Whats your most unusual British Sighting?

[wildmanofthewoods]

good thread!
Seeing a ringed neck parakeet in a wood on the outskirts of sheffield, suddenly i was transported to more exotic climbs.
Seeing a fledged Cuckoo being fed by Meadow pipits on Ardnamurchan last year. I know this happens but it dint arf look odd!

Seeing a family of 9 yes NINE Stoats running along my wall, when i was living in Scotland

[enaj]

again, probably not unusual to the bird watchers amongst you (which I dont really do) but on walking along a quiet stretch of river last year I saw a kingfisher fly past and then sit in a tree branch nearby, very pretty little bird!
oh, and also last year, a tiny goldcrest forraging about in clematis near the garden shed.

[Goatboy]

Many years ago I was on holiday at the Norfolk Broads and I saw a coypu. Don't know how common they are now but it was pretty unusual for a young kid form Sheffield.

[nightshade]

I have seen a lot of odd things; A Shark in the old Weymouth ferry quay swimming with its nose up against a grating,going nowhere,while down by the beach sharks were driving Mackerell to leap clear of the water onto the beach
A fox apparently dancing under a gaslight but when i got closer it was leaping up to take large moths attracted bythe light
The Peacock that flew by my lounge window and landed on the pavement outside,a refugee from a local adventure park
A huge tabby cat called Tiger that would attack any man or beast laying in the sunshine outside my grans cottage door with a whole family of baby rabbits snuggled up to her
A family of Voles playing and feeding in a shallow pit not a metre from several Adders basking in the same sunshine
A Dormouse sound asleep by my side as I shot in a competition
The adder that basked beside me as I practiced for that competition
The dead Bat I collected from a house that as I gently examined it warmed up enough to do several graceful laps around the astonished womans lounge
I do go on don't I ......

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Goatboy

Many years ago I was on holiday at the Norfolk Broads and I saw a coypu. Don't know how common they are now but it was pretty unusual for a young kid form Sheffield.

They are extinct now in the UK as there was a big eradication programme!