[cofe]

he's to raven tor what paul burrell was to princess di.

[slackline]

Big Cat on the Tracks

[dave]

Is that a Monet?

[slackline]

Is that a Monet?

 

[SA Chris]

Same as what I saw, except one we saw was a bit smaller. Kellas Cats - hybrid of Scottish Wild Cat and domestic.

[MattW]

Saw two stags in the field at the Millstone end of Sheephill Road, some seriously impresssive antler action.

[Sloper]

Gt Spotted woodpecker on our bird feeder, three times now!  I'll try and get a decent photo.

[Monolith]

Saw gannets diving out in Liverpool bay on saturday. Seriously impressive how suddenly they can descend to water level from 40 foot odd!

[Falling Down]

They're beautiful birds.

I was surfing up in Northumberland at the North End of Bamburgh beach a few years ago and the gannets were diving all around us.   Hitting the water with wings folded at great speeds really close by and then swimming underwater around our feet chasing whitebait.  Can still picture it perfectly..

[cofe]

friends reckon they spotted a couple of hen harriers very early (6am ish) on saturday. their description was pretty accurate.

[SamT]

Or were they Long Eared owls. Behaviour is very similar. 
Saw one a number of years ago at the High neb car park, and put it down as Long Eared Owl. (it was dusk).

4 king fishers feeding from the same branch,    nr  Water cum Jolly.

[Bonjoy]

A pod of Dolphins and a pair of Porpouise spotted last week at Ailladie in the Burren. Plus lots of seabirds, Black Guillemots, Terns, Kittiwakes, Gannets, Shearwaters.

[cofe]

Or were they Long Eared owls. Behaviour is very similar. 
Saw one a number of years ago at the High neb car park, and put it down as Long Eared Owl. (it was dusk).

they gave a pretty good description. sounds likely.

[Sloper]

friends reckon they spotted a couple of hen harriers very early (6am ish) on saturday near stanage end. their description was pretty accurate.

We had a Harrier in our hedge, they nest not far from here so it's plausible that they were over Stanage.

PS the way our gallant boys fly down the valley I'm suprised we haven't had a chinook or euro fighter in the back garden, ps the Lancaster from the BobMF came over at 50m on Sunday, very impressive

[slackline]

PS the way our gallant boys fly down the valley I'm suprised we haven't had a chinook or euro fighter in the back garden, ps the Lancaster from the BobMF came over at 50m on Sunday, very impressive

Saw the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane fly over Stanage End on Saturday, and clocked what looked like an Apache helicopter flying along the valley from Millstone on Tuesday night.

Hmm, this is a bit  , maybe a new thread for plane spotting is required

[Sloper]

Yes I saw the Apache from Hope, our last two houses have been under military flight paths so I'm quite good at plane spotting, but please no thread.

[SA Chris]

Leuchars is coming up boys.

[Sloper]

Filthy bugger that Leuchars, I thought he'd promised to confine himself to self abuse.

[SamT]

red arrows in formation right past the millstone car park on Sunday heading up towards the dams, then about an hour later, the Lancaster coming back down towards Chatsworth.
(saw spitfire and Vulcan bomber over the inlaws nr Cockermouth on 25th July too.)

Saw that Apache (sounds amazing in a very threatening manner) over bradwell on Tuesday night (about 7:30 ish)

guess its Airshow season

Sorry all a bit 

[fatneck]

To get this back on topic! After a week on the Lleyn I saw;

A Hobby - hunting down country lanes. A first!
Porpoise - small pod off the coast at Porth Dinllaen.
Gannets - around a dozen dive bombing 50 yards from me. Amazing!
Barn Owl - burst noiselessly through some foliage at the side of the lane and flew away from me.
Sand Martins - apparently doing well this year.
Choughs - great birds, always a pleasure!
Sparrowhawk - at four yards! Sat on a fence post as I walked down a lane.

Given the evening cacophony we were subjected to, our cottage was surrounded by good numbers of Tawny's! We were also regularly in the company of a buzzard family. The youngster was easy to locate as he screeched for food all day and we had only to follow the noise to watch him at our leisure. Never witnessed the feeding process before, so that was nice...

Good holiday! 

[john horscroft]

More Kingfisher action.  Doing my paper round this morning (I know, worlds oldest paper boy), dropped into Millhouses Park over the little bridge that comes down from Abbey Lane, rode beside the river accompanied by a Kingfisher for fully 30 yards.  What a great way to start the day!

[Idol eyes]

They're beautiful birds.

I was surfing up in Northumberland at the North End of Bamburgh beach a few years ago and the gannets were diving all around us.   Hitting the water with wings folded at great speeds really close by and then swimming underwater around our feet chasing whitebait.  Can still picture it perfectly..

I watched these bird from the boat.... they go blind after a certain amount of time... salt and impact damage!!!

[lagerstarfish]

4 king fishers feeding from the same branch,    nr  Water cum Jolly.

  indeed. I've never seen such a thing, but would be jumping up and down if I did. Lucky man 

[SA Chris]

Watched some small white birds (arctic terns) diving for fish at Balmedie beach on Sunday. Place is brimming with wildlife, hope that syrupheaded fuckwit Trump never gets his way. Was a "Trip up Trump" picnic going on, good turnout of 50 or so people.

[rginns]

Saw a Barn Owl burst through the trees at Jumbles and float over my head last night - they're quite big up close!