Recent wildlife sightings (Read 658363 times)

Fiend · September 22, 2009, 03:48:53 pm

Two great big Barn Owls at Craig Rhiwarth and a few great big green dragonflies at Craig Y Merched, last weekend. None of them sat still for photos though!

Idol eyes · September 22, 2009, 05:26:51 pm

Red Kites... Camarthenshire,
Salmon also!!!!

SA Chris · October 01, 2009, 01:29:44 pm

A seal (Not Seal) popped his head out the water about 10 ft away from me when I was surfing this morning, gave me stinkeye for a minute for surfing his local break, snorted and disappeared underwater, didn't see him again.

slackline · October 06, 2009, 02:46:24 pm

Kestrel buzzing around at Almscliff Sunday, cool to watch it tweaking its hovering...

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lagerstarfish · October 06, 2009, 02:57:12 pm

Sat with Jasper outside The Sheaf last night and heard a bit of falcon squawking going on. As far as I could work out it was two peregrines (checked the tail, but might have got it wrong) chasing off a female sparrowhawk. Pretty spectacular.

Jaspersharpe · October 06, 2009, 05:13:04 pm

Yes it was. The noisy bastards.

underground · October 06, 2009, 08:01:08 pm

Nice pics slackers, nice to see old Kes in action. Hunting for tandoori chicken by the look of it...

rginns · October 06, 2009, 11:13:54 pm

Spotted this little fella at Widdop a couple of weeks back - it's a female Metellina segmentata or Common orb weaver, and make little round webs on the ground - check out it's multiple eyes!

rodma · October 07, 2009, 01:56:21 pm

Quote from: rginns on September 16, 2009, 09:28:41 am

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

Went to Goat Crag in Northumberland which is a pile of crumbly crap, the only redeeming features being a friendly land owner and more importantly...a resident barn owl. That's the first time i've seen one up close, it actually sat and looked at me for a bit before it realised it ought to fly off. Must've seen me salivating.

SA Chris · October 07, 2009, 02:08:47 pm

It really is a shit crag isn't it. Luckily we only stopped for a look on the way back from Doveholes.

Highlight was finding the "goat" etching (or whatever it is) in the rock.

rodma · October 08, 2009, 08:53:13 am

Quote from: SA Chris on October 07, 2009, 02:08:47 pm

It really is a shit crag isn't it. Luckily we only stopped for a look on the way back from Doveholes.

Highlight was finding the "goat" etching (or whatever it is) in the rock.

Total shit, with the rock being described something like "of surprisingly much higher quality than it's neighbour doveholes, despite the close proximity"

The first problem at the crag even tells you to pull on a "loose looking hold", which wasn't loose looking, or anything else for that matter, as it was already gone. Every other hold just seemed to crumble away under my mighty mass.

The etching is very wee, I'm surprised anyone ever spotted it. It also looks a bit like a drawing of a camel done by a 6 year old.

Sorry, this is a little

Bonnylad · October 08, 2009, 12:52:20 pm

I saw some fella on a big scope on a tripod near Barden Towers, Bolton Abbey so asked what he could see, bloody amazing. Me - nothing, but through the 'scope - a flock of swallows being hunted by a peregrine. His knowledge was truly astounding

Impressed with Hen Harier up Barden Moor while I was bouldering at Deer Gallows some years ago now but sticks in your memory - beautiful birds.
Saw deer "prospecting" (ie couldn't be arsed with pack!) in a glade above the mill at Hardcastle Crags - they stopped feeding and stood and gawping at me before doing one rather sharpish up into the trees, makes your day doesn't it.
Unfortunately my more recent discoveries have included snares set by Gamekeepers who are total knobs and do not deserve a place on this earth, - i got f'kin well stuck in it! They just seem too want kill stuff

Oooh,and a little family of stoats up Rylstone bouncing through the grass - and grouse with chicks in tow.
Don't get me started on South Africa...

SA Chris · October 08, 2009, 01:02:48 pm

Saw a fox on the walk to work this morning, jumped onto wall and over into scrub next to the railway line. Wasn't the usual manky urban fox either, looked quite healthy.

lagerstarfish · October 08, 2009, 01:27:54 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on October 08, 2009, 01:02:48 pm

on the walk to work this morning, jumped onto wall and over into scrub next to the railway line

sounds like you're losing the plot

SA Chris · October 08, 2009, 03:01:55 pm

I am mate. did 14 hours work yesterday, and 11 hours today. Fooking deadlines.

Tris · October 08, 2009, 04:32:33 pm

Animals will be getting mobile phones apparently:

Are you worried about river wildlife in your area? Want to know if the animals are happy? If the water's clean enough?
Then maybe you should text them and ask!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8293608.stm

lagerstarfish · October 08, 2009, 10:09:30 pm

Down at Salmon Pastures this evening (Attercliffe) we were entertained by a little egret as we failed to catch fish (except for Irish Allan, who had a small chub).

first time I've seen one in this country

Johnny Brown · October 09, 2009, 09:08:42 am

Let me get this right Lagers, you blanked? Is this the first blank of the autumn?

lagerstarfish · October 09, 2009, 01:04:07 pm

Yes and yes.

Does this mean that you will call the grit now?

To be honest, using a quick 2 hour session to continue my quest for a double figure Don barbel probably wasn't the best use of my time, but I've had such a cracking summer on dry fly and Czech nymphing that I thought I'd give the grayling a break. Which reminds me, grayling are doing great in the Don and I keep meaning to get a decent photo of one.

Beautiful fish (not my picture)

Johnny Brown · October 09, 2009, 01:09:28 pm

Just waiting on the final condition to be met now

Eyes peeled for unusual crows folk!

SA Chris · October 09, 2009, 01:30:04 pm

Does Jim Crow count? not much of it up here?

slackline · October 10, 2009, 10:10:12 pm

A Pale Tussock moth (Calliteara pudibunda) that was at the base of the climb Pollux at Agden Rocher today.

butters · October 11, 2009, 01:32:48 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on October 08, 2009, 01:02:48 pm

Saw a fox on the walk to work this morning, jumped onto wall and over into scrub next to the railway line. Wasn't the usual manky urban fox either, looked quite healthy.

Reminds me of a fox I saw while I was having a smoke break at work one night - it was searching out a ducks nest hidden in the vegetation which it eventually found - jumped up onto the wall with an egg in it's mouth and trotted away very casual like. Looked very thin but it was probably mid summer so I am guessing that it was a female with cubs somewhere.

Also saw another one while I was walking back from the Sheaf the other night.

SA Chris · October 11, 2009, 07:25:55 pm

recent sighting sadly animal late

Whale carcass on beach near Arbroath. Pretty much intact, amazing no-one has tried to take the jawbone or anything. Probably from the smell.

Idol eyes · October 12, 2009, 12:14:17 pm

What the fuck is that, a Walrus???
Red Kite taking out a black bird within 2 meters of view... noises and all...