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Mike Richardson · May 5, 2011

MarkHows said:
Mike,

you saw one in Spain

Mark

...and in Italy but I want a UK one!

Looking forward to all these mammal trip reports (India, Netherlands, Australia...). Hopefully will have my own to add when I return from South Africa in a couple of weeks.

MarkHows · May 5, 2011

skink1978 said:
And in Italy but I wan't a UK one!

Looking forward to all these mammal trip reports (India, Netherlands, Australia...). Hopefully will have my own to add when I return from South Africa in a couple of weeks.

Are you catching crocs again?

Mark

Mike Richardson · May 5, 2011

MarkHows said:
Are you catching crocs again?

Mark

No crocs this time. Sticking to the dryer areas but hopeful of some snakes.

Steve Babbs · May 5, 2011

Farnboro John said:
The other cracking experience this year was the Ambleside Otters, and here are a few from two separate days of the most delightful animals you could want to meet.

John

I went Mid April; sadly the otters appear to have gone.

Farnboro John · May 6, 2011

Steve Babbs said:
I went Mid April; sadly the otters appear to have gone.

This is not unexpected according to the locals when I was up there. They should be back next winter.

John

MarkHows · May 13, 2011

As promised a few photos from my trip

A report here

http://www.hows.org.uk/inter/birds/2011trip/low/low.htm

Mark

Hotspur · May 13, 2011

Forgot to mention that I was in the southern north sea in mid April and over two days had over 130 porpoises and a pod of White-beaked Dolphin doing vertical breaches. The dolphins were about 1km away but brilliant. Just a shame they didn't come in to bow ride. The porpoise were almost all adults and looked like they may be courting/mating

Jungle Cat · May 15, 2011

Golden Rabbit

Hi John

Here is a pic of the golden bunny that we saw at Goring today.

Clare & Jules

Farnboro John · May 16, 2011

Jungle Cat said:
Hi John

Here is a pic of the golden bunny that we saw at Goring today.

Clare & Jules

So where's the red ribbon with the little bell?

Cracking little beastie!

John

Isurus · May 16, 2011

on the topic of cute bunnies, ridiculously small kittens hopping around all over Jersey zoo yesterday and 2 or 3 red squirrels as well.

Farnboro John · May 20, 2011

Hit the Badgers today two weeks after a bit of gardening at their sett: unfortunately the prolonged dry spell means they are working hard to feed and not playing round the sett. I saw two adults but not for long or well.

However, five Tawny Owls (adult plus two fledged young, then another adult and finally one crossing in front of the car on the way home) were outstanding.

John

Farnboro John · May 24, 2011

Several people have mentioned black Water Voles to me recently and I confess I would like to see and photograph them. Anybody got a good site for them?

John

Jhanlon · May 29, 2011

Farnboro John said:
Several people have mentioned black Water Voles to me recently and I confess I would like to see and photograph them. Anybody got a good site for them?

John

Weren't these mentioned on some TV programme fairly recently? If my memory served me correctly they were present on some large estate/ reserve in Scotland. Not much help I know, but I got the impression they were a northern speciality.

Attached some pics from the past week

Isurus · May 29, 2011

That dormouse looks grouchy.

I had a large hedgehog with green paint on its back by the house last week. I had what turned out to be a gravid female with the same paint last july near here (rehabbers use the paint to id individuals) so either she's stuck around and the paint is pretty durable or someone is releasing rehabbed 'hogs pretty close to my house.

JWN Andrewes · May 29, 2011

Jhanlon said:
Weren't these mentioned on some TV programme fairly recently? If my memory served me correctly they were present on some large estate/ reserve in Scotland. Not much help I know, but I got the impression they were a northern speciality.

It was on Chris Packham's recent series, and I think the Voles were on Balmoral estate, but I could be wrong.

James

Marcus Conway - ebirder · May 29, 2011

Spent a wonderful three weeks on Mull watching Otters. Sightings daily new many new shots of different activity. In the Loch Na Keal and Scridain areas I think we saw a total of 18 different Otters, though it is never easy to be conclusive. Also saw them at Salen, Grasspoint, Craignure, Duart, Uisken and Ulva. If you want to see Otters visit Mull in a storm!

First decent shots of sprainting as below (think this is a young male pup, am happy to be corrected - should he have a willy?3

).

Marcus Conway - ebirder · Jun 16, 2011

Back for another week on Mull - the Cetaceans have arrived!

Marcus Conway - ebirder · Jun 18, 2011

Some sort of hybrid - middle of nowhere - west coast of Scotland

Farnboro John · Jun 20, 2011

Marcus Conway - ebirder said:
Some sort of hybrid - middle of nowhere - west coast of Scotland

Yuck!

John

Hotspur · Jun 20, 2011

Had Water Voles daily on the local stream for the last week. Best on evenings. No photos yet...

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