This morning (approx 6am) two roe deer emerged from the bottom of Pony Wood, crossed the farm track and ran up through the field towards Aldcliffe. Haven’t seen deer there for months. Also 8 shelducks in West Field and a hare in Flora Field
Author: Michael
Sparrowhawk
Saw a sparrowhawk in the allotments this morning with a small bird squealing in its talons. It then got chased off over Edenbreck Farm Cottage by a magpie (with squealing prey still firmly gripped in its talons)
Dairy cows opposite Pony Wood
anybody know who owns them? The fence had collapsed and a cow was out. Got it back in the field and tried to fix the fence but…
Dead Mice – fox?
This morning on the new path around Pony Wood there were 4 separate dead mice. There are also some clumps of red brown fur which may be the result of a fox moult. Is it likely that a fox would kill but not eat or take mice?
Little Egret – with low quality video
a little egret in West Field pond just now (6.45am)FA74AC77-0093-4C65-BFF0-0ECA4018E3A4
Parakeet
This morning around 7.30 whilst walking the dog in the orchard I heard an unusual squawking and looked up to see a parakeet flying by. It came from Edenbreck direction and flew quite directly in the direction of the canal
West Field pond – 3 years apart
this morning when walking the dog I took a photo of the pond (not something I usually do!). Then later I logged on to Facebook and it showed me ‘memories’ from Feb 11th. By bizarre coincidence 3 years ago I took and posted a photo of the pond!
Photos attached. The pink sky one was today, the other Feb 11 2016
Video of Barn Owl
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Barn owl out hunting over the meadow this morning at 8am
Michael