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Recent wildlife sightings
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Nutty
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#1475 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
January 14, 2015, 10:41:02 am
I was in Suffolk at the weekend and saw a female Smew on Saturday at Minsmere. First one I've seen in the wild. Really nice to see.
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#1476 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
January 14, 2015, 11:57:27 am
I disturbed a colony of woodmice whilst doing some low skill landscaping in the garden
very cute watching them all dash about
first time I've seen a group like that (not surprising really)
I made sure their den was in one piece and have put in a marker so I don't disturb it again
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SA Chris
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#1477 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
January 14, 2015, 02:58:25 pm
I disturbed a colony of woodlice. Shit creatures really, aren't they.
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#1478 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
January 14, 2015, 03:17:09 pm
I wouldn't say that, they might send these lot around if you hurt their feelings.
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#1479 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
February 09, 2015, 10:41:10 am
Spotted some otter poo, a trail and a hole out for a walk on Saturday, anyone got any beta on trail cams, or IR triggers for a DSLR.
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#1480 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 01, 2015, 12:20:01 pm
Been a while. Great close encounter wth a peregrine on the seacliffs on Tuesday. Could have got a great photo, but spent too long dicking about geting long lens out and it got bored wating and buggered off.
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#1481 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 05, 2015, 11:18:59 am
I remember a lot of the time I spent at Clashfarquhar was in the company of (noisy) peregrines!
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#1482 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 22, 2015, 04:53:08 pm
Helped my brother with this, all filmed recently at a local quarry.
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#1483 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 23, 2015, 01:49:01 am
narrated by Ivor Cutler on helium, if I'm not mistaken
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#1484 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 23, 2015, 04:07:43 pm
I just saw a pair of Ospreys soaring above the house in Perthshire. After a bit of discussion with my lass and my mum we're pretty convinced. At first we thought they were seagulls as the wings were much more slender than an eagle, but looking at photos and videos online we're claiming Ospreys.
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#1485 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 25, 2015, 08:40:50 am
Quote from: Fultonius on May 23, 2015, 04:07:43 pm
seagulls
No such thing! (twitching pedantry
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Was watching a peregrine from the office window in Aberdeen city centre on Friday, we think it's nesting in the steeple of Gilcomston Church.
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#1486 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 25, 2015, 11:37:33 pm
Sorry, I meant "shitehawks" ;-)
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SA Chris
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#1487 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 26, 2015, 08:51:26 am
I sit next to a dedicated twitcher, and he always corrects me saying it's "gulls", not "seagulls", as in birding there is no such thing as a seagull, it's like saying "landrobin" or "landsparrow".
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#1488 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 26, 2015, 08:52:25 am
Seagull
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#1489 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 26, 2015, 08:54:34 am
Bad spelling!
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#1490 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 26, 2015, 09:20:59 am
Quote from: andy_e on May 26, 2015, 08:52:25 am
Seagull
We were wondering if it was a white tailed eagle but there was a strong step change in the profile of the wing half way along and the wings (wider at the outer portion) and they were too slender.
Wish I had a big lens!
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#1491 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 26, 2015, 12:35:31 pm
Osprey sounds very likely from the description, and they're about in perthshire. Loch of the Lowes near Dunkeld is a well known place for seeing them.
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#1492 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 26, 2015, 12:49:54 pm
I saw a hornet in Gloucestershire at the weekend- surprisingly big with a striking yellow face. Never seen one before and I wasn't even sure if we have them in the UK!
It actually landed on some flowers I was taking a close-up photo of. For a second I thought I was going to get a photo of it.
Then it flew towards me and I veered back like a little girl.
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#1493 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 26, 2015, 01:00:12 pm
Hornets like cornets.
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#1494 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 26, 2015, 01:20:10 pm
Quote from: r-man on May 22, 2015, 04:53:08 pm
Helped my brother with this, all filmed recently at a local quarry.
Hey, I really enjoyed that. The narration was really nice and natural and there was some good info in there. Would have been good to see the fledglings though!
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#1495 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 27, 2015, 06:40:35 pm
Blacky, are you still rocking the bird-call CD in your car these days or have you calmed down in your old age?
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#1496 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 27, 2015, 10:11:05 pm
I haven't seen or heard his CD yet Andy, but I did find a couple of heavily used Country File mags under his passenger seat the other day!!
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#1497 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 31, 2015, 11:33:12 am
Otter. River Wharfe.
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#1498 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 31, 2015, 12:54:41 pm
Saw some dolphins off Beadnell in Northumberland. Proper jumping out of the water, daylight underneath em etc.
And a deer by Embletone beach (on the land, not in the water obvs).
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#1499 Re: Recent wildlife sightings
May 31, 2015, 01:05:52 pm
Dave "Chough" Lamacraft has been busy in North Wales.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/look-new-plant-discoveries-put-9356666
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