What's your most recent " Wildlife Moment"?

[Daisychain]

Well this is my 1st post on here & this is my 'wildlife moment'. 4.30am this morning I heard a scream & thought it was my cats having a bundle..... heard it again, got up to investigate & found a huge frog screaming at my tom cat! I didnt know frogs could scream! Think I was more scared than the frog!! Anyway, 4.45am, frog back in pond, cat asleep on bed, me wide awake!!

[Dogghound]

Lol . Welcome to the site Daisy im sure you will enjoy it here. Ive not witnessed it myself but i think someone mentioned screaming frogs on here last summer too.

[Bub-les]

Originally Posted by Daisychain

Well this is my 1st post on here & this is my 'wildlife moment'. 4.30am this morning I heard a scream & thought it was my cats having a bundle..... heard it again, got up to investigate & found a huge frog screaming at my tom cat! I didnt know frogs could scream! Think I was more scared than the frog!! Anyway, 4.45am, frog back in pond, cat asleep on bed, me wide awake!!

Welcome Daisy
Thank you for the post gave me a laugh. Never heard a screaming frog sounds like something from a nightmare! Mind you I don't suppose people would believe it if it was in a film! So lucky you.
Hope you enjoy the site and I look forward to reading more of your posts.
Barbara

[badgerwatcher]

Welcome Daisychain.
My friend's cat used to catch frogs and apparently they used to make a screaming noise.
She used to spend most of her evenings trying to rescue them.

[Bullseye]

Turfing a Badger out of my garage at 4;30 this morning !,the cat "cursing" at it alerted me to it.

[caladina]

YouTube - Screaming frog
yep, they scream, welcome DC

[Daisychain]

Just a quick update on the screaming frog: Frog no worse for wear, decided to check on him late last night, (I looked very fetching in my pyjama's & wellington's, armed with a torch!) Neighbours obviously think im insane, (either that or Im a stalker!). Anyway, frog seemed quite happy, & I had a decent nights sleep. Thanks for the welcome's

[Bub-les]

Sounds like you're a typical Wabber!
Barbara

[Daisychain]

Ha ha..... my bloke thinks ive lost the plot! Im always getting excited about creatures I find in the garden, then dragging him outside to have a look.

[Bouncytigger]

Originally Posted by Daisychain

Just a quick update on the screaming frog: Frog no worse for wear, decided to check on him late last night, (I looked very fetching in my pyjama's & wellington's, armed with a torch!) Neighbours obviously think im insane, (either that or Im a stalker!). Anyway, frog seemed quite happy, & I had a decent nights sleep. Thanks for the welcome's

Well you wouldn't catch me doing anything like that

Well you would if i could find a FROG in my PONDS???!!!!

[hobble]

Hi Daisy, welcome.
Not frogs but Bats.
Saw my first bat flying over the quarry this weekend, just one so far.

[coasty]

My most recent wildlife moment was on my first fly fishing trip last Friday after work .... I squeezed in a couple of hours fly fishing on the river near the house... Arrived on bank at 5.30 watched heron after the toads that are everywhere in the margins ready to breed. Then spotted a Mink and tried to watch where it was heading to. Did a bit of fishing for an hour whilst walking the half mile down to the sea.. On my way back up was stood midstream and looked up to see Roe deer grazing on bank 20 metres away I think that I was up to my thighs in the water made him wonder what I was. On my way back to car spotted some tracks which I think were Otter. Good to see its still around.....

Andy

[Kayleigh]

I was driving home from work today, When a small deer dog/Fox size ran across the road in front of me. So I pulled in to get a better look, then another ran past even closer and disappeared into the field opposite.

Don't you just love these moments.

[deer boy]

Hi kayleigh what sort of deer was it

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by deer boy

Hi kayleigh what sort of deer was it

Don't ask me but medium dog size could have been Muntjac. They looked very much like this.
Muntjac Deer

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Don't ask me but medium dog size could have been Muntjac. They looked very much like this.
Muntjac Deer

Your description certainly fits a Muntjac!

[shei111]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Your description certainly fits a Muntjac!

Hello kayleigh we see deer of all sorts about here but I still get butterflies roll over in my tummy when I come across them quickly I just love em I feel as if I cant get enough of them lovely for you, sheila

[Pigeon feather]

Mine was a couple of weekends ago when I was peering from an upstairs window into the back garden when suddenly there was this clatter of wings, a loud shreik and a huge brown bird flying towards me! I then realised there was a cat in the garden that had startled a female pheasant that was rooting around in the undergrowth at the back. She landed safely on top of the garage roof or so I thought until the cat decided to scale the greenhouse and jump on the garage the pheasant was letting out warning chirps and the cat was crouched low about to pounce so I opened the window and shooed it off, poor pheasant doubt she'll ever be seen in the garden again

[deer boy]

Hi all i was out yesterday filming deer when i saw a Fox coming straight towards me it went straight past & eventually out of sight.Then only a few minutes later i saw a second Fox but he seemed to get scared by the deer & ran off.On both occasions i got very close but not very good footage because they kept going behind the trees

[Amanita Virosa]

I saw a barn owl briefly, it alighted on top of a telegraph pole as I was driving to fetch my son from the cinema on Friday. I'd been moaning about going the 16 mile round trip at 11pm but that quick glimpse made it all worthwhile

[coasty]

6.30 this morning on the beach scanning the sea with my bins whilst doggie chased the waves watched some propoises just behind the surf didnt see them for long but was lovely to see....

[Ukwildlifeo]

A bit different - I was sitting at my mac editing photos when I cropped a photo I took 2 days before of a bird I thought was a chiffchaff: I noticed it had a black-cap
Not only my first photo, but my first definate sighting

[Oookster]

Mosr recent hmmmm well that has to be.....


Last Wednesday I was cycling around the lake in Wolloton park in my lunch break, I was quietly minding my own business and admiring the wildlife and other fauna when I heard a rustle in the rhodedendrons next to the path caught my attention, Kids I thought oh no!! seven yes count em seven stags jumped over the fence no further than 10 metres in front of me and stood in front of me. Awesome I thought! then came my second thought arn't they big and er quite close.....

It was a experience that I will always remember (Even the bit where I thought i was going to have to jump in the lake)


Brilliant

[caladina]

foxes, 5 am in the morning, foxes screaming and yelling to each other and anyone withing ear shot of a mile
aww they are so cute , but so frigging loud !!!!!!!!

[deer boy]

Driving home from the moors i saw 3 Roe deer in a field not far from where i live & a tawny owl.I was very surprised because i didn't think any deer lived that close to me.Looks like some stalking is required