Mammal of the day

tufftie · #**176** (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 01:57 PM

Was having fun watching a grey squirrel mating chase earlier on today...twas very silly!!! They were all confused chasing each other in smaller circles while all heading in the same direction as the female. They travel at some speed through those trees too!!

shirl · #**177** (**permalink**) 10-03-2008, 05:48 PM

My mammal of today is a sneaky little water shrew, almost got a brilliant pic, not there yet though so not Gallery standard I am afraid. It was so active , foraging and diving around and the distances it covered in a few minutes you just would not believe! Will keep trying for that perfect shot

Shirl

Rob T · #**178** (**permalink**) 11-03-2008, 01:26 AM

My mammals of the day are these two Magpies.

Oh ! and these two Fallows.

Regards

Rob

vole-woman · #**179** (**permalink**) 11-03-2008, 12:28 PM

Ha ha! Great shot, Rob.

Shirl, keep 'em coming.

tigger · #**180** (**permalink**) 13-03-2008, 09:14 AM

My mammal of the day is a "fox". In fact two foxes, both in my garden, both regular visitors. I've just set up a WebCam if anyone would like to have a look at them today (in right hand column of my Nature Diary below). The female looks very pregnant, and I'm hoping she will use the den under my shed (used previous years). Any time now by the looks of her.... she's pretty tubby! Then the male will have his work cut out feeding her for a couple of months...

pressld2 · #**181** (**permalink**) 14-03-2008, 09:33 PM

I'm assuming it was a pipistrelle as they are our most common bat, but there was one flitting round my garden at about 6:30 this evening.

Often see them in the summer but have never seen one this early in the year before.

Dave P.

Kayleigh · #**182** (**permalink**) 14-03-2008, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob T

My mammals of the day are these two Magpies.

Oh ! and these two Fallows.

Regards

Rob

I have seen crows steeling fur from sheep for bedding..Great shot..

Kayleigh · #**183** (**permalink**) 15-03-2008, 05:33 PM

This is my Mammal of the day..He lives behind my barrel on the patio..

vole-woman · #**184** (**permalink**) 15-03-2008, 08:21 PM

Is it a house mouse? Very cute.

Kayleigh · #**185** (**permalink**) 15-03-2008, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by vole-woman

Is it a house mouse? Very cute.

Thanks for the id..I hope he stays out side the house though

vole-woman · #**186** (**permalink**) 16-03-2008, 11:28 AM

No, I'm not ID-ing, that was just a question - I don't know much about mice. I couldn't tell whether its ears were big enough for a wood mouse, and house and wood are the only two I've any experience of!

Kayleigh · #**187** (**permalink**) 16-03-2008, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by vole-woman

No, I'm not ID-ing, that was just a question - I don't know much about mice. I couldn't tell whether its ears were big enough for a wood mouse, and house and wood are the only two I've any experience of!

Sorry! I didn't read the post properly..I posted an ID thread and it is looking like wood mouse..I am over moon he so cute..

tufftie · #**188** (**permalink**) 16-03-2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Sorry! I didn't read the post properly..I posted an ID thread and it is looking like wood mouse..I am over moon he so cute..

I sometimes fined wood mice / yellow necked mice under the corrugated iron that i put down for reptiles and they are very cute

They've kinda dug a small hole and have made a grass nest in it and there's always a little trail of seeds etc leading to it

tigger · #**189** (**permalink**) 17-03-2008, 01:30 PM

My mammal of the day today... is a gorgeous badger that visited my garden last night.

Take a look at the video I took with my infra-red camera

Adorable (in my opinion!)

Jane

Rob T · #**190** (**permalink**) 17-03-2008, 11:33 PM

Tigger, fab footage of the badger she does look in good condition (as all Mums do)

Kaylieigh, that does look like a wood mouse to me, dont forget to feed it.

I tried my hardest not to photograph deer this week end and spent some time with my new camera in an area Ive not been to before, the locals call it Watership Down. It was Full of different wildlife and countless birds some ive not seen for years.

Saw a black rabbit (not Doug) and countless hares and this Roe buck whos antler velvet was flapping around his head.

This is known as being ''in tatters'' hence the saying.

This Hare ran 100yds across a field to tell the partridge something I couldnt tell what they were talking about as they were to far away.

Regards

Rob.

tigger · #**191** (**permalink**) 17-03-2008, 11:36 PM

Thanks Rob. Why do you think my badger is pregnant. How can you tell it's a female. Am I missing something? I can't tell the difference. Hope she/he comes again... I'll be waiting with camera on tripod!

Jane

Rob T · #**192** (**permalink**) 18-03-2008, 12:26 AM

Tigger
No youve missed nothing I think I mixed your fox up with your Badger. I do think the head and neck size looks ladylike, as for the pregnancy

most badgers would have given birth by now, as you know.

Just put my ramblings down to my old age and too much fresh air.
Apologies
Rob

tufftie · #**193** (**permalink**) 18-03-2008, 08:22 AM

Back to my favourite species again

For some reason the person i'm sharing a house with for the next few weeks decided to keep the heating on full blast and it's like a hothouse in here - so obviously i opened the window, despite frost. I have been chasing squirrels out of my room - for some strange reason they think I have nuts in here...are insisting I have nuts in here!!! They are funny things - full of character

Oh and in comes Hobbit - the boss squirrel - best go get some nuts now as she wont take no for an answer!!!

tigger · #**194** (**permalink**) 20-03-2008, 11:19 PM

I haven't been around much for the last couple of day... had a cold! but my mammal of the day (two days ago) was a badger that visited my garden at night and was caught on my infra-red camera with the security light on!

You can take a look at her here

seamusagleann · #**195** (**permalink**) 27-03-2008, 05:59 PM

has to be the red squirrels i saw in glen righ . last night i attended a lecture, by the forestry commission on local red squirrels, and today we went off on a search and saw three of them, excellent !!!

tigger · #**196** (**permalink**) 28-03-2008, 08:15 AM

You lucky thing seamusagleann!

Mine has to be the Pipistrelle bats I saw in my garden tonight. Still pretty early, but loving the moths that the warmer day had brought out.

Jane

gordonm · #**197** (**permalink**) 28-03-2008, 05:05 PM

My mammal of the day is this weasel I spotted whilst walking in Lincolnshire he was too busy hunting to notice us although we were only 5 metres away
Gordon

vole-woman · #**198** (**permalink**) 28-03-2008, 08:42 PM

Gorgeous!

mrs fish · #**199** (**permalink**) 28-03-2008, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob T

My mammals of the day are these two Magpies.

Oh ! and these two Fallows.

Regards

Rob

I love that picture

mrs fish · #**200** (**permalink**) 28-03-2008, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by gordonm

My mammal of the day is this weasel I spotted whilst walking in Lincolnshire he was too busy hunting to notice us although we were only 5 metres away
Gordon

That is a great shot