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15-11-2010, 06:26 PM
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| | | Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
A few years ago the BBC produced a series about the Uks top wildlife called Natures Top 40 (website here). After a conversation I had with Dave (Pressld2) yesterday I decided to see how many I have seen, which I have emboldened on the list below:
40 - Courting Toads
39 - Wood Ants
38 - Glow Worms
37 – Foxes (courtship calls)
36 - Moth spotting (trapping)
35 - Seals
34 - Knot roost
33 - Machair flowers
29 - Rook Roost
30 - Hunting Otters
31 - Swarms of Swallows
32 – Goats (rutting)
28 - Roosting Bats
27 - Butterflies
26 - Arctic Terns (nesting)
25 - Pine Martens
24 - Parakeet roost
23 - Common Crane
22 - Birds of Prey
21 - Arachnids
20 - Puffins
19 - Autumn colours
18 - Wild orchids
17 - Minke Whales
16 - Courting Great Crested Grebes
15 - Pods of Dolphins
14 - Boxing Hares
13 - Hunting Sea Eagles
12 - Rutting deer
11 - Flocks of geese
10 - Barn Owls hunting
9 - Basking Sharks
8 - Dancing Adders
7 - Bluebells
6 - Bird Song
5 - Summer Flower Meadow
4 - Black Grouse lek
3 - Salmon migrating
2 - Starlings
1 - Gannets
A respectable 19 (not 16 or 18!) - still plenty too see though. How many have you seen?
Last edited by Ukwildlifeo; 15-11-2010 at 06:50 PM.
Reason: Added 2 more
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15-11-2010, 06:30 PM
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| | | Re: Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
I would have thought you could add a few more to that list, have you never seen spiders or birds of prey or a flower meadow? |
15-11-2010, 06:38 PM
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| | | Re: Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
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Originally Posted by Susie  I would have thought you could add a few more to that list, have you never seen spiders or birds of prey or a flower meadow? | woops 
Make that 18...
I was strict on my self with the swallows and the rutting deer which Ive kind of seen but not large flocks of swallows or truley rutting deer. |
15-11-2010, 06:41 PM
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Posts: 235
| | | Re: Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Susie I would have thought you could add a few more to that list, have you never seen spiders or birds of prey or a flower meadow? | I thought that. I can claim 28 but maybe I'm not being rigourous enough, don't spiders going up the vacuum count  (sorry to all Arachnid fans)
Andy |
15-11-2010, 06:41 PM
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Posts: 204
| | | Re: Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
Great Thread!
Here's mine....
40 - Courting Toads 39 - Wood Ants
38 - Glow Worms
37 – Foxes (courtship calls)
36 - Moth spotting (trapping)
35 - Seals
34 - Knot roost
33 - Machair flowers 29 - Rook Roost
30 - Hunting Otters 31 - Swarms of Swallows
32 – Goats (rutting) 28 - Roosting Bats 27 - Butterflies
26 - Arctic Terns (nesting)
25 - Pine Martens
24 - Parakeet roost
23 - Common Crane 22 - Birds of Prey 21 - Arachnids
20 - Puffins 19 - Autumn colours 18 - Wild orchids
17 - Minke Whales
16 - Courting Great Crested Grebes 15 - Pods of Dolphins
14 - Boxing Hares 13 - Hunting Sea Eagles
12 - Rutting deer 11 - Flocks of geese 10 - Barn Owls hunting
9 - Basking Sharks
8 - Dancing Adders 7 - Bluebells 6 - Bird Song
5 - Summer Flower Meadow
4 - Black Grouse lek
3 - Salmon migrating 2 - Starlings
1 - Gannets
...erm..that's 25! Wow! Thank goodness for Scotland! Some of these I didn't see in the UK so do they count? e.g Glow Worms, but they only live in New Zealand don't they?
Actually heard Black Grouse today as I walked on the Moors, didn't see them today though. Always makes me smile, such a comical sound. 
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15-11-2010, 06:45 PM
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| | | Re: Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
Mine is :-
40 - Courting Toads
39 - Wood Ants
38 - Glow Worms
37 – Foxes (courtship calls)
36 - Moth spotting (trapping)
35 - Seals
34 - Knot roost
33 - Machair flowers
29 - Rook Roost
30 - Hunting Otters
31 - Swarms of Swallows
32 – Goats (rutting)
28 - Roosting Bats
27 - Butterflies
26 - Arctic Terns (nesting)
25 - Pine Martens
24 - Parakeet roost
23 - Common Crane
22 - Birds of Prey
21 - Arachnids
20 - Puffins
19 - Autumn colours
18 - Wild orchids
17 - Minke Whales
16 - Courting Great Crested Grebes
15 - Pods of Dolphins
14 - Boxing Hares
13 - Hunting Sea Eagles
12 - Rutting deer
11 - Flocks of geese
10 - Barn Owls hunting
9 - Basking Sharks
8 - Dancing Adders
7 - Bluebells
6 - Bird Song
5 - Summer Flower Meadow
4 - Black Grouse lek
3 - Salmon migrating
2 - Starlings
1 - Gannets
The pods of dolphins weren't in the UK, that was the Straits of Gibraltar
Last edited by Susie; 15-11-2010 at 06:49 PM.
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15-11-2010, 06:46 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: devon
Posts: 2,174
| | | Re: Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo A few years ago the BBC produced a series about the Uks top wildlife called Natures Top 40 (website here). After a conversation I had with Dave (Pressld2) yesterday I decided to see how many I have seen, which I have emboldened on the list below:
40 - Courting Toads
39 - Wood Ants
38 - Glow Worms
37 – Foxes (courtship calls)
36 - Moth spotting (trapping)
35 - Seals
34 - Knot roost
33 - Machair flowers
29 - Rook Roost 30 - Hunting Otters
31 - Swarms of Swallows
32 – Goats (rutting)
28 - Roosting Bats27 - Butterflies
26 - Arctic Terns (nesting)
25 - Pine Martens
24 - Parakeet roost
23 - Common Crane
22 - Birds of Prey
21 - Arachnids
20 - Puffins
19 - Autumn colours
18 - Wild orchids
17 - Minke Whales
16 - Courting Great Crested Grebes
15 - Pods of Dolphins
14 - Boxing Hares 13 - Hunting Sea Eagles
12 - Rutting deer11 - Flocks of geese10 - Barn Owls hunting
9 - Basking Sharks8 - Dancing Adders
7 - [b] Bluebells [/B]
6 - Bird Song
5 - Summer Flower Meadow 4 - Black Grouse lek
3 - Salmon migrating
2 - Starlings1 - [b] Gannets[/B]
A respectable 18 (not 16) - still plenty too see though. How many have you seen? | i saw the goats in the valley of rocks north devon earley this year the noise was amazing 
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15-11-2010, 06:58 PM
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| | | Re: Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
I've managed 24 so far:
40 - Courting Toads 39 - Wood Ants
38 - Glow Worms
37 – Foxes (courtship calls)
36 - Moth spotting (trapping)
35 - Seals
34 - Knot roost
33 - Machair flowers
29 - Rook Roost
30 - Hunting Otters
31 - Swarms of Swallows
32 – Goats (rutting)
28 - Roosting Bats
27 - Butterflies
26 - Arctic Terns (nesting)
25 - Pine Martens
24 - Parakeet roost
23 - Common Crane
22 - Birds of Prey
21 - Arachnids
20 - Puffins
19 - Autumn colours
18 - Wild orchids
17 - Minke Whales
16 - Courting Great Crested Grebes
15 - Pods of Dolphins
14 - Boxing Hares
13 - Hunting Sea Eagles
12 - Rutting deer
11 - Flocks of geese
10 - Barn Owls hunting
9 - Basking Sharks
8 - Dancing Adders
7 - Bluebells
6 - Bird Song
5 - Summer Flower Meadow
4 - Black Grouse lek
3 - Salmon migrating
2 - Starlings
1 - Gannets
Would love to add Hunting Sea Eagles and Dancing Adders to the list |
15-11-2010, 07:04 PM
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Posts: 747
| | | Re: Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
Mine is
40 - Courting Toads
39 - Wood Ants
38 - Glow Worms
37 – Foxes (courtship calls)
36 - Moth spotting (trapping)
35 - Seals
34 - Knot roost
33 - Machair flowers
29 - Rook Roost
30 - Hunting Otters
31 - Swarms of Swallows
32 – Goats (rutting)
28 - Roosting Bats
27 - Butterflies
26 - Arctic Terns (nesting)
25 - Pine Martens
24 - Parakeet roost
23 - Common Crane
22 - Birds of Prey
21 - Arachnids
20 - Puffins
19 - Autumn colours
18 - Wild orchids
17 - Minke Whales
16 - Courting Great Crested Grebes
15 - Pods of Dolphins
14 - Boxing Hares
13 - Hunting Sea Eagles
12 - Rutting deer
11 - Flocks of geese
10 - Barn Owls hunting
9 - Basking Sharks
8 - Dancing Adders
7 - Bluebells
6 - Bird Song
5 - Summer Flower Meadow
4 - Black Grouse lek
3 - Salmon migrating
2 - Starlings
1 - Gannets
The Rutting deer is a bit of a cheat as it was on a local deer farm, but still impressive! |
15-11-2010, 07:06 PM
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Posts: 4,915
| | | Re: Natures Top 40: How many have you seen?
Bold = seen.
40 - Courting Toads
39 - Wood Ants
38 - Glow Worms
37 – Foxes (courtship calls)
36 - Moth spotting (trapping)
35 - Seals
34 - Knot roost
33 - Machair flowers
29 - Rook Roost
30 - Hunting Otters
31 - Swarms of Swallows
32 – Goats (rutting)
28 - Roosting Bats
27 - Butterflies
26 - Arctic Terns (nesting)
25 - Pine Martens
24 - Parakeet roost
23 - Common Crane
22 - Birds of Prey
21 - Arachnids
20 - Puffins
19 - Autumn colours
18 - Wild orchids
17 - Minke Whales
16 - Courting Great Crested Grebes
15 - Pods of Dolphins
14 - Boxing Hares
13 - Hunting Sea Eagles
12 - Rutting deer
11 - Flocks of geese
10 - Barn Owls hunting
9 - Basking Sharks
8 - Dancing Adders
7 - Bluebells
6 - Bird Song
5 - Summer Flower Meadow
4 - Black Grouse lek
3 - Salmon migrating
2 - Starlings
1 - Gannets
Being stuck in London I never get up North or to the coast much. But of the ones that I have not seen, the ones in green interest me. The Black Grouse lek really interests me, and this reminds me that I must make the effort to find a viewing point one day.
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