Glorious day.

[jukel123 9,538]

Pink feet geese high in the sky announcing their arrival. Wood pigeons are throatilly humming their contented coo and Bob Robin looking scruffy after the moult,is cheekily helping himself to the dog's grub.

Insects of various kinds are mobbing the various insects friendly flowers we planted for them.

Just for a few hours at least, all is right with the world 

 

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[mackem 29,791]

Autumn's coming quick,rivers are packed with salmon and the geese are heading south.

[jukel123 9,538]

6 minutes ago, mackem said:

Autumn's coming quick,rivers are packed with salmon and the geese are heading south.

Thanks mate. Those pics have my adrenalin going. 

I used to do a lot of goose shooting. Once took out 9 pinks with two shots.

I love to hear and watch them now. As soon as the shooting  season ends, they immediately become much more tame and easy to observe. Don't ask me how they know, but they absolutely do.

 

[iworkwhippets 13,191]

Hey up., what a refreshing topic, away from the doom n gloom, accompanied by smashing pics, ,I thank you

[mackem 29,791]

3 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Thanks mate. Those pics have my adrenalin going. 

I used to do a lot of goose shooting. Once took out 9 pinks with two shots.

I love to hear and watch them now. As soon as the shooting  season ends, they immediately become much more tame and easy to observe. Don't ask me how they know, but they absolutely do.

 

I have been up every morning since I got here before dawn just to listen to hundreds heading south,and walked an estuary yesterday listening and watching fish jump and torpedo through shallows,I appreciate the little things in life.

[jukel123 9,538]

7 minutes ago, mackem said:

I have been up every morning since I got here before dawn just to listen to hundreds heading south,and walked an estuary yesterday listening and watching fish jump and torpedo through shallows,I appreciate the little things in life.

 

[Astanley 11,659]

Good stuff chaps 

[TOMO 29,081]

I saw something on a tv program about how the salmon in Alaska Canada...are responsible for fertilising the hole country....at first I thought f**k off...then you think of all the species that eat them drop bits of them away from the rivers...or of course shit there nutrients out all over the place...interesting stuff 

[byron 1,275]

1 hour ago, jukel123 said:

Pink feet geese high in the sky announcing their arrival. Wood pigeons are throatilly humming their contented coo and Bob Robin looking scruffy after the moult,is cheekily helping himself to the dog's grub.

Insects of various kinds are mobbing the various insects friendly flowers we planted for them.

Just for a few hours at least,all is right with the world 

 

Yep plenty of pinks coming in mate.grown alot of those bonaries this year mate..self seed well dont they.

[jukel123 9,538]

4 minutes ago, byron said:

Yep plenty of pinks coming in mate.grown alot of those bonaries this year mate..self seed well dont they.

Yea all over the place this year. Even in gravel.

[Greyman 32,175]

1 hour ago, jukel123 said:

Thanks mate. Those pics have my adrenalin going. 

I used to do a lot of goose shooting. Once took out 9 pinks with two shots.

I love to hear and watch them now. As soon as the shooting  season ends, they immediately become much more tame and easy to observe. Don't ask me how they know, but they absolutely do.

 

Bit like the pheasant s as soon as shooting stops they just start walking in the road to get squashed even see them on the motorway ffs 

[jukel123 9,538]

1 minute ago, Greyman said:

Bit like the pheasant s as soon as shooting stops they just start walking in the road to get squashed even see them on the motorway ffs 

One of my geekier habits is identifying and counting road kill. Drives my Mrs mad when I stop and reverse to eyeball a particularly interesting road kill.

I used to regularly travel to Aberdeen to see my grandkids. I once counted over 70 pheasant kills on a particular stretch of the motorway and over 20 mountain hares on a few mile stretch of road passing through Glenshee.

I used to let my whippets course them when it was quiet. You can always claim they were pets and had never done that before. The hares are stupid .

 Even Mc'hulls desert dogs might stand a chance.

[Bendigo 1,102]

2 hours ago, jukel123 said:

Pink feet geese high in the sky announcing their arrival. Wood pigeons are throatilly humming their contented coo and Bob Robin looking scruffy after the moult,is cheekily helping himself to the dog's grub.

Insects of various kinds are mobbing the various insects friendly flowers we planted for them.

Just for a few hours at least, all is right with the world 

 

We had pinks over Lancashire this morning really early and flying high. Wonder if they were the same ones