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Ixy
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
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Location: York
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 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 09 7:13 pm Post subject: What a day! |
 
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We were preparing the next field for the cattle to move to today and saw so much amazing wildlife!
I saw a jay, which I've only ever seen down in surrey and up in my mum's woodland in the outback of scotland before.
I very nearly STEPPED on a hare - we got up to it and I thought it was something dead in the grass so I prepared to tip it over with my foot to see what it was, and it sprang up and thundered off! Quite amazing - never been *that* close before...
Likewise the barn owl - it hunted right round the perimeter of our field before making it to our corner and diving down just metres away and scoffing a vole. Then it sat digesting, apparently unconcerned about us, for aaages before we just had to disturb it and get on. I've never seen a wild barn owl so close or for so long.
better than seeing it all on TV!  |
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: Bucks
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Must be a day for it - I got strafed by four red kites jumping out of a tree on our walk today. I usually see at least one out, and have had some super views, but never that many or that close. Fabulous! |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: w yorks /earth
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plenty wildlife is nice ,there are some quite rare critters out there
greatest mass was about a dozen deer ,rarest was some lilac coloured bird the size of a fat starling whose name escapes me at the mo
the mini beasts and invertibrates are varied as well
the birds anounce themselves by call ,many species |
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York
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It was lovely for me- a nice reminder that the wildlife we are encouraging at Rosewood is something special. Being so close to a hare is not such a new thing but being with someone who was delighted by the sight was very satisfying. That happened before when the FWAG man was here- the owl flew out of its favourite tree just as we were passing and he nearly wet himself with excitement! |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: w yorks /earth
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well done,
the areas around dont have as good a biodiversity
first time for a critter view is always ace |
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mihto
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
Posts: 1709
Location: West coast of Norway
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| dpack wrote: |
plenty wildlife is nice ,there are some quite rare critters out there
greatest mass was about a dozen deer ,rarest was some lilac coloured bird the size of a fat starling whose name escapes me at the mo
the mini beasts and invertibrates are varied as well
the birds anounce themselves by call ,many species |
Would you mind trying to remember the name of that lilac bird? Could it be an European Roller? |
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bring me sunshine
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: nr Bridgend, south Wales
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A couple of days ago, I watched a buzzard fend off a crow that was pestering it. Owls, voles, more species of birds than I have names for (including a recent addition, the Fieldfare) and the odd snake. Robins that sit on the edge of the pig bowls and help themselves! Seagulls. And if anyone wants our jays, feel free to take them. In the wind, their call sounds like a hurt piglet  |
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Ixy
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 2835
Location: York
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It's not the first time I've seen a hare, I've seen plenty legging it across a field. Didn't see them back in lancs except on the moorland slopes around the foot of pendle hill, but started seeing a lot in lincolnshire on the arable land....never nearly stepped on one though!!! |
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robkb
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 09 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: What a day! |
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| Ixy wrote: |
We were preparing the next field for the cattle to move to today and saw so much amazing wildlife!
I saw a jay, which I've only ever seen down in surrey and up in my mum's woodland in the outback of scotland before. |
I must have spent nearly half an hour watching a jay on my allotment the other week - I was sitting in my shed doorway with a cuppa and the jay was at the other end of the plot. I don't think it realised I was there, so I got a cracking view of it.
Last time I saw a barn owl was last year on holiday in Cornwall - the farm we were staying on had a huge field/orchard next to the cabins. Saw a movement out of the corner of my eye and turned round to see a barn owl quartering the field - absolutely breathtaking.
Cheers,
Rob. |
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Rob R
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York
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I had a similar experience to your jay one but with a barn owl. I was digging away in the garden once and it came and landed on the fence, 30 feet away. I had to stop and lean on the spade to admire it. |
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