Author Topic: Seen today (Read 1018574 times)

Wowbagger · « **Reply #1250 on:** 15 May, 2010, 12:02:51 pm »

A fecking mosquito which was mainlining into a vein in the back of my left hand until I felt a sharp stab of pain and crushed the little git, but not before she had relieved me of a considerable quantity of blood, which exploded all over my fingers.

anth · « **Reply #1251 on:** 15 May, 2010, 08:00:58 pm »

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #1252 on:** 15 May, 2010, 09:48:56 pm »

Ooh, nice sqrl pic

Wowbagger · « **Reply #1253 on:** 16 May, 2010, 08:09:14 am »

Yesterday, spent a happy 15 minutes or so winding up a cuckoo. I cuckooed back at it and it came to find me. Mrs. Wow and I had concealed ourselves under a hawthorn bush.

jogler · « **Reply #1254 on:** 16 May, 2010, 12:15:00 pm »

you can still pull the birds then Wow

andym · « **Reply #1255 on:** 16 May, 2010, 06:33:27 pm »

Even more rodents in the forest. Never seen so many.

And 1 Slow Worm (I think). It was maybe 15-20cm long 5mm diameter and "snakelike", but had white marks behind its head. Slithering across the path through the forest, and nearly squished it on the bike. Had stopped for a 30sec breather and literally 30cm from my wheel was this virtually camouflaged creature.

edit: +1 squirrel

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #1256 on:** 16 May, 2010, 07:55:00 pm »

We can haz sqrl pic too. It wasn't very close, so apologies for crapness...

Noodley · « **Reply #1257 on:** 16 May, 2010, 11:48:40 pm »

I had the company of a Roe deer running along a few yards in front of me today for about 100 yards until it could get off the roadside and into a field...I didn't have time to reach into my rear pocket and get my camera phone to take a picture

Bledlow · « **Reply #1258 on:** 17 May, 2010, 09:56:07 pm »

Three black swans seen in a mile of Thames, each with at least one cygnet.

And here is one of them -

onb · « **Reply #1259 on:** 18 May, 2010, 09:44:14 am »

Yesterday saw pair of crows trying to harras a Heron ,later on saw a vey scabby looking fox .Greenfinches fighting in hedgerows .

Pingu · « **Reply #1260 on:** 18 May, 2010, 12:35:35 pm »

Saw my first swifts of the year at the weekend.

Dolphins in the harbour yesterday.

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1261 on:** 18 May, 2010, 01:36:35 pm »

Quote from: yellowhammer on 18 May, 2010, 10:36:03 am

Lesser whitethroat on the way into work this morning, first one of the year.

Haven't seen a lesser w/throat in years!

matthew · « **Reply #1262 on:** 18 May, 2010, 02:18:37 pm »

Heron, stood on the riverbank by the office as I walked in from the station this morning.

Flying_Monkey · « **Reply #1263 on:** 18 May, 2010, 03:08:35 pm »

On my run this morning, I saw: a raccoon, several white-tail deer, a heron, a pair of orioles, and the young raven that one of our neighbours is hand-rearing after it fell out of its nest! It is really rather big, but it sits on her shoulder and takes meat from her hand. The parents are still around and come feed it too. It's almost ready to fly off...

toekneep · « **Reply #1264 on:** 19 May, 2010, 07:05:35 am »

A toad, I think, ambling across the road. Dark brown, warty, and driving an old vintage car. Ok, I lied about the last bit.

clarion · « **Reply #1265 on:** 19 May, 2010, 09:02:35 am »

Yeah, it was a white van, wasn't it?

jogler · « **Reply #1266 on:** 19 May, 2010, 10:03:08 am »

I'd believe it if you had said he was riding a bike

RJ · « **Reply #1267 on:** 20 May, 2010, 12:54:51 pm »

Quote from: yellowhammer on 18 May, 2010, 07:36:04 pm

Quote from: Tourist Tony on 18 May, 2010, 01:36:35 pm
Quote from: yellowhammer on 18 May, 2010, 10:36:03 am
Lesser whitethroat on the way into work this morning, first one of the year.
Haven't seen a lesser w/throat in years!

Saw a marsh warbler on the way home, in the same place!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #1268 on:** 20 May, 2010, 11:46:19 pm »

The biggest slow worm I've ever seen. About 18" long I reckon. That's Auntie Helen's hand just before it was bitten off.

clarion · « **Reply #1269 on:** 21 May, 2010, 09:10:13 am »

That's a big fella.

Riggers · « **Reply #1270 on:** 21 May, 2010, 11:07:43 am »

What a beauty!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #1271 on:** 21 May, 2010, 08:23:01 pm »

Quote from: yellowhammer on 21 May, 2010, 07:40:50 pm

That's a whopper of a slowie WB. Did you find it out on the crawl or under cover?

Lots of grass snakes about early this morning, and a female broad-bodied chaser was ovipositing in my pond as the male patrolled above her.

It was in the path in front of us. I saw it and shouted "Stopping!". Fortunately AH also avoided running it over.

When I picked it up (by the upper body so that it shouldn't shed its tail) it became very lively and I plonked it in the undergrowth.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #1272 on:** 21 May, 2010, 09:40:44 pm »

It's a bit noisy in our garden at the moment.

TimO · « **Reply #1273 on:** 21 May, 2010, 09:45:32 pm »

It's a feline taunter!

"I blow my nose at you, you so called Dog.

I meow in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries".

JonBuoy · « **Reply #1274 on:** 22 May, 2010, 12:25:08 am »

Two smallish looking badgers scurrying along the bridleway making grunting noises at 2330 tonight. They both dived down the big hole that I had narrowly missed cycling into earlier on in the evening.

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