What animals/wildlife have you seen today?

[8ball]

11 humans

 

[Serge Forward]

saw a couple of muntjacs the other day. lots of them round wolverhampton.

There's supposed to be a few munjacs near where I live but they're very elusive so I've still never seen one.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

There's supposed to be a few munjacs near where I live but they're very elusive so I've still never seen one.

there's a colony of them in the old cemetery in reading, they are sometimes visible from the bus going past, and they occasionally wander. one got in to the town centre a few years ago.

 

[RubyToogood]

One robin holding forth to another robin.

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[Epona]

One robin holding forth to another robin.

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Fighty little buggers!
I think their beautiful song is mostly invites out to the car park for a fisticuffs - "come and ave a go if you think yer ard enuf" type deal.
Pretty birds, beautiful singers, rip into one another at the slightest provocation!

 

[oryx]

Mrs Fox. I would like to have photographed the cubs, but didn't want to disturb them by getting too close.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year I am not.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

He was on the floor and I said there’s a space here mate

 

[weepiper]

 

[bcuster]

One robin holding forth to another robin.

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Here's the American version; I see this birds every day. I love them!

 

[Elpenor]

About 10 deer grazing right by the side of the dual carriageway this evening

 

[not a trot]

A Squirrel, couldn't get a photo as the dog was chasing it.

 

[PricelessTrifle]

Coyote in the back yard. The neighbor's cat wisely made a runner for the house. I ran interference until she was safely inside.

i see coyotes from time to time, they're very abundant where i live (somewhat 'in the country'). i suppose you also hear them howling in large packs pretty frequently? they sound (fucking insane) a lot scarier than they look, just like hideous little wolves, although i'd certainly not like to run into a pack of them in the middle of the night. which i believe has come pretty close to happening a time or two, about a decade ago when i didn't have a vehicle for (roughly a year i think?), and would walk the backroads while tweaking. i wasn't the brightest.

apart from that i've mostly just seen snakes - and deer, ofc - but i've seen some pretty massive rattlesnakes out here before. they can be pretty horrifying.

 

[sherriff rosco]

Couple of Black Swans, a lonely Willy Wagtail and got divebombed by a mob of Rainbow Lorikeets

 

[RubyToogood]

Paging frogwoman

This looks like the first native ie non harlequin ladybird I've seen in years.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Twice now Mrs BB has had a robin come and land on her hand while out walking in the local woods.

 

[weepiper]

 

[Epona]

That does not look comfy!

 

[weepiper]

That does not look comfy!

I know! And yet they were snoozing away quite happily.

 

[geminisnake]

not today but a couple of nights ago on our evening walk

 

[RubyToogood]

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I've never seen a seal that I can remember. I've always wanted to see one in the Thames. Maybe I'll have to make it a mission some time.

 

[Epona]

I've never seen a seal that I can remember. I've always wanted to see one in the Thames. Maybe I'll have to make it a mission some time.

I saw a grey seal in the Lea I think it was last year, it would have come in via the Thames ofc - but certainly an interesting thing to see near my home in East London
The gulls were not happy about it being there, presumably competition for their fish, and they divebombed it repeatedly with a lot of screeching until it swam back out towards the Thames!
Quite astonishing to see.
Not a regular thing though, not sure where to suggest you might be able to head to in order to have a better chance of seeing one, at least not in London - I mean they do show up, but I can't think of anywhere here you're more likely to see one than not, if that makes sense.

 

[eatmorecheese]

I saw a sparrowhawk perched on a dead tree beside the Mold/Denbighshire road today. It had a rabbit in his talons and looked really pleased with him/herself. No pics sadly.

 

[Voley]

A buzzard did that great thing where they fly along in front of you as you're driving. Followed him down Tregonning Hill for a few seconds before he veered off into the woods. I was doing about 35 mph and he could've happily outrun me.

 

[Epona]

A buzzard did that great thing where they fly along in front of you as you're driving. Followed him down Tregonning Hill for a few seconds before he veered off into the woods. I was doing about 35 mph and he could've happily outrun me.

Never had that, but I remember once a Mallard Duck flew along in front of my dad's car for a bit, it kept looking round at us and to say it had a slightly alarmed expression on its face was an understatement.
(My dad slowed down of course to give it time to change its flight plan)

 

[cesare]

I've never seen a seal that I can remember. I've always wanted to see one in the Thames. Maybe I'll have to make it a mission some time.

I've sat upstairs in the Captain Kidd in Wapping and seen a seal a couple of times. There are seals living further up the river from there. It's old info though - but sitting in a riverside pub looking for seals is a great way to spend a sunny afternoon.

 

[RubyToogood]

I've sat upstairs in the Captain Kidd in Wapping and seen a seal a couple of times. There are seals living further up the river from there. It's old info though - but sitting in a riverside pub looking for seals is a great way to spend a sunny afternoon.

When you say further up, do you mean upstream?

I would probably be inclined to go for the Mayflower as it's on my side...

 

[tonysingh]

There's been lots of crows out this part of Chatham recently. It's been lovely to hear them chattering away when I walk Kail.

 

[dessiato]

The wildest animal in the village today is me. For the second time this month someone has run into my car and driven off.

 

[cesare]

When you say further up, do you mean upstream?

I would probably be inclined to go for the Mayflower as it's on my side...

Further towards the sea, I guess that's downstream not upstream is it Although seals have been spotted far further up the river too. I think there's a seal colony further downstream..

 

[geminisnake]

Saw a rook shaking its tail feathers earlier, mrs rook seemed more interested in finding food though Saw a few deer as well.