Wildlife calendar suggestions

[deer boy]

Hi everyone
I'm looking to make a calendar for myself with all the wildlife activities listed in each month here's a few i have:
Red Deer rut-October
Red Deer calves born-June/July
Red Deer stags drop antlers-mid March-mid May
Roe deer kids born-May/June
Badger cubs born-February (emerge from sett April)
Fox cubs born-March
Exmoor pony round up-October
Exmoor foals born-April-May
Salmon Spawning-October-November

So please help & list the activities you know

[deer boy]

Thanks for all your replies

I've had another idea how about a calendar page on WAB with what wildlife/wildlife spectacles to look out for each month.
For example what Birds,Mammals,Plants ect can be seen each month & wildlife spectacles not to be missed flocking starlings,deer rutting ect

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by deer boy

Thanks for all your replies

I've had another idea how about a calendar page on WAB with what wildlife/wildlife spectacles to look out for each month.
For example what Birds,Mammals,Plants ect can be seen each month & wildlife spectacles not to be missed flocking starlings,deer rutting ect

Didn't see the first post, they can go past in less than 2 hours or so, if you are busy you CAN'T keep up with them all.

The real problem with this that I can see is that, while this ain't a very big collection of Islands, we do have great differences from top to bottom and from side to side.

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

Didn't see the first post, they can go past in less than 2 hours or so, if you are busy you CAN'T keep up with them all.

I'll forgive you

Originally Posted by Meta menardi

The real problem with this that I can see is that, while this ain't a very big collection of Islands, we do have great differences from top to bottom and from side to side.

Good point perhaps we could put the most common

[ron1863]

No squirrels then Deer boy

[Tracey.A]

Hi Deerboy,

how about the Golden eagle, which has a clutch of 1 - 3 eggs in late March, early April?
If your callender included plants what about the Scots primrose, it has two flowering periods the first between May and June, the second between July and August. The Pine Marten has it's young in July or August. Just realised that these are all things mainly found in Scotland! Water Vole, how about that then? It's breeding season is from March to October? For feeding signs it's best to look before the vegetation grows to tall and covers a lot of the signs. Vole woman will know the best times to look for signs!

Cracking idea by the way!

Tracey

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by ron1863

No squirrels then Deer boy

Golum's eaten them all

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by Tracey.A

Hi Deerboy,
how about the Golden eagle, which has a clutch of 1 - 3 eggs in late March, early April?
If your callender included plants what about the Scots primrose, it has two flowering periods the first between May and June, the second between July and August. The Pine Marten has it's young in July or August. Just realised that these are all things mainly found in Scotland! Water Vole, how about that then? It's breeding season is from March to October? For feeding signs it's best to look before the vegetation grows to tall and covers a lot of the signs. Vole woman will know the best times to look for signs!
Cracking idea by the way!
Tracey

Hi Tracey
There great thanks,originally i thought it would be good to know what wildlife spectacles took place each month so people could go out & watch or photograph them.
But then i thought that some animals & plants are only around for a short time of the year so it would be good to know when to get out & see them as well.
Keep them coming

[colincurry]

I make a calendar each year using a plain version from Publisher and I select a couple of pictures that I have taken during the corresponding month of the current year, and insert these into the appropriate month for the next calendar year.

This makes it personal for me. I am surprised that it is now a year since we went to Gigrin to photograph red kites.

For my family, I will also use appropriate family pictures where I can as they do not have the same degree of interest in wild life and this makes the calendar more personal for them.

Colin

[Tracey.A]

What about pink-footed geese, migrants arrive here during October and leave in April and they are just so spectacular that they would make any photographers heart beat a little faster. Swallows arrive in April, Sand martins in March and April and House martins in April and May. Foxes have a their litter in April and after four weeks the young are taken out to play at night. Their breeding season is between December and February and this is when the vixen can be heard screaming - I probably could have worded that sentence better. Most bats have their young in June, so this would be a good time to see them entering and leaving their roosts.

Tracey

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by colincurry

I make a calendar each year using a plain version from Publisher and I select a couple of pictures that I have taken during the corresponding month of the current year, and insert these into the appropriate month for the next calendar year.

This makes it personal for me. I am surprised that it is now a year since we went to Gigrin to photograph red kites.

For my family, I will also use appropriate family pictures where I can as they do not have the same degree of interest in wild life and this makes the calendar more personal for them.

Colin

Great idea Colin much more fun than buying some rubbish from a shop

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by Tracey.A

What about pink-footed geese, migrants arrive here during October and leave in April and they are just so spectacular that they would make any photographers heart beat a little faster. Swallows arrive in April, Sand martins in March and April and House martins in April and May. Foxes have a their litter in April and after four weeks the young are taken out to play at night. Their breeding season is between December and February and this is when the vixen can be heard screaming - I probably could have worded that sentence better. Most bats have their young in June, so this would be a good time to see them entering and leaving their roosts.
Tracey

More great suggestions there Tracey

Flocking starlings-October/November

[tufftie]

Squirrel mating chases - which peak in January - very funny to watch with lots of males chasing after a female at high speed through the trees. It's even funnier when they get confused and chase each other and then suddenly realise their mistake!!!

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by tufftie

Squirrel mating chases - which peak in January - very funny to watch with lots of males chasing after a female at high speed through the trees. It's even funnier when they get confused and chase each other and then suddenly realise their mistake!!!

I've seen Squirrels chasing one another there must have been about 15 of them very funny

[jay37]

a wab calender would be good for newbies like me that dont know what happens when. the idea of including a challenge of what to see/photography each month could be taken further by posting images from that months catagories.nature is so vast and changes so fast if you blink you miss it and i usually do

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by jay37

a wab calender would be good for newbies like me that dont know what happens when. the idea of including a challenge of what to see/photography each month could be taken further by posting images from that months catagories.nature is so vast and changes so fast if you blink you miss it and i usually do

That is exactly what i thought,i do a lot of filming (mainly deer) & try to film them throughout the year (Rutting,losing there antlers,antlers in velvet,calves born ect).It would be good to know what other wildlife/wildlife spectacles are happening each month so people can get out & see them

Red Deer stags in velvet-July-September

[jay37]

you could also include tips on how to find said animals and birds .we moved to norfolk last year, fresh air and open spaces being one of the reasons.being a townie i have an amazing abillity to not see the wood for the trees.in my 18 months here i have seen 1 deer at the side of the road ,amazing sight
jay

[jay37]

the deer i saw wasnt red it was grey and not as big as the one in your picture
jay

[tufftie]

There's also bluebell woods in May

[Ukwildlifeo]

try and get hold of "nick bakers British wildlife" book - it what I use for reference

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by jay37

the deer i saw wasnt red it was grey and not as big as the one in your picture
jay

Could have been a Fallow Deer they vary in colour,then you have Red & Sika Deer & the smaller ones Roe,Muntjac & Chinese Water Deer

[deer boy]

Originally Posted by tufftie

There's also bluebell woods in May

That's another great one tufftie

Snowdrops-January/February

Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo

try and get hold of "nick bakers British wildlife" book - it what I use for reference

Cheers Ukwildlifeo i shall have a look for that