Author Topic: Seen today (Read 1018188 times)

tiermat · « **Reply #3350 on:** 15 August, 2013, 02:53:52 pm »

Riggers, they are all in CAmbridgeshire, dive bombing me as I ride back to the digs...

Riggers · « **Reply #3351 on:** 16 August, 2013, 08:53:22 am »

Well, I don't know what's going on. I can tell you there are none in Brighton, Newhaven, Seaford, Alfriston, Wilmington, Arlington, Glynde, Lewes, Ditchling, Hassocks, Hurstpierpoint. I've never noticed their absence so early in August before.

Peter · « **Reply #3352 on:** 19 August, 2013, 10:35:24 am »

Relieved to see plenty of hirondelles on a ride through Westmorland and Yorkshire this weekend. Also thrilled to see a RED squirrel near Crosby Garrett (Appleby way)! It ran along the road in front of me for about 100 yards.

Morrisette · « **Reply #3353 on:** 21 August, 2013, 09:54:41 am »

Swifts apparently do leave in August. I had noticed they weren't here anymore and so Googled...

Steph · « **Reply #3354 on:** 21 August, 2013, 11:53:27 am »

Lots of martins and not-spits in New Forest over the last few days, as well as tawny oqls too wet to woo on Saturday night.

RJ · « **Reply #3355 on:** 22 August, 2013, 04:58:22 pm »

Swifts heard on my way home yesterday evening, here in Embra.

Bledlow · « **Reply #3356 on:** 24 August, 2013, 08:30:21 pm »

Quote from: Morrisette on 21 August, 2013, 09:54:41 am

Swifts apparently do leave in August. I had noticed they weren't here anymore and so Googled...

Mrs B commented on their absence from here today. Summer's dying . . .

We saw a nowl on our Wednesday ride. It flew along the road ahead of us for a little way, rather low. Nice.

clifftaylor · « **Reply #3357 on:** 25 August, 2013, 05:23:39 pm »

Coming round a corner at the top of a steep rise, sound of hooves from over a gate on my right, and there was a huge, very wooly black llama - it looked like a GM poodle or somesuch. Nearly sh@t myself.

Bledlow · « **Reply #3358 on:** 25 August, 2013, 09:27:09 pm »

Someone near Reading farms 'em.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3359 on:** 26 August, 2013, 02:00:03 am »

During the Mildenhall weekend: a muntjac, running across the road in front of us; several buzzards; and a mink as roadkill.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #3360 on:** 26 August, 2013, 08:04:57 am »

Forgot about this one. At the top of the Kitzsteinhorn in Austria, a flock of at least 10 eagles. Two of them swooped very low - they are very much like giant buzzards.

clarion · « **Reply #3361 on:** 28 August, 2013, 02:05:44 pm »

A fluffy black cat.

Not unusual to see a cat. Even this one, which we have seen many times before, though we don't know to whom it belongs.

The unusual thing was that I saw it as a furry black face peered round the door into our bedroom.

It soon took flight, and was sat on the step next time I saw it, though I had checked the upstairs rooms before going down to the kitchen.

Cheeky thing.

Ruth · « **Reply #3362 on:** 28 August, 2013, 05:51:01 pm »

A BLACK SQRL!!

Srsly, in Canada they have black sqrls. What is this, Mirkwood?

matthew · « **Reply #3363 on:** 28 August, 2013, 05:59:31 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 28 August, 2013, 02:05:44 pm

A fluffy black cat.

Not unusual to see a cat. Even this one, which we have seen many times before, though we don't know to whom it belongs.

The unusual thing was that I saw it as a furry black face peered round the door into our bedroom.

It soon took flight, and was sat on the step next time I saw it, though I had checked the upstairs rooms before going down to the kitchen.

Cheeky thing.

Just wait till Nye is crawling / toddling, it will then make itself very scarce. There is a good chance that my nephews first work will be cat as he chases them round the room.

Bledlow · « **Reply #3364 on:** 01 September, 2013, 08:24:27 pm »

Yesterday:
A toad, on the allotment. I'm hoping for toadspawn in our pond next year.

Today:
A couple of buzzards, & an assortment of flattened fauna, in various states from fresh & hardly flattened at all (a young muntjac) to very flattened indeed (pigeons, an unidentifiable small rodent, & a badger so flat & dried out it had stopped stinking).

Pingu · « **Reply #3365 on:** 03 September, 2013, 10:07:04 pm »

Quote from: Ruthie on 28 August, 2013, 05:51:01 pm

A BLACK SQRL!!

Srsly, in Canada they have black sqrls. What is this, Mirkwood?

The red sqls are black in various parts of Europe.

Ruth · « **Reply #3366 on:** 03 September, 2013, 10:32:26 pm »

They have reds and greys as well

I saw what looked like three white herons in the Humber today. I watched them for ages. So beautiful.

Kim · « **Reply #3367 on:** 03 September, 2013, 11:18:50 pm »

Did I mention a female muntjac, last seen flying over my bike on Saturday morning? Well, one of those.

docsquid · « **Reply #3368 on:** 05 September, 2013, 04:20:40 pm »

This week first ever sighting of spotted flycatcher in the woods. Also seen a woodcock - typical! I've been trying to survey them all summer with no success. Two sightings this year, February and this week, outside of the official survey period. Also lots of little froggies.

Bledlow · « **Reply #3369 on:** 05 September, 2013, 07:32:19 pm »

Allotment amphibian, seen a couple of hours ago. Mrs B was very pleased that she'd gone to the allotment with me.

Crappy phone pictures, unfortunately. It looked rather big.

Morrisette · « **Reply #3370 on:** 05 September, 2013, 08:43:51 pm »

There are black sqrls in North Cambridge, outside our office. They look a bit...ratty, as they don't have a fluffy tail!

Pingu · « **Reply #3371 on:** 05 September, 2013, 09:41:41 pm »

They'll be black grey sqls rather than black red sqls

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3372 on:** 05 September, 2013, 10:56:23 pm »

Quote from: Morrisette on 05 September, 2013, 08:43:51 pm

There are black sqrls in North Cambridge, outside our office. They look a bit...ratty, as they don't have a fluffy tail!

They would no doubt be related to the black ones that inhabit Girton College's grounds.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #3373 on:** 06 September, 2013, 10:49:44 am »

Quote from: Pingu on 05 September, 2013, 09:41:41 pm

They'll be black grey sqls rather than black red sqls

I didn't know there were black red ones as well.

RJ · « **Reply #3374 on:** 06 September, 2013, 12:27:15 pm »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanism