Your day's wildlife

[Proto]

First go with the forest camera last night. Chose 3 shot burst rather than video to save on battery life but as results show less than satisfactory, so will try video next. So camera couple of metres into the woods bordering our garden. Forestry Commission land, and no fences or hedges.

Anyway, what do you think, couple of deer? Plenty of them around here.

I'll have another go tonight at a different location.

 

[annedonnelly]

What sort of deer do you have locally? We mainly have Roe up here & they have a distinctive white rump.

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[Proto]

What sort of deer do you have locally? We mainly have Roe up here & they have a distinctive white rump.

Anyone who likes looking at camera trap images might enjoy MammalWeb You can contribute by identifying animals in images - or upload your I think.

Disclaimer: I know very little about deer.

I believe we have both Roe and Red deer locally. I've certainly seen Roe with their white rum. However, looked at information, some of the deer I see appear to be too tall and heavy to be Roe. I need to get some good photos and ask for expert opinion.

This one we had the other day on our patio.

 

[annedonnelly]

Yeah, Roe are surprisingly small when you see them close up.

 

[biggs682]

Sat on the patio watching these two

Such noisy eaters but what a joy

 

[DCLane]

The hedgehog that visits my garden hasn't been seen for a while and we didn't know whether it was the cats around us that were eating the cat food I've been putting out. There were hedgehog droppings a couple of days ago so I thought it might be back.

I put food out and it appeared a couple of minutes later:

 

[biggs682]

Last night sitting on the patio watching the hogs was fantastic , i settled down around 9.20 pm after putting the food out 10 minutes before cleared a couple of plant pots from my line of vision and just waited sure enough just 1 to start with then a second i gradually moved closer bit by bit till i got to within 2 foot . One went for a walk up our garden and within seconds another one came from under next doors fence so two were eating side by side .

Sure they could sense me there as every so often they just stopped eating and stayed stationary then carried on . One went back under the fence and left the first arrival munching , i retreated back to my chair and watched and listened to it eating very noisy but then it's dry food.

I will do it again for sure but not for a few days as i don't want to scare them off

 

[PeteXXX]

A pigeon attempting to shield itself from last nights cloudburst..

Gull v Red Kite over my garden, this morning. ... They seemed to call it a draw, eventually!
(and 3 swallows, too)..

 

[Poacher]

While walking on Stanton Moor, Derbyshire yesterday I saw a bird fly to the top of a small Birch tree.
Hoping for a Woodlark, but had to be satisfied with a common-as-muck Meadow Pipit.
Oh well, it posed nicely!

 

[Proto]

Hopefully this will work. Deer* in the woods last night.

*I think the antlers identify it as a Roe deer.


View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRn8AuOqsOo/

 

[Willd]

Rubbish picture of a tourist eagle (or a UFO ), I think they had a nest in the nearby pine tree, as there was a lot of mewing going on

 

[newfhouse]

A regular visitor to my work car park.

 

[rockyroller]

A regular visitor to my work car park.

wow, such character in that face!

 

[rockyroller]

I think the antlers identify it as a Roe deer.

spectacular! does it turn on when it detects movement? does it have a light that turns on?

 

[rockyroller]

highlight of my bike ride. snakeskin underwater