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Post by Linx on Oct 28, 2020 20:51:37 GMT
Got any of those moments when you become a sudden witness to the often invisible natural world that is all around us, especially the sort that we usually only see on Springwatch, etc.?
The other morning, just after daybreak, I was walking the dog over the neighbouring fields when, about twenty yards away, a large adult badger broke out from a hedgerow and loped right in front of me for about ten seconds before disappearing into the hedgerow further along. It occurred to me that, well into my sixth decade, it was the first time I had ever seen a badger that wasn’t roadkill. It was a pretty amazing sight, one that my dopey dog completely missed while he was exploring some kind of dung. Add to this the muntjac deer grazing in my garden, and the sparrow hawk clutching a freshly dead blackbird in its talons as it flew right towards me and just above my head.
Okay, it wasn’t lions or tigers or anything, but moments like that, when you come up close to wildlife beyond the odd bird or mouse, are pretty fascinating. Any to share?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 28, 2020 20:55:22 GMT
Got any of those moments when you become a sudden witness to the often invisible natural world that is all around us, especially the sort that we usually only see on Springwatch, etc.? The other morning, just after daybreak, I was walking the dog over the neighbouring fields when, about twenty yards away, a large adult badger broke out from a hedgerow and loped right in front of me for about ten seconds before disappearing into the hedgerow further along. It occurred to me that, well into my sixth decade, it was the first time I had ever seen a badger that wasn’t roadkill. It was a pretty amazing sight, one that my dopey dog completely missed while he was exploring some kind of dung. Add to this the muntjac deer grazing in my garden, and the sparrow hawk clutching a freshly dead blackbird in its talons as it flew right towards me and just above my head. Okay, it wasn’t lions or tigers or anything, but moments like that, when you come up close to wildlife beyond the odd bird or mouse, are pretty fascinating. Any to share? It was me, I sleep rough sometimes👀 I went to a Scottish log cabin type thing a couple of years back and a gang of badgers were absolutely terrorising the campsite, robbing stuff n that. Was great to watch as I wasn’t affected. They would come to my cabin late at night and I’d feed em left overs, about 6 of them. Beautiful creatures.
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Post by Linx on Oct 28, 2020 21:02:52 GMT
Got any of those moments when you become a sudden witness to the often invisible natural world that is all around us, especially the sort that we usually only see on Springwatch, etc.? The other morning, just after daybreak, I was walking the dog over the neighbouring fields when, about twenty yards away, a large adult badger broke out from a hedgerow and loped right in front of me for about ten seconds before disappearing into the hedgerow further along. It occurred to me that, well into my sixth decade, it was the first time I had ever seen a badger that wasn’t roadkill. It was a pretty amazing sight, one that my dopey dog completely missed while he was exploring some kind of dung. Add to this the muntjac deer grazing in my garden, and the sparrow hawk clutching a freshly dead blackbird in its talons as it flew right towards me and just above my head. Okay, it wasn’t lions or tigers or anything, but moments like that, when you come up close to wildlife beyond the odd bird or mouse, are pretty fascinating. Any to share? It was me, I sleep rough sometimes👀 I went to a Scottish log cabin type thing a couple of years back and a gang of badgers were absolutely terrorising the campsite, robbing stuff n that. Was great to watch as I wasn’t affected. They would come to my cabin late at night and I’d feed em left overs, about 6 of them. Beautiful creatures. I always thought badgers avoided human contact, er, Badger..... . They must have sensed a kindred spirit in you😎. But you’re right, this one’s face markings and thick grey coat were quite striking; the roadkill always look more brown than grey.
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Post by alsagerstokie on Oct 28, 2020 21:15:35 GMT
As some who goes out looking to photograph wildlife I've seen a bit. The best was seeing Mum and Baby Grey Seals this summer swimming in the water. (Pembrokshire Wales) I was at Coombs Valley Reserve leek also mid summer walking in the woods high up when I heard a noise. At first I thought it was a dog walker but soon realised it wasnt. This is the only picture I could get. To this day not quite sure exactly what it may be. It's too big to be a dog though. You may have to zoom in. how do i get a url for my image
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 28, 2020 21:30:06 GMT
It was me, I sleep rough sometimes👀 I went to a Scottish log cabin type thing a couple of years back and a gang of badgers were absolutely terrorising the campsite, robbing stuff n that. Was great to watch as I wasn’t affected. They would come to my cabin late at night and I’d feed em left overs, about 6 of them. Beautiful creatures. I always thought badgers avoided human contact, er, Badger..... . They must have sensed a kindred spirit in you😎. But you’re right, this one’s face markings and thick grey coat were quite striking; the roadkill always look more brown than grey. Saw a geordie chav woman chasing them down the road in her pyjamas after they ransacked their kitchen. It was hilarious watching a clan of badgers outpacing of screaming woman🤣
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Post by franklin on Oct 28, 2020 21:45:44 GMT
One of my favourite things to do when I'm on my hols in SE Asia is to hire a moped and me and the missus just bugger off with no specific destination. I've seen some amazing things buffalo, plenty of monkeys, snakes reptiles all sorts. I love it my missus not so much but she never runs off too far but keeps a safe distance. At home although I've only a small garden we have plenty of visitors and I put feed and water out especially at this time of the year, we have many birds, I have a mouse called Nigel a rat called Rod, a blackbird called Doug all wild not pets sad I know but I do name them as they are regular visitors and are as bold as brass. I can sit there for hours just watching what pops in. I watched Nigel sit on top of a marigold one day and eat the flower two feet away and he didn't bat an eye lid, he does like the odd midget gem too.
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Post by alsagerstokie on Oct 28, 2020 22:08:18 GMT
If any fellow Attenborough people want to tell me what I saw I'd appreciate it I have an idea.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 28, 2020 22:16:34 GMT
If any fellow Attenborough people want to tell me what I saw I'd appreciate it I have an idea. Looks like some sort of deer to me🤷🏻♂️
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Post by Linx on Oct 28, 2020 22:24:40 GMT
If any fellow Attenborough people want to tell me what I saw I'd appreciate it I have an idea. Looks like some sort of deer to me🤷🏻♂️ Yeah, I was thinking that: its rear end? It looks bigger than a muntjac, probably a red or roe. Either that or a gigantic human ear.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 28, 2020 22:26:21 GMT
Looks like some sort of deer to me🤷🏻♂️ Yeah, I was thinking that: its rear end? It looks bigger than a muntjac, probably a red or roe. Either that or a gigantic human ear. That’s it!!!! It’s definitely a gigantic human ear🤣 That’s that sorted who’s next we’re on a roll here!
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Post by innocentbystander on Oct 28, 2020 22:31:51 GMT
Silently cycling in the dark on a narrow lane with dry stone walls on both sides, I surprised a badger. He tried to run up a wall, fell off and knocked my bike over. For a couple of seconds I was actually badger wrestling, neither of us had a clue what was going on.
A bike is ideal for surprising wildlife- I've had near collisions with bats, hares, stoats and owls, and a camel in Morocco.
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Oct 28, 2020 22:34:19 GMT
I once saw a squirrel get eaten by a fish. The squirrel walked out to the end of branch that was just overhanging the river to grab an acorn. No sooner had the squirrel grabbed the acorn when a big fish flew out of the water and grabbed him. Damnedest thing I ever saw. But, what really surprised me was that a couple minutes later that fish went ahead a placed an acorn back on the end of the branch.
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Post by NassauDave on Oct 29, 2020 6:40:45 GMT
Got any of those moments when you become a sudden witness to the often invisible natural world that is all around us, especially the sort that we usually only see on Springwatch, etc.? The other morning, just after daybreak, I was walking the dog over the neighbouring fields when, about twenty yards away, a large adult badger broke out from a hedgerow and loped right in front of me for about ten seconds before disappearing into the hedgerow further along. It occurred to me that, well into my sixth decade, it was the first time I had ever seen a badger that wasn’t roadkill. It was a pretty amazing sight, one that my dopey dog completely missed while he was exploring some kind of dung. Add to this the muntjac deer grazing in my garden, and the sparrow hawk clutching a freshly dead blackbird in its talons as it flew right towards me and just above my head. Okay, it wasn’t lions or tigers or anything, but moments like that, when you come up close to wildlife beyond the odd bird or mouse, are pretty fascinating. Any to share? It was me, I sleep rough sometimes👀 I went to a Scottish log cabin type thing a couple of years back and a gang of badgers were absolutely terrorising the campsite, robbing stuff n that. Was great to watch as I wasn’t affected. They would come to my cabin late at night and I’d feed em left overs, about 6 of them. Beautiful creatures. Family reunion was it?
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Post by Northy on Oct 29, 2020 9:08:33 GMT
As some who goes out looking to photograph wildlife I've seen a bit. The best was seeing Mum and Baby Grey Seals this summer swimming in the water. (Pembrokshire Wales) I was at Coombs Valley Reserve leek also mid summer walking in the woods high up when I heard a noise. At first I thought it was a dog walker but soon realised it wasnt. This is the only picture I could get. To this day not quite sure exactly what it may be. It's too big to be a dog though. You may have to zoom in. how do i get a url for my imagewhat are we looking for and whereabouts is it?
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Post by Northy on Oct 29, 2020 9:09:53 GMT
Got any of those moments when you become a sudden witness to the often invisible natural world that is all around us, especially the sort that we usually only see on Springwatch, etc.? The other morning, just after daybreak, I was walking the dog over the neighbouring fields when, about twenty yards away, a large adult badger broke out from a hedgerow and loped right in front of me for about ten seconds before disappearing into the hedgerow further along. It occurred to me that, well into my sixth decade, it was the first time I had ever seen a badger that wasn’t roadkill. It was a pretty amazing sight, one that my dopey dog completely missed while he was exploring some kind of dung. Add to this the muntjac deer grazing in my garden, and the sparrow hawk clutching a freshly dead blackbird in its talons as it flew right towards me and just above my head. Okay, it wasn’t lions or tigers or anything, but moments like that, when you come up close to wildlife beyond the odd bird or mouse, are pretty fascinating. Any to share? Plenty, when I was glamping at Knepp in early September, a brilliant place knepp.co.uk/homeAlso had a badger come out near us when running, it kept on running down the country lane in front of us, looking round, silly bugger could have just gone under a hedge, it did when a group of cyclists came around the corner, having to brake hard and a couple banging into each other I've seen Orca's in a bay at South Georgia, many whales and dolphins in the ocean, sparrowhawks as you mention above, watched leaf cutter bees at work in our garden and then the bug hotel , a praying mantis land in my soup in Sri Lanka, been on Safari in Kenya I've been quite lucky at times
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Post by somersetstokie on Oct 29, 2020 9:47:26 GMT
As some who goes out looking to photograph wildlife I've seen a bit. The best was seeing Mum and Baby Grey Seals this summer swimming in the water. (Pembrokshire Wales) I was at Coombs Valley Reserve leek also mid summer walking in the woods high up when I heard a noise. At first I thought it was a dog walker but soon realised it wasnt. This is the only picture I could get. To this day not quite sure exactly what it may be. It's too big to be a dog though. You may have to zoom in. how do i get a url for my imagewhat are we looking for and whereabouts is it? I think it is a Red Deer, as it seems to be a large species. I feel that you can make out a pair of Antlers. Mind you, if the location had been Cannock Chase I would have said it was a Staffordshire Big Foot!
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Post by Orbs on Oct 29, 2020 9:51:15 GMT
what are we looking for and whereabouts is it? I think it is a Red Deer, as it seems to be a large species. I feel that you can make out a pair of Antlers. Mind you, if the location had been Cannock Chase I would have said it was a Staffordshire Big Foot! AKA Stan...
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Post by somersetstokie on Oct 29, 2020 9:51:37 GMT
Got any of those moments when you become a sudden witness to the often invisible natural world that is all around us, especially the sort that we usually only see on Springwatch, etc.? The other morning, just after daybreak, I was walking the dog over the neighbouring fields when, about twenty yards away, a large adult badger broke out from a hedgerow and loped right in front of me for about ten seconds before disappearing into the hedgerow further along. It occurred to me that, well into my sixth decade, it was the first time I had ever seen a badger that wasn’t roadkill. It was a pretty amazing sight, one that my dopey dog completely missed while he was exploring some kind of dung. Add to this the muntjac deer grazing in my garden, and the sparrow hawk clutching a freshly dead blackbird in its talons as it flew right towards me and just above my head. Okay, it wasn’t lions or tigers or anything, but moments like that, when you come up close to wildlife beyond the odd bird or mouse, are pretty fascinating. Any to share? It was me, I sleep rough sometimes👀 I went to a Scottish log cabin type thing a couple of years back and a gang of badgers were absolutely terrorising the campsite, robbing stuff n that. Was great to watch as I wasn’t affected. They would come to my cabin late at night and I’d feed em left overs, about 6 of them. Beautiful creatures. I was in Hartshill last week and did see an actual Badger. However on reflection I think it may have been a local evolution of the species!
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 29, 2020 10:01:35 GMT
It was me, I sleep rough sometimes👀 I went to a Scottish log cabin type thing a couple of years back and a gang of badgers were absolutely terrorising the campsite, robbing stuff n that. Was great to watch as I wasn’t affected. They would come to my cabin late at night and I’d feed em left overs, about 6 of them. Beautiful creatures. I was in Hartshill last week and did see an actual Badger. However on reflection I think it may have been a local evolution of the species! There’s only one Badger in Hartshill 😉
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Post by cerebralstokie on Oct 29, 2020 11:12:02 GMT
We had a badger raiding crops on the site where I have an allotment in South Manchester. Its diet consisted mainly of carrots, parsnips and sweetcorn. Nice work if you can get it.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Oct 29, 2020 11:15:58 GMT
One of my favourite things to do when I'm on my hols in SE Asia is to hire a moped and me and the missus just bugger off with no specific destination. I've seen some amazing things buffalo, plenty of monkeys, snakes reptiles all sorts. I love it my missus not so much but she never runs off too far but keeps a safe distance. At home although I've only a small garden we have plenty of visitors and I put feed and water out especially at this time of the year, we have many birds, I have a mouse called Nigel a rat called Rod, a blackbird called Doug all wild not pets sad I know but I do name them as they are regular visitors and are as bold as brass. I can sit there for hours just watching what pops in. I watched Nigel sit on top of a marigold one day and eat the flower two feet away and he didn't bat an eye lid, he does like the odd midget gem too. In the summer I had a huge Rat, inevitably called Roland who spent all his time rustling in the rosemary. Every now and again he’d pop his head out for a bit which I thought was all very nice. Anyway one day I was lying on the sofa watching football and one of my cats was looking terrified, looked around and Roland was sat there watching football with me in my living room! Bold as brass! I let out a girlie yelp and guided him back to the Rosemary bush, seems to have moved on to pastures new now.
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Post by franklin on Oct 29, 2020 11:28:12 GMT
One of my favourite things to do when I'm on my hols in SE Asia is to hire a moped and me and the missus just bugger off with no specific destination. I've seen some amazing things buffalo, plenty of monkeys, snakes reptiles all sorts. I love it my missus not so much but she never runs off too far but keeps a safe distance. At home although I've only a small garden we have plenty of visitors and I put feed and water out especially at this time of the year, we have many birds, I have a mouse called Nigel a rat called Rod, a blackbird called Doug all wild not pets sad I know but I do name them as they are regular visitors and are as bold as brass. I can sit there for hours just watching what pops in. I watched Nigel sit on top of a marigold one day and eat the flower two feet away and he didn't bat an eye lid, he does like the odd midget gem too. In the summer I had a huge Rat, inevitably called Roland who spent all his time rustling in the rosemary. Every now and again he’d pop his head out for a bit which I thought was all very nice. Anyway one day I was lying on the sofa watching football and one of my cats was looking terrified, looked around and Roland was sat there watching football with me in my living room! Bold as brass! I let out a girlie yelp and guided him back to the Rosemary bush, seems to have moved on to pastures new now. Rod is huge 😳 one of the biggest I've ever seen its like a piglet running about.
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Post by somersetstokie on Oct 29, 2020 13:39:08 GMT
I was in Hartshill last week and did see an actual Badger. However on reflection I think it may have been a local evolution of the species! There’s only one Badger in Hartshill 😉 For the record I do think this is attention seeking of the worst kind! I see what you did there! Choose a thread title subject area that coincidentally offers opportunities for a play on words and references to your own user name, and wait for numerous acknowledgements and repetitions of your personal "style" as you steadily build up your MB profile. There is even scope to insert your own posts making use of your signature avatar. Its like the people who will do anything to get their names in the papers.
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Post by somersetstokie on Oct 29, 2020 13:41:23 GMT
We had a badger raiding crops on the site where I have an allotment in South Manchester. Its diet consisted mainly of carrots, parsnips and sweetcorn. Nice work if you can get it. The Badger was innocent. I think I'll start a campaign in its support.
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Post by Northy on Oct 29, 2020 14:07:38 GMT
what are we looking for and whereabouts is it? I think it is a Red Deer, as it seems to be a large species. I feel that you can make out a pair of Antlers. Mind you, if the location had been Cannock Chase I would have said it was a Staffordshire Big Foot! Oh yeh, can see it now, cheers.
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Post by cerebralstokie on Oct 29, 2020 16:24:47 GMT
When I was living in Montana, I lived in an area called "The Rattlesnake" opposite Rattlesnake School. I count myself fortunate NOT to have encountered any of these pesky critters.
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Post by heworksardtho on Oct 29, 2020 16:44:08 GMT
Lots of farmers shoot badgers then leave them on the road to look like roadkill 😎
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Post by flea79 on Oct 29, 2020 16:51:30 GMT
i clicked this thread expecting it to be a waggy tale, im sadly disappointed
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Oct 29, 2020 19:39:11 GMT
Out of curiosity, does the OP have tufted ears?
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Post by AlliG on Oct 29, 2020 19:43:19 GMT
Out of curiosity, does the OP have tufted ears? At his age? Probably yes. Sorry Linx
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