[Johnny Brown]

Aye you're probably right about those - they don't get bigger than your average dog.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

forgot to say that fox i saw in bromhill was at about 12 noon, which was the surprising factor.

It's quite common to see birds in Broomhill in daylight hours, although it is rarer to see foxes it's not unheard of, but your more likely to see dogs, especially during the day. 

[Johnny Brown]

Shit, must dash, I think someone just dropped a drum kit down the stairs. 

[El Mocho]

Out with May walking the dog yesterday and didn't sight any wildlife of great interest but I did sight a Tracksuited man with very large hands staring through some binos looking for water voles. Mr Fawcett. Started telling us all kind of twitching things and was pointing out the water vole holes saying they will be comming out of hibernation soon and he likes to watch them frolicking on the grass...

[Johnny Brown]

I didn't think it was possible, but he's just gone up in my estimation even further. What a legend! when will be able to read his book?

[Stabbsy]

I had a further Adder sighting in February, just by the drystone wall at Bowden Doors - it was quite aggressive, think I only saw it because of the noise it was making. I'd guess it was male from the photos above.

It seemed small compared to a previous sighting at Holyhead Mountain, but that was about 8 or 9 years ago so the memory is a bit hazy.

[SA Chris]

I almost stepped off a boulder next to a rattlesnake when i was on my tod at Ibex. Shat me up big time, luckily it gate me a warning as I was about to move, that rattle turns your blood to ice instantly.

[lagerstarfish]

Just came back from Attercliffe along the 5 Wiers Walk (sometimes my job is sooo difficult) - whilst the newly dredged sections of the Don are looking pretty lifeless at the moment I was delighted to get a close up view of a kingfisher catching its dinner from the tree branches at the upsteam end of Spider Bridge. I looked over the rail just as it dived and was probably only 10m away. Made my morning.

[Stabbsy]

I almost stepped off a boulder next to a rattlesnake when i was on my tod at Ibex. Shat me up big time.

I had a similar experience walking up towards Yesterday Gully at Arapiles a few years ago. Came round a corner to find a Brown Snake about 3 feety away. Luckily for me, it belted off in the other direction - but I know which of us was most scared and it wasn't the snake.

[SA Chris]

Did you instantly produce a brown snake of your own?

[Falling Down]

The skylarks were singing merrily as I walked over the heath and dunes above the beach at Hells Mouth yesterday before and after surfing. Another sign of Spring on the way.

[SA Chris]

Logie Head (on moray coast) was full of life yesterday - two cormorants (one juvenile), some guillemots (or possibly razorbills?) and kittiwakes to make up for the plagues of shitehawks, plus loads of LBJs on the walk in. Bit of poo on the cliffs from winter of non-use.

[lagerstarfish]

I assume you use "shitehawk" to mean some kind of seagull - I've come across it as a nickname for the red kite, on account of their scavenging behaviour...

Oooh, I am interesting 

[SA Chris]

Locally herring gulls are referred to as shitehawks. Or fucking vermin.

[DaveC]

Added a couple of good'uns this last weekend.
Saw some Emus wondering across the plains out west of here and then down on the coast we saw a couple of Little Albatross diving for fish.
Meanwhile, in the garden we found our second one of these, a Bird-Dropping Spider (I kid you not!)



Amazing little critters that seem to like our Almond Tree.

[SA Chris]

is it called a bird dropping spider because it looks like a bird dropping, or because it uses the same method of attack as the aforementioned drop bears.

Or does it just have some wierd scatalogical fetish?

[magpie]

Spiders are not wildlife; they do not need to be on this thread anymore

[DaveC]

is it called a bird dropping spider because it looks like a bird dropping

Got it in one. When it folds its legs in it really does look like it's name. They do a great job of keeping the parasites off our almonds.

Spiders are not wildlife; they do not need to be on this thread anymore

Sorry Magpie, spiders are DEFINITELY wildlife! 

[hairich]

over last 2 days we have had 2 pairs of frogs mating on our back doorstep. it made life interesting getting in and out of the house for a while as they were not at all worried about us.

spring has sprung for sure.

where is the harris with the lime

[DaveC]

where is the harris with the lime

Wake up at the back there!!!

http://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,9219.0.html

[slackline]

Saw a toad on the track at North Stack on Sunday...



...and the obligatory seals when in Wen Zawn (no photo though).

[Neil F]

Lots of frogs in the Lawrencefield pool on Sunday.

UKC has a wildlife section (!) so I posted a photo there....

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=110983

[SA Chris]

That's a lot of frogs!

When I was driving back from Glen Clova this stime last year we left the pub and the sleet at munro tide had turned to torrential rain, and there were frogs al over the road. Tried to avoid most of them, but it was prerrty impossible.

Loads of pheasants out there on Saturday, must have seen a dozen or so.

[magpie]

Lots of frogs in the Lawrencefield pool on Sunday.

I saw your photo on UKC, it's ace, loads of wee smiley eyes! 

[cofe]

clocked this hedgehog finishing off a magnum, while walking to the pub at the weekend. wasn't fazed by my presence, but given the relative size of a magnum to his body he was probably feeling a bit too full to scarper: