What animals/wildlife have you seen today?

[Elpenor]

A rabbit having a prowl on an embankment and a pheasant observing the scene from the hard shoulder

 

[Voley]

Last few days have been busy round here. A deer legged it out in front of me as I drove up Tregonning Hill. We saw an adder, buzzards and loads of choughs out on the coast path yesterday. Best of all, we saw 4 or 5 seals on The Lizard this afternoon. The seals were particularly cool - as we were up on a little ledge, they felt comfortable enough to swim quite close. One cow swam pretty close to have a look at us - she seemed as interested in us as we were in her.

 

[Voley]

Crappy phone pic:

 

[tonysingh]

Last few days have been busy round here. A deer legged it out in front of me as I drove up Tregonning Hill. We saw an adder, buzzards and loads of choughs out on the coast path yesterday. Best of all, we saw 4 or 5 seals on The Lizard this afternoon. The seals were particularly cool - as we were up on a little ledge, they felt comfortable enough to swim quite close. One cow swam pretty close to have a look at us - she seemed as interested in us as we were in her.

Oh the adder encounter fills me with jealousy

 

[iona]

Someone on my mum's family whatsapp had a garden visitor earlier

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[nogojones]

every year these ducks come back to nest at our local health centre

 

[WouldBe]

Best of all, we saw 4 or 5 seals on The Lizard this afternoon.

Poor lizard.

 

[WouldBe]

View attachment 423324every year these ducks come back to nest at our local health centre

'pregnancies' can be tricky.

 

[oryx]

Mrs Fox and the cubs.

 

[Voley]

Seals:



A kestrel:



Mrs V's pics, not mine. I was on binoculars duty.




Lots of choughs on the Cornish cliffs these days since they were reintroduced.

I caught a fleeting glimpse of a single fin out at sea but it didn't stick around. I'm guessing a porpoise if it was on its own - dolphins tend to be in pods.

 

[Voley]

Is this a curlew? We don't get too many round these parts.

 

[RubyToogood]

Is this a curlew? We don't get too many round these parts.

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It looks very like the one on Wikipedia doesn't it?

 

[Voley]

It looks very like the one on Wikipedia doesn't it?

Smaller beak on my one, I thought. Bit of a surprise to see/hear one around here - seen lots in Orkney but not a regular thing here.

 

[iona]

Voley might be a whimbrel?

 

[WouldBe]

Voley might be a whimbrel?

He was only asking. No need to call him names.

 

[Voley]

Voley might be a whimbrel?

Oh yeah we saw one of them down here this time last year so thats a possibility.

 

[weepiper]

I vote whimbrel too. Curlew has a longer beak

 

[Epona]

I also think whimbrel, I'm not familiar with them by sight, but looked up residency/migration patterns of both species, and that would seem the more likely candidate in your part of the world at this time of year.

 

[Voley]

Thanks, everyone.

I showed the photo to the ranger on Papa Westray in Orkney (he'd just posted a photo of a migratory Whimbrel, too) and he agreed.

En route to Iceland, he guessed.

 

[weepiper]

Lot of fluffy little guys around today



I enjoyed seeing these swallows yesterday too

 

[heinous seamus]

I assumed this was a caterpillar but apparently it's a striped millipede.

 

[Voley]

Lots of great birdlife out on the coast path this weekend.

The biggest kite I've ever seen (quite rare for these parts), a couple of buzzards and the now not-so-rare choughs. The kite was really impressive - definitely king of the jungle - even the buzzards gave it a wide berth. Didn't stop the crows from going for it though - always amazes me how little jackdaws will have a pop at something 3 or 4 times their size.

 

[fucthest8]

Cygnets, crappy zoom on phone so not great

So fluffy and peepy

 

[weepiper]

 

[cesare]

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Are his antlers caught up in some rope weepiper ?

 

[weepiper]

Are his antlers caught up in some rope weepiper ?

Yes, a bit of sisal string or something. It didn't seem to be bothering him.

 

[Voley]

You take some cracking photos weepiper

 

[Elpenor]

Deer for me too though no pictures as I drove past them a few minutes ago in the dual carriageway. It amazes me how they seem so nonplussed being close to the road

 

[cesare]

Yes, a bit of sisal string or something. It didn't seem to be bothering him.

Thank you!

 

[planetgeli]

Deer for me too though no pictures as I drove past them a few minutes ago in the dual carriageway. It amazes me how they seem so nonplussed being close to the road

Had to wait for a deer yesterday to get off the A40. It didn't seem phased or even know what to do particularly.