Your day's wildlife

[Dave 123]

A white grey then, not a black red. I've seen black reds in Switzerland.

There are black greys round here.

Didn’t he play with Roy of the rovers?

 

[Dirk]

Spotted Yellow Hammers, Kites and Hares today driving through the Cotswolds.
Also spotted 4 American cyclists doing a supported tour - 2 from Idaho and 2 from New Mexico.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

There are black greys round here.

Didn’t he play with Roy of the rovers?

Black greys? Now I'm confused.

 

[steveindenmark]

I thought there was something wrong with this hare until it jumped up and shot off.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Today's wildlife spot was a white squirrel, which ran across the road as I was riding....

You need to drink more water. Dehydration does horrible things to the mind.

 

[nickyboy]

A white grey then, not a black red. I've seen black reds in Switzerland.

I've seen black grey squirrels in Canada. So we have white grey, grey grey, black grey, red red and black red

 

[Illaveago]

I managed to catch a couple of Dragonflies emerging from my pond today. It was fascinating to watch then as they climbed up to a favourable position where they could harden off. It was also interesting to watch them change colour as they did so . It was a slow process, a couple of hours whilst it went through pre- flight checks and then off .

 

[Dave 123]

Black greys? Now I'm confused.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11444893

 

[slowmotion]

We stopped at a service station, west bound on the A30 today. There was a juvenile rat checking out the waste bin by the SPAR store. He/she seemed quite relaxed and wasn't in a hurry.

 

[potsy]

In the garden this evening, hoovering up the spilled bird food.

 

[philk56]

We have had some wild weather in Perth over the last week, with a few unusual birds blown off their normal routes. The most excitement was caused by this Grey-headed Albatross, which spent a few days in a local harbour. This was the best photo I could get. The bird was being monitored by the local seabird group and eventually they took it in for care as its condition appeared to be getting worse. Hopefully it will recover and be released back on course.

 

[Proto]

Found a dead mole at the side of a path here in Spain. Complete, unmolested but dead. Lovely looking thing, surprisingly small, but massive front digging ‘hands’. I brought it back to the van, I’ll put a photo of it up tomorrow.

 

[Illaveago]

Found a dead mole at the side of a path here in Spain. Complete, unmolested but dead. Lovely looking thing, surprisingly small, but massive front digging ‘hands’. I brought it back to the van, I’ll put a photo of it up tomorrow.

I haven't seen one for years . Lovely animals with velvet fur .

 

[rualexander]

Spotted this Mountain Hare on Mount Keen the other week, pretty good camouflage.

 

[Illaveago]

I have been trying to identify the type of Dragonfly that I am seeing in my pond and getting confused . It would appear that they are Migrant Hawkers AFAICT from a Leicestershire web site . I'm confused as I saw what I thought was an Emperor laying eggs there last year .