Your day's wildlife

[Flick of the Elbow]

Wondering if there's sufficient interest on here to keep a thread going on what wildlife we've come across during the day, out on the bike, in the garden, from work, whatever.
Recent encounters for me were a ladybird on Sunday and a sparrowhawk on my way to work yesterday.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Saw a badger yesterday on the commute to work

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I had a very close encounter with a snake on Monday. As soon as I noticed it, it was too late to stop both my wheels going over it. I hope it survived the impact, but I admit I didn't hang around to find out.

 

[ACS]

Couple of deer crossing the road, kestrel hunting at sunset, buzzard on a fence post to lazy to fight the strong winds I suppose.

 

[Piemaster]

A dolphin.
Bit of a surprise for the lad who was fishing when it popped up.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Today's was...

a couple of thousand geese
a few dozen oystercatchers
numerous mallards, snipe, redshank and other waders
a couple of egrets
4 kestrel

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I saw a pheasant in Deptford today. Apparently it's been there since December and lives by the Ravensbourne river alongside the DLR.

 

[biggs682]

nothing special today just our normal blackbirds in the rear garden 1 of which is very aggressive to other blackbirds !!

oh and the little mouse that spends most of the daylight hours sprinting across the patio

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I must say it's really pheasant to read about otter people's animal encounters.

 

[flatflr]

Saw a herd, or whatever you call it of about 30 deer including a buck while running along the Ridgeway on Saturday. Have seen a few on their own before but never this many before.

 

[Soltydog]

Normally see a kestrel or two, a buzzard here & there, but this week so far I have also seen a short eared owl & a kingfisher
Damn birds often slow my average speed down, yesterday when I saw the owl I was barely doing walking pace for about half a mile watching it

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Normally see a kestrel or two, a buzzard here & there, but this week so far I have also seen a short eared owl & a kingfisher
Damn birds often slow my average speed down, yesterday when I saw the owl I was barely doing walking pace for about half a mile watching it

I had an owl flying a couple of feet above the ground in front of me for a few hundred yards the other week, was a great sight, times like that I wish I had a bike cam.

 

[welsh dragon]

Rabitts, squirrels and various birds like blue tits, bull finches etc

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Great thread! I saw several buzzards on my ride, including a freshly killed one in the road, which I picked up and put in the hedgerow and look forward to seeing it decompose over the coming months.

 

[MikeW-71]

Barn Owl
Buzzard.. twice
Rabbits.. numerous
Hare ! (it was at night. Do you remember the video of the Scots guys in the van that couldn't pass a rabbit? It was like that )
Pheasants
2 Deer
Stoat
Ducks
Fox