What's your most recent " Wildlife Moment"?

[Dutchess]

Our resident seagulls and crows freaking out because a local woman occasionally chooses to walk up our road with a *large* bird of prey on her arm!

(Have yet to eyeball her myself, but I am told this is what causes the racket.)

D.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Dutchess

Our resident seagulls and crows freaking out because a local woman occasionally chooses to walk up our road with a *large* bird of prey on her arm!

(Have yet to eyeball her myself, but I am told this is what causes the racket.)

D.

You have got to get a pic of that.
And post in on here.

[Poirot]

Originally Posted by trampas45

whilst walking home, last night, i saw what i thought was a plastic carrier bag comming towards me in the air. as it was dark i did not get a good view until it passed near some street lights. it was a barn owl. i grinned from ear to ear all the way home.

We saw a barn owl swoop right in front of the car, my sister and mum mistaking it for a snowy owl was funny

[ChristinaMarieUK]

Over the last few days a male blackbird has been introducing his adolescent chick to my back yard. A couple of days ago I saw him gather some food from my feeding station then fly up the wall to the chick and feed it.

Yesterday it was nice and sunny so I decided to get on my mountain bike and cycle from the house I was working at up to the East Lancs road via a farmland path. As I was cycling beside Windle Brook, a large bird flew up suddenly. It was a heron.

[Diane1715]

I was hoovering a rug this morning and saw something that looked like a ballbearing, light silver in colour but pliable when I poked it. I prodded it with the end of the hoover and it burst, it looked as if a dark red/purple worm was living inside it. On closer inspection it was a tick, the purple worm was congealed blood from one of my two dogs!!!!!!!

Gross!!!
Time to get the tick drops and get Andrew to do the fingertip inspection of their coats - I cant bring myself to do it
Di

[christina]

On Thursday (17 April) we arrived home after 5 glorious weeks in Scotland. Yesterday I was pottering around the garden again but concentrated on a few pots just outside the garden gate. I found, amongst some weeds, some wonderfully soft downy feathers and wondered to myself where they had come from, I continued to potter and weed but felt I was being watched! I looked up and to my delight I saw Mrs Mallard who has made a nest in one of our pillars. She just watched me (obviously she's been watching me since Thursday, walking past her, pottering around her). I am soooo excited that she will be having chicks sometime soon. We are trying to avoid that part of the garden as we don't want her to abandon her nest but its difficult as she's nesting very close to the house and front door....will post some pics when we are able to take them.

[coasty]

Had to take my Wife to hospital in Bradford yesterday and came back past Harewood estate . Watched two red kites circling and hunting over a field at the roadside we parked and watched them for a few minutes what truly majestic creatures.

[dampflippers]

I saw my very first ever marsh tit today.

[enaj]

I had to stop my car to a pretty abrupt halt this morning in a country lane to allow a mallard and her four ducklings to cross the road in front of me all following on behind each other in a line, they were sooooo sweet! wish they would stay away from the roads though.

[maggot at toad hall]

Originally Posted by Diane1715

I was hoovering a rug this morning and saw something that looked like a ballbearing, light silver in colour but pliable when I poked it. I prodded it with the end of the hoover and it burst, it looked as if a dark red/purple worm was living inside it. On closer inspection it was a tick, the purple worm was congealed blood from one of my two dogs!!!!!!!

Gross!!!
Time to get the tick drops and get Andrew to do the fingertip inspection of their coats - I cant bring myself to do it
Di

Ticks are not on my favourite list either. I use 'Advantix' spot on treatment on my two Springer Spaniels and it works a treat.

Ticks latch on using a clockwise motion to get a good attachment, so to remove ticks easily, hold the tick with tweezers and twist anti-clockwise. They come away easily and without leaving any mouth parts behind, which can cause infection.