Woodland Diaries

CambsVet said:
Kestrel can often been seen hovering on the side of a motorway- so next time you are travelling keep your eyes open. I often see buzzards and sparrowhawks aswell when I'm driving about. Ive seen the ocassional red kite and little owl aswell when I've been driving.

Your much more likely to hear a tawny owl than see one! It makes the classic "twit-twooo" sounds. Barnowls you might see hunting at dawn or dusk- but only local knowledge will help you get that tick. :D
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Thank you, don't really know why kestrel is on that list as I see them quite frequently.

Fun fact: the famous owl call "twit-twoo", is made by a male female pair. The male calls twit, and the female replies with twoo.
 
nanoboy said:
That's pretty cool! I don't think you will see many frozen lakes here in Australia....

How much snow did you get with this storm?
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With the snow plows making huge mounds of snow where I am I can't be 100% sure but apparently a foot to a foot and a half.

~Thylo:cool:
 
some photos uploaded to the united kingdom- wildlife gallery. If anyone could Identify the owl droppings and ungulate hoof-prints
 
Thanks for the snow update!

I went for a walk in the park near my house, and while looking up for birds, I saw this sky writing. I wonder who they are? Weird.
 

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@ Nanoboy, Hedgehogs are found all over London and the vast majority of the UK. The Highlands of Scotland may not have any as they have the Haggis up their instead. Hedgehogs legs cannot accommodate the steep hills of the Highlands where the Haggis takes dominance.
Do you guys outside the UK know about the Highlands left and right foot dominance gene in the Haggis?
To be brief, due to the steep hills a Haggis is either long left or long right footed as they always transverse or walk around a hill clock or anti clockwise depending on sub species. The two sub species where formed in a similar nature to Galapagos tortoise's shell shapes for
reaching up. In the Haggis spp. A left long footed (counter-clockwise) can never mate with a right footed as the male would fall off before successful copulation can occur due to the difference in leg longitude
On another note I saw my first Lapwing of 2013 today
 
Pootle said:
@ Nanoboy, Hedgehogs are found all over London and the vast majority of the UK. The Highlands of Scotland may not have any as they have the Haggis up their instead. Hedgehogs legs cannot accommodate the steep hills of the Highlands where the Haggis takes dominance.
Do you guys outside the UK know about the Highlands left and right foot dominance gene in the Haggis?
To be brief, due to the steep hills a Haggis is either long left or long right footed as they always transverse or walk around a hill clock or anti clockwise depending on sub species. The two sub species where formed in a similar nature to Galapagos tortoise's shell shapes for
reaching up. In the Haggis spp. A left long footed (counter-clockwise) can never mate with a right footed as the male would fall off before successful copulation can occur due to the difference in leg longitude
On another note I saw my first Lapwing of 2013 today
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when I was little I had a picture book about hunting haggis. I'll have to try and remember what it was called unless it sounds familiar to anyone else.
 
I'm just confused, I though Haggis was a sheep pudding-type thing. Maybe someone should break this down further for me via PM.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Chlidonias said:
when I was little I had a picture book about hunting haggis. I'll have to try and remember what it was called unless it sounds familiar to anyone else.
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this was it: [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/fuzzbuzz-Storybooks-Remedial-Reading-Storybook/dp/0198381530"]fuzzbuzz: Level 2 Storybooks: The Haggis Hunt: A Remedial Reading Scheme: Storybook Level 2: Amazon.co.uk: Colin Harris: Books[/ame]

I think it must have actually been my little sister's book rather than mine, unless I was very backward as an adult!! I've definitely read it though.
 
I recall the book Chlidonias, don't know where I've seen it though? I've never read it though.
 
I went for a walk in the woods today, and it wasn't very enjoyable. I don't mind snow so much but with the amount Nemo left us it was extremely hard to move through the snow! I brought my little sister and her friend with me since it was her birthday (on Friday) so it was a little louder than I'd of liked but it wasn't too bad. I only saw one American Crow today and heard several other birds. I did see some tracks but because of the depth of the snow it was hard to tell what made them. Based on size, where I found them, and how they moved I would say probably a Red Fox made them (actually it appeared to be at least two foxes). The only other tracks I found were from some other Human and a Domestic Dog. I got some nice pictures however- the first is to show the depth of the snow, the second, third, and fourth are all just different views of the forest, the fifth is a wired, ice-covered vine (several trees were also ice-coated), the sixth is a view of where the forest meets the frozen lake (which, as you can see, is beginning to melt away),...
 

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...the seventh is just a view of the frozen lake front, the eighth and ninth are both just views of the lake, forest, and foggy sky, and the tenth is just another view of the lake front.

~Thylo:cool:
 

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went out for a quick walk in the wood this morning, and saw nothing :( I did however see a few snow-tracks, that I'll post when I post the macduff visit from todays visit.
 
Went to the wood again, but gave up quickly because......
1. there was two dog walkers with 6 dogs between them (and no leads).
2. there was a large tractor in the wood (?????)
 
By the way I haven't been posting because I don't want to waste your time by telling you I saw nothing.
The most interesting thing I've seen/heard, was the call of a female owl (I think tawny). I also heard a woodpecker, which I hope is a green.
 
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