What have you seen

BM

Great shots.

Today I stood under my hide net waiting for the owls (didn't turn up ),  but this (two)Chinese Water Deer turned up at full speed, almost took my legs out from under me.  Had to shout 'Oi' and they turned at the last moment.

Love the eyelashes.

Looks like a better day than Tesco.

They must have been close for these head shots well done.

Great photos from both BM and Greylag.

We did see a couple of Red Kites today as well as a Kestral, and heard at least 2 GSW calling. But what we noticed most of all are the hedgerow flower in bloom, Primroses, including a few pink ones, both blue and white Violets, plenty of Daffodils, Snowdrops, Periwinkles, a Celendine and even a Red Current. There are a couple of Tawny Owls giving it Wigan at the moment as well as early this morning.

Had quite a surprise the other night, something I've not seen before but we spotted slugs climbing one of our apple trees. Didn't have anything to hand for a photo so found this LINK. Anyone else noticed them? 

We had pleasant day around Wicken Fen today, seeing Marsh Harriers, Kestral and Buzzards this morning, and then after lunch a couple of Munjack, lots of Shoveller Ducks, Widgeon, Little Grebe, Little Egret, and OH spotted a Kingfisher. We also heard both a Cetti's Warbler and Bearded Tit.

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We’ve had them spawning as early as January on the East Coast due to mild times.

Very active aren’t they! We had our first frogspawn early February, which is a bit of a record. Thankfully no really hard frosts since, so it seems to be going ok. We have two largish ponds, which is where the frogs like to gather, but we put out some upside down old rubber dustbin lids, edged by rocks, and the frogs and birds love them, squirrels like them as well.

Cant help thinking things are getting a tad biblical at the moment, locusts infesting some countries, floods, Coronavirus (plague), frogs, not looking forward to boils........😱

Typical Dales here, mix of older lambs and tiny newborns, lots of daffodils, can hear curlews calling. Lovely. We drove from Skipton to Gargrave, and there is still a lot of water lying in the fields. Lots of ducks and swans enjoying themselves.

It has been exceptionally mild this winter in most places, even milder than usual in the SW and although we no longer have a pond, I heard frogs some weeks ago. 

The daffodils in the verges are past their best now - some have been in bloom since just after Christmas - and the primroses are appearing thick and fast.