Your day's wildlife

[jongooligan]

[QUOTE 5223331, member: 9609"]how far from the sea would that be ?

I have seen a seal just down stream of Coldstream on the Tweed and that would be the best part of 10 mile.[/QUOTE]

Seal recently spotted at Topcliffe weir, 50 miles from the sea.

 

[biggs682]

Some sheep on this morning's ride

 

[jongooligan]

Three Roe deer, hundreds of Miner bees and a stoat on Waldridge Fell. Never really get chance to photograph anything as the dog usually scares them away before I can get the camera out.

 

[jongooligan]

Not wildlife but didn't know where else to put this.

A chalybeate spring has recently emerged in the streambed of the Cong Burn.

Saw a couple of Jays while we were in the woods but could hear a few more, all involved in a grumbly, complaining type of argument. Like listening to a group of Geoff Boycotts talking about today's batting standards and uncovered wickets.

 

[Maverick Goose]

A muckle o'Glaswegians...

 

[Heltor Chasca]

First martins today and the treat of the day was a hare who ran along in front of me quite casually at 35kph! Surfing my bow wave I guess. Just like a dolphin with big ears he was.

 

[MikeG]

.......Saw a couple of Jays while we were in the woods but could hear a few more, all involved in a grumbly, complaining type of argument........

They're always arguing. Love them. One of my favourite birds......but they are permanently stroppy.

 

[the stupid one]

A weasel ran across the road in front of me earlier today. Splendid!

 

[Buck]

My first otters in the wild today - stunning!

Also, a fox, rabbits, a noisy grey heron and a black heron.

 

[Buck]

We’re on a weekend break near Cirencester - a log cabin next to a lake.

There was a pair around 8am this morning as I was sat on the jetty soaking in the sights and sounds. Heard a noise to my right and they were “fishing”for breakfast in the shallows. One of them raised itself out of the water quite a bit, made eye contact with me then it was off! Left me speechless. I saw the pair later swimming further up the lake. Hope to see them again tomorrow (keeping my fingers crossed)

 

[potsy]

Ahhh wrong settings and way up high, but just seen this flying over the back garden.

 

[MikeG]

Three o'clock this afternoon, hot and sunny, a barn owl landed on the the telegraph pole alongside our garden. I was not 10 metres away, digging in the garden.... That was quite special. I guess that hunting in the middle of the day means it has a nest full of hungry chicks. This gives me the chance to use one of my favourite words: they're normally crepuscular.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

They're always arguing. Love them. One of my favourite birds......but they are permanently stroppy.

And I've always seen them alone and they've been completely silent. But, as they're corvids, I can imagine them being stroppy.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Oh, those posts about seals inland, out of their habitual salt water environment: I'm struggling to see why they'd have great difficulty inland in freshwater. After all, they're not drinking it, or breathing through it. A little heavier in the water, perhaps, and definitely more constrained, but on the positive side, they'd also be a long way from their habitual predators.

 

[MikeG]

And I've always seen them alone and they've been completely silent. But, as they're corvids, I can imagine them being stroppy.

Really? I saw a solitary one this morning, but normally there's half a dozen or more in the local woods squabbling away. They're even harder to see than usual now, with the trees being in leaf, but nonetheless there are 2 or 3 places I know locally where I can virtually guarantee to spot one.