Y.Day eve...

[yenrod]

..i was on a ride and stopped to make an adjustment, noticed some rustling to my left just prior to setting off again: it was 4 goats moving around right next to the fence in a field...

It was soo innocently amusing...maybe they were looking for something other than grass to chew on

Its amazing how just checking out/meeting some animals like them was so satisfying.

Its good to get out amongst the fields etc...rather than roads of roads...!

 

[Joe24]

Skip this video so it has 3:18 on the right hand side.
I have seen them a few times now by the side of the road eating the bushes. Strange things really.

 

[longers]

Its amazing how just checking out/meeting some animals like them was so satisfying.

There's a white horse near here that will "chase" you if it's in the mood.

It's still in the field but it'll run alongside if it spots you in time. It's great, it's obviously enjoying the interaction too - I should go that way more often.

 

[Freewheeler]

Rinding home from work along a pretty lane last night about 10ish, it was just going dusk when I saw something that caused me to double-take. Stood right on top of the roof ridge of a house was a black cat with a baby rabbit in its mouth. At first I thought it must be an ornament of some kind, but when I stopped it continued to stare at me for a few seconds then disappeared down the other side of the roof.

Following swallows along the road is ace at this time of year too.

 

[longers]

Following swallows along the road is ace at this time of year too.

I had the opposite the other night, came round a corner at speed and one was heading for my face. Only it's lightning quick reactions saved me from a very sore eye.

 

[Dayvo]

Following swallows along the road is ace at this time of year too.

Cutting the rough (golf course) at work, lots of small insects are whirled up into the air, only to be gobbled up by the ready- and waiting squadron of swallows.

I'm treated to a fantastic display of low-level flying. I almost get the feeling that they are deliberately entertaining me, as dolphins seem to do to passengers on boats.

 

[barq]

I go out mountain biking a few evenings a week and often have the pleasure of seeing roe deer really close up. They are very beautiful and I always enjoy encountering them.

 

[yenrod]

I'm treated to a fantastic display of low-level flying. I almost get the feeling that they are deliberately entertaining me.

I took some great pix of hover fly's (simliar to Hornets but smaller and not as nasty if at all) once and they are / were soo tame they didnt mind the camera being soo close.

 

[yenrod]

Skip this video so it has 3:18 on the right hand side.
I have seen them a few times now by the side of the road eating the bushes. Strange things really.

Joe; your really moving in that vid.

 

[Joe24]

Joe; your really moving in that vid.

Thanks. That is cruising one handed Safely of course

 

[yenrod]

You need to put that to use mate - get racing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Freewheeler]

I took some great pix of hover fly's (simliar to Hornets but smaller and not as nasty if at all)

They have no sting, they just mimic wasps to avoid being eaten. The way they hover and dart about is pretty cool.

 

[Arch]

There's a white horse near here that will "chase" you if it's in the mood.

It's still in the field but it'll run alongside if it spots you in time. It's great, it's obviously enjoying the interaction too - I should go that way more often.

Like this?


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSF5mTk-ACM


I'm sure it's the same as the loose horses you see finishing the national - the adrenalin just carries them along even when they aren't being 'driven'.

 

[Dayvo]

Like this?


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSF5mTk-ACM

Wonder if it ended up on someone's plate that evening!
I know the French are a bit partial to horse steak!

 

[yenrod]

They have no sting, they just mimic wasps to avoid being eaten. The way they hover and dart about is pretty cool.

A true wonderment in your back-garden!