paulus 26 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 What's the strangest thing you have seen whilst out and about mooching, mine is gnats swarming, witnessed this a few years ago, Never seen anything like it before. the columns that drop from the main swarm make a very loud clicking noise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonesy 111 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Me and a mate were waiting at a hole for a terrier when a fox walked up a wood toward us but then went straight up a tree,the tree had been uprooted but was tangled with another tree about twenty five thirty feet up,on closer inspection it looked the fox had been using it often as there was a flattened down area in the branches,conifer.The fox wasn't being hunted and it didn't know we were there just walked up the fallen tree. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pesky1972 4,926 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Maybe not strange but a bit unusual at least, I remember a plague of greenfly one year, followed by a plague of ladybirds. Saw a huge flock of swallows and martins, maybe 10,000+, a few years ago too. That was pretty impressive. Like Jonesy I’ve seen a fox use a ‘half fallen’ tree to get on top of a derelict barn to lie up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Dolphin in the sea loch next me see otters all the time but there not that unusual. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,531 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Don't know whether it's unusual or not but a few weeks back I saw a group of about 40 corvids (don't know if they were crows or rooks) doing that starling murmuration thing. Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,676 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Seen badgers and muntie in London which I thought was quite unusual,seen big monitors and pythons in cities,lots of wildlife in urban jungles.Seen a huge shoal,hundreds of them,of tuna in the med all breaching the surface around our boat,seen all sorts of animals in number,got chased up a tree by a rhino a few weeks before Christmas,that was quite unusual. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,077 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Seen a swarms of bees cover a motorbike , thousands of them looking back I wish I took a pic 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,621 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 i once saw some hectors dolphins off akoroa s island n/z.think they are endangerd now , 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trapperman 474 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I was lamping one night and found about 12-15 glow flys/bugs not flying just on the ground never knew we had them in the uk 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ted Newgent 4,896 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 2 hours ago, jonesy said: Me and a mate were waiting at a hole for a terrier when a fox walked up a wood toward us but then went straight up a tree,the tree had been uprooted but was tangled with another tree about twenty five thirty feet up,on closer inspection it looked the fox had been using it often as there was a flattened down area in the branches,conifer.The fox wasn't being hunted and it didn't know we were there just walked up the fallen tree. i have actually shot a fox up a tree,damn thing had used a fallen tree to climb up and 'nest' in the ivy. as i walked through i heard the rusttling,looked up,seen the fox,boom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C.green 3,203 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) Seen a few mad things but once got charged at by a roe doe it done it more than a couple times would get to a couple foot away and stop one of the best things ive ever seen to be fair brave animal.ive seen a doe storm in when her fawns been grabbed but this one just didnt seem to want me there. Edited January 3, 2019 by C.green 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C.green 3,203 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) D Edited January 3, 2019 by C.green 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonjon79 13,340 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I haven't really seen anything that interesting - the funniest was a seal popping up next to my sister when she was swimming in Cornwall in the early 90s It was in a harbour at st Ives and, so close that she could have touched it - they looked right at each other. .......... She absolutely shit it - I've never seen anyone swim so fast 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 3 hours ago, pesky1972 said: Maybe not strange but a bit unusual at least, I remember a plague of greenfly one year, followed by a plague of ladybirds. That were 1976! Saw a huge flock of swallows and martins, maybe 10,000+, a few years ago too. That was pretty impressive. Like Jonesy I’ve seen a fox use a ‘half fallen’ tree to get on top of a derelict barn to lie up. Once came across a deer in the woods on my permission, small Roe doe, was not overly scared, but there again a .177 SuperTen is not going to drop that one unless I knacker the stock clubbing it over the head. Used to be a porpoise in the Wash who would chase fishing dinghys and bump the keels until he got a few mackerel. Seen a stoat kit take on a rabbit that was about 4 times it's size, was like WWE! Also a demented woodpecker trying to hammer through the metal sides on a barn.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.