Roger Merriman said:Tim Hall said:Latest wildlife moments:
Over the Easter weekend I was staying in a bunkhouse near Brecon and
managed to get a bit of cycling in. Shooting along the foot of Pen Y
Fan, I glanced left into the wooded stream to my left to see a buzzard
perched on a branch <that far> away from me. We looked at each other
and it flew off.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Last night cycling home down a country lane, something caught my eye.
I glanced towards the verge to see a fast bird flying along at nought
feet, hugging the ground profile.
Quoted message said:probably a sparrow hawk, or if your very lucky a merlin, quite small and
very fast and insanly nimble.
Yeah, I'd go with the spuggie hawk. They hunt in open woodland and
have the agility and manouverability to the zero feet thing. I once
looked up from battling a headwind to see one on a fencepost as I
passed. I've escorted a cuckoo down Glen Strathfarrar in Scotland, it
flew from post to post to branch for some distance as I cycled down
the glen after closing time. [1] Also on that ride was the red deer
running alongside and across the road, pretty scary when you are
clattering downhill.
[1] GS is a private road and they lock the gate to bar motorised
access outwith the working day.
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Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"