Wildlife Corner

[Stanley]

[Tizer]

...and I bet you could make a better quality one for your self.

[Cathy]

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I know people say they are only pigeons, but I really like their different coloured markings and jewel coloured neckbands.
We have lots of them around here. In the last few days, they have discovered the rough patch I keep for all the birds. They all love it.

[Stanley]

Morning Cathy!

[Big Kev]

There's a rare bird (for this time of year) spotted on the lower Res at Foulridge.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9kpkzwe2o

[Wendyf]

I didn't see it on my walk around the reservoir yesterday, but I did see a number of twitchers in camouflage with huge cameras. I spoke to a nice chap, uncamouflaged but carrying a camera, who thought the twitchers were driving the hoopoe away as they were very obviously walking on the shore shouting to each other and waving their arms around.

[Stanley]

Twitching is a strange compulsion isn't it. The important thing is that the bird was there!

[Tizer]

This cuttlefish posed for my camera at Ilfracombe aquarium...

[Stanley]

Good pic Peter!

[MickBrett]

We had a fox in the front garden a few days ago.

[Stanley]

It looks to be in good nick Mick! Do you feed them?

[MickBrett]

No, I just make sure there's water left out as it's been so dry. We get various visitors

When deer come for a drink they sure empty those bowls heh

[Stanley]

Good Lad Mick!
You're following a very old tradition providing water for the animals. Archaeologists suspect that improving water supplies and maintaining them so that animals came to drink and therefore could be caught/killed for food was how humans first started to gather in permanent settlements......

[Cathy]

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Nice to see a couple of local ducks early this morning, going for a waddle in my court.
They don’t often come this far. The duck pond is a 5 minute walk away.

[Stanley]

How nice to see some sunshine Cathy, we are short of that at the moment!

[Cathy]

That pic was taken at about 7.30am this morning.
They tell us to expect our temp to be between 31C and 35C tomorrow

[Stanley]

The 13C we will get yesterday and today is described as 'mild for the time of year' Cathy.

[Stanley]

My great grandson Alex and friends at Lake Brocken, south of Perth......, yesterday.

[Tizer]

Buy him a hat for Christmas!

[Stanley]

That thought occurred to me as well!

[Tizer]

When walking through the town park last week we saw a squirrel chase a rat. The rat got away because it was faster but the squirrel jumped onto a tree trunk and screeched at it. I'm sure it was saying `and don't come back!!!'

[Stanley]

That was a good sighting! Yes, squirrels can be aggressive little sods! You surprise me by saying the squirrel was slower than the rat....

[Tizer]

Possibly the squirrel was more intent on warning its mates than having a Mexican stand-off with the rat!

[Stanley]

I think you must be right Peter. They can certainly move fast if they want to!