Author Topic: Seen today (Read 1018450 times)

T42 · « **Reply #3850 on:** 20 October, 2014, 03:03:22 pm »

Spotted a baby woolly mammoth yesterday:

Andrij · « **Reply #3851 on:** 25 October, 2014, 03:16:40 am »

Two foxes on the way home this morning. It's been quite some time since I've seen any around here.

Pingu · « **Reply #3852 on:** 27 October, 2014, 10:35:33 am »

Slavonian grebe in Aberdeen harbour right now.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3853 on:** 31 October, 2014, 07:08:26 pm »

Good view of a green woodpecker in the park this morning.

Pingu · « **Reply #3854 on:** 31 October, 2014, 08:27:01 pm »

Dolphin in the harbour today.

Riggers · « **Reply #3855 on:** 03 November, 2014, 11:34:13 am »

Wife saw a Kingfisher in Bude canal last week.

I didn't.

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #3856 on:** 06 November, 2014, 07:23:08 am »

My cycle ride in the dark to Süchteln last night afforded me a barn owl, deer, bat and what looked like a stork or heron (flying in the dark? Beside the river Niers)

RJ · « **Reply #3857 on:** 06 November, 2014, 09:06:58 pm »

Quote from: Auntie Helen on 06 November, 2014, 07:23:08 am

My cycle ride in the dark to Süchteln last night afforded me a barn owl, deer, bat and what looked like a stork or heron (flying in the dark? Beside the river Niers)

More likely heron as storks (a) have become quite rare in Germany and (b) should be in/well on their way to Africa by now ...

fuzzy · « **Reply #3858 on:** 07 November, 2014, 08:37:40 am »

Yesterday afternoon, whilst doing traffic control at pick up time, I watched a Red Kite (A) flying over the school, with another (B) in close proximity. A circled for a little while, gaining altitude then seemed to drop something. This separated and was revealed to be two feathers which started to drift as they descended. A then dove onto one of the feathers and plucked it from the sky in its talons and started to play with it like a cat plays with a mouse. The other feather continued to drift. Suddenly B dropped from the sky and caught this feather and swooped back up to altitude. A and B then started to chase each other round the sky trying to grab each others feather.

Great fun to watch

Steph · « **Reply #3859 on:** 07 November, 2014, 04:20:25 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 27 October, 2014, 10:35:33 am

Slavonian grebe in Aberdeen harbour right now.

Git....

a lower gear · « **Reply #3860 on:** 07 November, 2014, 10:47:00 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 20 October, 2014, 03:03:22 pm

Spotted a baby woolly mammoth yesterday:

All keen mammoth spotters need up to date informaiton on the various British herds' migration patterns: http://www.jasperfforde.com/thursdaynext/mammoth.html But I suppose this cute baby was from a continental herd - which ones pass through your home in the Alsace each year?

Riggers · « **Reply #3861 on:** 10 November, 2014, 09:14:21 am »

Seen yesterday, and rescued from the road:

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3862 on:** 10 November, 2014, 12:39:43 pm »

Slow-worms in November? Confusing.

Riggers · « **Reply #3863 on:** 10 November, 2014, 02:00:33 pm »

I know. Was very very sluggish (or rather 'slowish'), and I should have spent some time warming the little chap up, but escorted him/her across the road to safety. Mild weather. Maybe thought it was time (or still time) to be up and about!

L CC · « **Reply #3864 on:** 15 November, 2014, 10:13:35 pm »

Frog in the fog, early this morning. Weasel this afternoon. Rats in the fog this evening.

Andrij · « **Reply #3865 on:** 16 November, 2014, 10:16:03 am »

Yesterday: a munkjack(?), a lizard (type to be confirmed) and lots of squirrels, dogs and horses - no surprise in Epping Forest.

Juan Martín · « **Reply #3866 on:** 16 November, 2014, 12:27:42 pm »

Out on the Royal this morning I saw a pure white squirrel, presumably albino, which ran across the road in front of me. It was off into the trees before I could get a phone pic.

Earlier, half a dozen White Egrets and an off-white llama.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3867 on:** 16 November, 2014, 01:48:16 pm »

Quote from: Andrij on 16 November, 2014, 10:16:03 am

Yesterday: a munkjack(?), a lizard (type to be confirmed) and lots of squirrels, dogs and horses - no surprise in Epping Forest.

You're the second forummer to see a reptile in the UK in November - Riggers saw his slow wormers last weekers. Incrediblers.

Ruthie · « **Reply #3868 on:** 16 November, 2014, 01:50:27 pm »

Last week when riding with Tiermat we noticed a tree that had cawing noises coming from it but we couldn't see any crows. Until they all flew out from a hole in the tree trunk. It was cool

Gattopardo · « **Reply #3869 on:** 16 November, 2014, 11:28:58 pm »

Frog in a set of undercroft garages in deepest New River Estate.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #3870 on:** 17 November, 2014, 02:51:49 pm »

A skein of six geese flying right overhead, honking as they went. Unexpected in central Bristle (I mean, you'd expect a hedgehog, wouldn't you?)

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3871 on:** 17 November, 2014, 03:04:33 pm »

A large raptor near Paglesham, but it didn't seem the right shape, nor have the correct flight pattern, for a buzzard. We felt that it was probably a marsh harrier.

T42 · « **Reply #3872 on:** 20 November, 2014, 04:33:07 pm »

A Great Egret on the far side of a lake, too far away to get a pic of. We usually see these in November & February as they pass through. There's one that sometimes lingers a few days, fishing in the stream that flows through the village.

The missus saw a red kite this morning.

Ruthie · « **Reply #3873 on:** 23 November, 2014, 09:31:45 am »

Driving down to Lawnswood on Friday, at least a dozen kites.

JonBuoy · « **Reply #3874 on:** 23 November, 2014, 10:24:12 am »

I stopped to watch a group of four red kites soaring a hill just to the west of Uppingham yesterday afternoon. There wasn't a great deal of wind and it looked like they were working hard to stay airborne. They seemed determined not to flap as that is cheating. I love the way the tail does its swivelly thing.

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