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16-07-2007, 07:22 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
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| |  Hello from West Yorkshire
Hi,
Stumbled across this website a few weeks ago, time to say hello.
I'm a keen walker which over the years has provoked my interest in wildlife and nature in general. I do a fair bit of bird watching both of the garden and reserves.
Being in West Yorkshire I find there are so many places to go I'm dizzy, central for east / west coast (90mins), the Dales and Peak District not to mention North Yorks Moors plus there are loads of other places in Easy Yorkshire and South Yorkshire as well as the South Pennines.
Today I was at Haw Park Wood and Wintersett Reservoir near Wakefield and saw a fantastic pair of Sparrowhawks both perched about 5 metres from where I was sitting. They were both hunting and one of them managed to grab a sparrow or similar. They also managed to scare my westie who has been napping on my lap into the back of the car!
cheers
Mark |
16-07-2007, 07:36 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vauxhall, London
Posts: 638
| | | Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
Hi Mark,
Welcome to the site.Sounds like you are living in an ideal place for wildlife, the worst bit must be deciding where to go!
All the best,
Za |
16-07-2007, 08:02 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kensworth, Bedfordshire (W/ends) and Huntingdon
Posts: 4,196
| | | Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
Hi Mark,
Welcome to WAB! I hope you really enjoy this website!
Thought I'd say hello, as I'm new myself and as I think my story is similar to yours, in that I'm chiefly a walker but through that have gradually developed an interest in various aspects of nature. About 14 years ago, I started bird watching - I'd always been vaguely interested, but what really started me was a fantastic sighting of a short-toed eagle when I was on a walking holiday in the Pyrenees. For the last year or so I've been interested in wildflowers - again that was started on one of my walks, when I saw an Orchid. About the same time, I started taking notice of the different butterflies I was seeing on my walks. On my walk today I took my first ever photo of a damselfly - so perhaps thats the start of another interest!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy Wild About Britain. No doubt we'll come across each other on the Birds and other Forums.
Pete |
16-07-2007, 08:22 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Laindon, Basildon, Essex.
Posts: 2,885
| | | Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
Hello Mark
Welcome to WAB.
You really are in a central location with so many options to choose from.
I look forward to hearing more from you.
Richard |
16-07-2007, 08:24 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lancashire.
Posts: 1,036
| | | Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
Hi Mark,
A warm welcome to WAB, looking forward to your posts and photos.
Carol. 
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16-07-2007, 08:39 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edge of the New Forest, Hampshire
Posts: 5,169
| | | Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
Hi Mark. |
16-07-2007, 09:10 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Blackpool, Lancashire
Posts: 867
| | | Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
Hi Mark,
good luck with your wildlife hunting! Spoilt for choice, eh!? Nice 
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16-07-2007, 09:39 PM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: march, cambridgeshire
Posts: 2,156
| | | Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
Quote:
Originally Posted by mcc28x  Hi,
Stumbled across this website a few weeks ago, time to say hello.
I'm a keen walker which over the years has provoked my interest in wildlife and nature in general. I do a fair bit of bird watching both of the garden and reserves.
Being in West Yorkshire I find there are so many places to go I'm dizzy, central for east / west coast (90mins), the Dales and Peak District not to mention North Yorks Moors plus there are loads of other places in Easy Yorkshire and South Yorkshire as well as the South Pennines.
Today I was at Haw Park Wood and Wintersett Reservoir near Wakefield and saw a fantastic pair of Sparrowhawks both perched about 5 metres from where I was sitting. They were both hunting and one of them managed to grab a sparrow or similar. They also managed to scare my westie who has been napping on my lap into the back of the car!
cheers
Mark | hi mark welcome,you found the site like i did,looking up rat problems i clicked on and never looked back,enjoy.  |
17-07-2007, 06:16 AM
|  | Active Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 32
| | | Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
Hi Mark and welcome,
What a fantastic place to live! I hope your Westie has recovered from his fright.
Jill |
17-07-2007, 12:21 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Scotland/Spain
Posts: 5,611
| | | Re: Hello from West Yorkshire
Hello and Welcome
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