What animals have you seen on your rides?

[Dogtrousers]

Seems that some of those birds aren't so bird-brained when it comes to their hunting strategy

a barn owl, flying maybe 10 - 15 yards ahead, above head height. It's as if it has been waiting for someone to turn up, and then flies ahead until the road bends when it disappears over the hedge. This in daytime. Perhaps my passage disturbs small creatures hiding in the roadside undergrowth.

A small bird of prey, a kestrel I think, that came and flew alongside and ahead of me, flicking from side to side, low and very close. Perhaps it was expecting me to alarm a mouse or two into breaking cover.

That would be a sparrow hawk using you as cover for its ambush approach of small birds in the hedges.

 

[figbat]

And then the drug supply dried up. 😁

My phone was able to capture the trip too!

 

[nagden]

@nagden and you are still able to cycle across borders for as long as you like.

Not sure about that. We have French residency but it doesn't mean we are treated as Europeans, we still have to show our passports at the borders. We are applying for French citizenship.

 

[sevenfourate]

A lizard on the fly and a Camel in someone’s ‘garden’ 🤷‍♂️

 

[Tenkaykev]

Living near the coast, we see seagulls all the time. And there is a colony of wild parakeets. Very green. Very noisy.
There are some sparrowhawks to be seen over the fields, seeking out their prey.
And, if I ride through town, I see a zebra crossing........

We have both Zebra and Pelican crossings...

 

[figbat]

We have both Zebra and Pelican crossings...

And Pegasus... see many of them?

 

[Tenkaykev]

And Pegasus... see many of them?

I've actually got a pair in the shoe rack, done a few miles in them 😉

 

[Drago]

One of my neighbours encountered some local wildlife while on a recent ride...

 

[marzjennings]

Locally I've see deer, wild boar, possums, raccoons, snakes, alligators, bald eagle, flamingos, hummingbirds, snakes, squirrels by the 100's, rabbits, snakes, and freaking banana spiders in the face, oh and more snake 'cos it's spring time. Sometimes I miss the simpler sights of mostly just rabbits and seagulls from home in Cornwall.

This wee fellow below was seen while hiking a local park, but I've seen similar within 10 miles of home.

 

[sevenfourate]

Locally I've see deer, wild boar, possums, raccoons, snakes, alligators, bald eagle, flamingos, hummingbirds, snakes, squirrels by the 100's, rabbits, snakes, and freaking banana spiders in the face, oh and more snake 'cos it's spring time. Sometimes I miss the simpler sights of mostly just rabbits and seagulls from home in Cornwall.

This wee fellow below was seen while hiking a local park, but I've seen similar within 10 miles of home.

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His attempt of head-worn Camo’s not really working if I’m honest. Good effort though….

 

[Oldhippy]

Good incentive to pedal harder too.

 

[freiston]

The last overnighter I did, when I saw the mink, I also saw a pair of crocs following close behind me.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I saw a dead badger yesterday

 

[Tenkaykev]

The last overnighter I did, when I saw the mink, I also saw a pair of crocs following close behind me.
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I took a pair of Crocs with me when I walked the SWCP. To save space I threaded the waist strap of my rucksack through the ankle loops of the Crocks, one either side. Every time I reached a shop / cafe I would automatically unclip the rucksack waist straps and my Crocs would drop on to the floor, did I learn? no, 😁

 

[All uphill]

The last overnighter I did, when I saw the mink, I also saw a pair of crocs following close behind me.
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All that luggage for an overnighter?

You clearly like your comforts!