What Wildlife Experience .......

[Amoeba]

Originally Posted by PMG

Here's a Challenge springing from Britains Top 40 thread!

What wildlife experience/sighting can you not live without each year? What thing or sighting must you go and take a peek at? What experience makes you return each year just to check that all is well in 'its' world and yours! What place or thing must you visit once in each 12 months that makes you feel on top of the world?

I have so many I'm not going to take up pages and pages here: but I do repeat certain places to see certain things just because I love seeing that certain thing: a 'secret' bluebell wood, a lesser horseshoe bat roost, the machair, teesdale flowers and birds, lakeland colours, Clumber Park!, Roudsea Wood, Anglesey, certain orchids and butterflies, the starling roost ...... sometime for interest I will make a list and the months that these things happen in ...... but what do you go and 'doff' your cap at every so often??

I don't understand what you mean can you please elaborate?

[PMG]

Originally Posted by Amoeba

I don't understand what you mean can you please elaborate?

I was wondering if other members were like me and needed to see the seasons turn and see certain wildlife happenings: I was thinking of things like seeing the first flush of bluebills; hearing the newly arrived swifts; the first orchids etc - any wildlife or certain views of places that you feel the need - the pull to go and see - something that reassures you that you are still here and the world is still turning I have a need in me to go and see or experience certain wildlife happenings every year and I try and make sure that they get squeezed in somehow!

Pauline

[dav56]

Pauline,

Like you I love visiting the western isles. So the experience I can't go without, is my yearly visit to the western isles of Scotland. I go towards the end of May each year. There are still plenty of islands I haven't been to yet so I am sure that money permitting I will be off again next year.

Dave

[undine2006]

Daily walks round our local wood when the bluebells are out and also to check on the wild orchids. A couple of miles from here are fields with cowslips which I have to see every year; love the scent, little like Earl Grey tea

[Hedera]

A magic moment or two - I was sitting in the garden watching a dragonfly and hoping to get a shot of it when it actually landed on my camera and sat facing me for a few seconds. I froze, then it conveniently landed on the fence nearby! Those eyes!!!

[undine2006]

Realised I'd forgotten to mention the call of the cuckoo which I always listen out for. Heard it a lot this year, really gave me a lift

Also remember looking over my shoulder while lounging close to a rose bush and seeing a tiny field mouse just inches away - pure magic!