we heard one cuckoo. It was up in the Usk resevoir forest...that reminds me, see thread....
Cheers,
Jake
I think we heard one cuckoo. It was up in the Usk resevoir forest...that reminds me, see thread....
Cheers,
Jake
Yep I heard the old harbinger of spring this weekend when I was over the forest so you can relax Jake!
Havent heard one this year yet, but I've seen a woodpecker. Heard a few cuckoos last year though.
First cuckoo on the 24th april this year. About a week later than usual.
Must have been the horrible weather this spring.
George
Must have been the horrible weather this spring.
George
I hadn't heard any this year, wouldn't you know it, heard four or five of 'em today.
Also heard a Grasshopper Warbler and a Greater Spotted Woodpecker.
I saw two Roe Deer, two Foxes, one Harrier (don't know which species very fleeting sighting),loads of Reed Warblers, one Great Crested Grebe, loads of Canada Geese (one pair with young), Mute Swans, various other water birds and an Adder.
Loads of other stuff too!
Had a busy day me! :-D
Also heard a Grasshopper Warbler and a Greater Spotted Woodpecker.
I saw two Roe Deer, two Foxes, one Harrier (don't know which species very fleeting sighting),loads of Reed Warblers, one Great Crested Grebe, loads of Canada Geese (one pair with young), Mute Swans, various other water birds and an Adder.
Loads of other stuff too!
Had a busy day me! :-D
T
Tumper
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Blimey...I hope you wasn't leaning on a picket fence whistling zippadee-do-da....Sorry, but I've been stuck indoors finishing a report all day, and I will be tommorow as well :-( :evil:
Not heard one either. heard and saw several woodpeckers in the New Forest the other weekend (A couple of Green and a Greater spotted I think)
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And saw a swallow the other day. Nearly walked into a fast moving car as I was thinking 'Bloody hell! He's early!!'
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And saw a swallow the other day. Nearly walked into a fast moving car as I was thinking 'Bloody hell! He's early!!'
I saw swallows on the 24th April, and heard woodpeckers in a local wood later the same day. Still haven't heard the cuckoo yet this year though.
Dave
Dave
I heard a woodpecker yesterday. I've also seen at least 40 roe deer around my home this year (who knows how many of them were the same ones) and about 6 hares.
