see how Nature mocks me
Oct. 3rd, 2005 01:41 pmGood grief, I spent three and a bit hours stomping about Simonside Forest and Lordenshaws moor, seeing nowt except prehistoric rock carvings and iron-age hillforts, and then driving back, what do I see?
1. A fallow deer, blinking at me stupidly on the road before bolting into the woods
2. Two Buzzards, not far above my car, having a fight.
All of Britain's nature is in fact living on road verges.
1. A fallow deer, blinking at me stupidly on the road before bolting into the woods
2. Two Buzzards, not far above my car, having a fight.
All of Britain's nature is in fact living on road verges.
More Sightings
Sep. 26th, 2005 10:27 pmSarah,
Thank you for your email reporting the squirrel sighting. I shall add the information to my database. Records such as yours are important as they help us maintain an up to date picture of the distribution of squirrels in the region. The records are also given to researchers at the University of Newcastle and Institute of Zoology, to be used in a range of red squirrel studies.
Also, strutting about on the grass verge driving from Remote Northumberland to Edinburgh, my first Black Grouse; and just now driving back down the A1, a headlight-lit Barn Owl. Yay! Stuff!