Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Ah, it's an escape . . . Category E 3(Sadly the species was at least historically heavily traded with the entirety of that trade being whales taken from the wild for the aquarium trade.)
Ah, it's an escape . . . Category E 3(Sadly the species was at least historically heavily traded with the entirety of that trade being whales taken from the wild for the aquarium trade.)
Ah, it's an escape . . . Category E 3
Personally, for me, it would seem an extraordinary decision to 'intervene' when they live in rivers, the logistics required would be very difficult in light of its frequent diving, it has not travelled any further upstream since it was first found and withstood normal tides and it is apparently behaving normally?
It seems far more at risk of 'monitoring' by boats and helicopter reporters than anything else.
Now that the media have not got their tragedy or their rescue, let's hope it continues peacefully until it decides to find a new foraging area.
All the best
Slight hijack of the thread, but given talk of escape...
Was the origin of the Stellers Sealion off Cornwall ever established? I find it hard to believe one could escape from a zoo and waddle to the sea!
Where does the Thames become wholly fresh water?
Just upstream of Teddington Lock and Weir. The stretch between Teddington and Molesey could on occassions become slightly brackish at times of high Spring Tides below Teddington when rarely it could back up.Where does the Thames become wholly fresh water?
Just upstream of Teddington Lock and Weir. The stretch between Teddington and Molesey could on occassions become slightly brackish at times of high Spring Tides below Teddington when rarely it could back up.
It could feasibly get up as far as Richmond half - lock if it gets through the Thames Barrier.
P.....ex Environment Agency lock keeper, patrol officer and Navigation Inspector, but always binos handy for birding.
Just an update for anyone interested - was showing fairly regularly from opposite the Riverside Leisure Area between 11-1ish while I was there.
But not seen after noon
Actually, both can be right: because of Bovine Spongiform Time (BST), noon UTC (when the sun is due south, and highest in the sky) is at 13:00 BST :brains: :t:You can't both be right...
John