Recent wildlife sightings (Read 658271 times)

JackAus · September 16, 2013, 03:55:05 pm

At the crag today had a adolescent Lyrebird checking things out. Watched me climb for abit then decided to do his calls. Their ability to perfectly imitate other noises never ceases to amaze me.... Very strange to hear a chainsaw sound come from a bird 20 feet away from you...

andy_e · September 16, 2013, 04:29:18 pm

Careful, otherwise it'll start saying "That hold's shit, that's a hard move" and putting you off!

willackers · September 16, 2013, 04:50:42 pm

Quote from: rich d on September 16, 2013, 10:21:54 am

On the walk to work this morning saw a comorant

Shame you didn't have a shotgun with you.

rich d · September 16, 2013, 06:52:16 pm

Quote from: willackers on September 16, 2013, 04:50:42 pm

Quote from: rich d on September 16, 2013, 10:21:54 am
On the walk to work this morning saw a comorant

Shame you didn't have a shotgun with you.

Why's that?

andy_e · September 16, 2013, 07:21:52 pm

Because Will's jealous that they're better fishers than he is.

SA Chris · September 17, 2013, 09:39:55 am

Quote from: JackAus on September 16, 2013, 03:55:05 pm

Very strange to hear a chainsaw sound come from a bird 20 feet away from you...

Have you heard them making the noise of a camera shutter? Brilliant. Sadly in the digital photography age the ones that make the shutter noise are dying out.

JackAus · September 18, 2013, 01:24:12 am

Yeah! They used to be abit more common around here as a kid.. Not as much now. Maybe they're just more cunning...

fatneck · September 23, 2013, 11:03:38 am

First ever Little Grebe on the River Warfe Saturday morning... Also, mooching through the undergrowth at Brimham on Sunday and suddenly found ourselves surrounded by a flock of Long Tailed Tits! Great views for the Noodle (4yo) and wife...

andy_e · September 23, 2013, 11:20:19 am

Little grebes are awesome aren't they? I saw a few at RSPB Saltholme the other day, they were my first little grebes too! Lots of various species of (mostly brown) ducks too and some cool little egrets. Then a mile up the road to see harbour seals with pups splashing around in the water and some grey seals having a sunbathe too.

fatneck · September 23, 2013, 11:36:55 am

Yeah, such active divers...

andy_e · September 23, 2013, 01:10:40 pm

I know! Just when you get your binoculars trained on them properly they disappear and reappear about 20 metres away!

JackAus · September 30, 2013, 12:13:29 pm

Saw a 2m Goanna today. Not seen one since I've been back. Definitely a dinosaur...

fatneck · September 30, 2013, 03:34:28 pm

Re Little Grebe's... Having got excited about seeing one in a relatively remote area of the Yorkshire Dales, I went for a stroll around Sefton Park with the wife yesterday and saw a pair with a youngster in tow! #urbanwildlife

mark s · October 13, 2013, 08:26:44 am

Last weekend at back forest me and turner saw a whopping great stag ,antlers and all.
Grimer came over the hill saying wow,did you see that.It ran right past him.

mini · October 27, 2013, 08:13:15 pm

Spotted a little egret flying off from the River Churnet just outside Leek today. Regularly see a heron along the same stretch, but this guy (or gal) was way more impressive in all it's white plumage.

andy_e · October 28, 2013, 09:10:07 am

Narrowly missed spotting a hoopoe in Bishop Auckland the other day, missed it by two hours! Plenty of migratory birds around. Half-tempted to skip work to go and see a glossy ibis which has turned up near Hartlepool!

SA Chris · October 28, 2013, 09:29:05 am

If you were dedicated you would be on a charter flight to Shetland

http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/7532-tiny-birds-stir-huge-interest

A guy I work with flew up Saturday to try and see it.

andy_e · October 28, 2013, 09:36:28 am

Quote from: SA Chris on October 28, 2013, 09:29:05 am

If you were dedicated and very rich you would be on a charter flight to Shetland

SA Chris · October 28, 2013, 10:23:37 am

I nver knew you were that dedicated a twitcher. If I had I would put you in touch with him when you were up here. He's spotted otters a couple of times at Donmouth too.

andy_e · October 28, 2013, 10:25:21 am

Definitely a part-timer, now the weather's too crap to climb and I can't be bothered going to the wall to squeeze big blobs.

SA Chris · October 28, 2013, 12:30:29 pm

http://www.climbing.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=9113&p=54545#p54545

Quality south african wildlife spot!

Will Hunt · October 29, 2013, 10:46:02 pm

Andy. I'm speechless. How old are you?!

Well done for being the country's youngest proper bird spotter. You just need to get some adenoids to give your nerdy proclamations in the hide some real authenticity.

tomtom · October 30, 2013, 08:06:32 am

I think you should change your username to Birdy_e...

andy_e · October 30, 2013, 08:07:54 am

I doubt I'm the youngest Will, at the hoopoe hunt the other day was a teenager with his dad and plenty of others of all ages...

JackAus · November 26, 2013, 06:36:51 am

Trekked/hacked for hours through the bush today searching for new stuff.

Saw 2 goannas, couple of kangaroos, a Brown Snake and a turtle...

Didn't see this one until I was right under his tree and he started hissing loudly at me... Scared the shit out of me.

IMG_1992 by JackFolkes, on Flickr

Nearly ran him over thinking it was a rock... Jumped out and carried him off the road (after he pissed all over my hands....).

IMG_2046 by JackFolkes, on Flickr