What's your most recent " Wildlife Moment"?

Bub-les · #1 (**permalink**) 23-02-2008, 08:42 PM

To start you off my daughter and I were treated to a display by 2 polecats. They were tussling for about 3 to 4 minutes. It was quite a sight in the headlights of the car. When they eventually moved off we resumed our way home.

Sorry no photo a; didn't want to disturb them and b: didn't have it with me.

agrumpycow · #2 (**permalink**) 23-02-2008, 08:54 PM

Mine's not as good as yours, I don't think I've ever seen a polecat!

I was stuck in traffic on the M27 in Hampshire this afternoon and a kestrel was sitting in a tree no more than 20ft from me. I think we even made eye contact! It then took off and hovered for a while almost next to me before diving down but didn't get anything.

tufftie · #3 (**permalink**) 23-02-2008, 09:02 PM

Must be this afternoon when i was walking with my neighbour - we suddenly heard this bird; cocophony of sound - what it was was about 400 jackdaws going into the ancient woodland to roost. She'd seen them before but didn't realise they were jackdaws - don't know what she thought they were but whatever...!

trampas45 · #4 (**permalink**) 23-02-2008, 09:59 PM

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.

VinceS · #5 (**permalink**) 24-02-2008, 02:37 PM

Whilst out sitting on a bench by a screen/hide trying to get to grips with my camera I suddenly became aware I was being watched. A stoat was peeping from behind the hide watching me, it then disappeared and reappeared at the other side of the screen/hide again watching me. Once it had decided I was not a threat it quickly crossed the path and continued on its way allowing me the chance to take a couple of not very good photos.

Vince

sanderling · #6 (**permalink**) 24-02-2008, 04:09 PM

Out walking this afternoon saw large groups of Starlings flying up from the lower fields. They flew around to form a large flock and all settled to land along the upper branches of a couple of large Oak trees up the slope at the top of the field boundary. As I walked past below I listened to them in full song all singing together in a whole chorus of sound of spring.

Bullseye · #7 (**permalink**) 24-02-2008, 08:56 PM

This morning in the woods got a few snaps of Fallow deer,was'nt till I downloaded them just now that one was a young buck with one small antler and just a small point on the other side.One doe came within about 10 meters of me before she realised I was there !, (Hardwoods Advantage camo, brilliant stuff

).These are totally wild deer by the way,and they are culled,so very cautious of humans,so the "deformed" buck probably won't last long

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agrumpycow · #8 (**permalink**) 25-02-2008, 08:54 PM

About an hour ago!
I was dropping my sister home to her house in a the middle of a maze of Victorian terrace streets in the centre of town.
Driving down her road and we had to stop to let a rather large frog cross the road. He was about 3" head to bum and decided to stop and sit right in the middle of the road!
My sis got out and tried to encourage it across but each time we went to drive on it hopped back to the middle of the road! Eventually I got out, picked it up and placed him in someone's front yard so we could carry on but it really did seem to like sitting in the middle of the road there!