|
Post by Tringa on Jun 27, 2018 8:30:59 GMT
Keeping my fingers crossed for the pine marten family. The adult was in again last night, but this time with only two young.
The young were much more agile than on the previous evening (being able to climb up the log) and it is sometime difficult to identify individuals from the poor quality videos of our trail camera but I think the chance of there being two pine marten families visiting the garden is very low. I think one of the young is gone.
Dave
|
|
|
Post by Tringa on Jul 1, 2018 10:32:50 GMT
Its the pine marten family again. I was glad to see on the trail camera from last night the adult and all three young visited.
Dave
|
|
|
Post by ianr on Jul 5, 2018 9:12:05 GMT
A few to choose from yesterday, a stoat looked like it was having a go at a blackbird by the side of the road, on the reserve lots of rabbits all big ones leaping and jumping about all over the place looking far to excited for there own good and I wondered if they had seen the fox that wasn't so far away Another rabbit on the way back sat by the road edge looked close to death, poor sod myxomatosis I guess seen a few lately Not too chuffed with the lady driving towards me and swerving out to miss it, it wasn't even on the road ian
|
|
|
Post by NellyDee on Jul 5, 2018 13:57:25 GMT
I may be wrong but I think there is a new disease affecting rabbits, not myxomatosis. Saw something on TV, either Spring watch, Landward or one of the programs about the isles.
|
|
|
Post by aeshna5 on Jul 5, 2018 17:14:09 GMT
I may be wrong but I think there is a new disease affecting rabbits, not myxomatosis. Saw something on TV, either Spring watch, Landward or one of the programs about the isles. Rabbit haemorraghic disease.
|
|
|
Post by ianr on Jul 6, 2018 8:05:27 GMT
A disturbance in the force last night ended with me looking out of the bedroom window around 3 am, a dark shadowy figure bumbling around next doors lawn I reached for my maglite 'other torches are available' but there's a reassuring heft to a maglite, there on the lawn in the spotlight was a NOG my first live one here for an age ahh the simple things in life ian
|
|
|
Post by ianr on Jul 9, 2018 9:32:39 GMT
Didn't see it but looks like a muntjak print to me, lots of samphire on this part of the saltmarsh ian deer print by ian robinson, on Flickr
|
|
|
Post by aeshna5 on Jul 21, 2018 17:22:40 GMT
Approaching a boggy pool on Chobham Common with extensive adjacent bog a female Roe Deer + her youngster put their heads up + slowly moved on.
|
|
|
Post by NellyDee on Jul 28, 2018 14:16:52 GMT
Wednesday and Thursday I had to attend hospital first in Glasgow, then was sent to Falkirk, back home then back to Glasgow - long boring drives but sad ones as we saw three dead red squirrels, two of which were next to each other on the road (chasing each other?) two dead badgers,four dead hedgehogs a red deer and a roe deer, not including an owl a buzzard and a pheasant. Wish I had something else to do rather than look at the road. Sort of made me want to weep.
|
|
|
Post by NellyDee on Jul 29, 2018 8:30:38 GMT
|
|
|
Post by aeshna5 on Jul 29, 2018 10:43:51 GMT
Great images, Helen. Last time I saw Reds like this on a feeder was about 4 years ago at Nethybridge!
|
|
|
Post by alfp1951 on Jul 29, 2018 11:04:04 GMT
Shocked by the carnage you witnessed on the roads Helen - thankfully I've never seen anything like it on the roads around N. Cumbria.
Alf
|
|
|
Post by rowanberry on Jul 29, 2018 17:32:13 GMT
That is a terrible about of road-kill, Helen. I would be very upset seeing that as well. Are the roads particularly bad along that route, or go through a lot of woodland? Squirrels I don't see many of along roadsides- they usually seem to know to avoid them, (or are quick enough to get out of the way.) Fourteen hit-and-run animals and birds is almost starting to sound deliberate, heaven forbid!
|
|
|
Post by NellyDee on Jul 30, 2018 8:22:54 GMT
Don't forget the routes were 45 - 65 miles back and forth so roughly 190+ miles. Some on A roads and lots through woodland, forestry or round lochs. It was a very tiring day Daughter collected me and drove me to Glasgow, then to Falkirk, back to Crianlarich which took from 11:00 to 9:30, that included waiting around in the hospital, then back to Glasgow the following morning. It is not really carnage. Unfortunately we do get quite a lot of road kills.
|
|
|
Post by NellyDee on Aug 9, 2018 13:23:43 GMT
New kid on the block. Does a lot of dashing about eating peanuts and burying Monkey nuts. Like the striped tail. Think it is responsible for the poo on the step DSCF3162 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
|
|