activeviii Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Seen a wallaby many years ago one early morning when off rabbit shooting. fishing the Severn in tewksbury a fer years ago and the seal poked its head up on mid water and then just swam around for 30 mins and then disappeared. out foxing a few weeks ago and there was a glowing bug in the grass. never seen one before in all the years i have been out at night in the fields. it was glowing like a green star light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeedoodlepigeon Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 out foxing a few weeks ago and there was a glowing bug in the grass. never seen one before in all the years i have been out at night in the fields. it was glowing like a green star light. Glow worms I spotted a bird hovering like a Kestral but quite a bit bigger with a elongated diamond shape tail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 there was a glowing bug in the grass. never seen one before in all the years i have been out at night in the fields. it was glowing like a green star light. Glow worms When I was a kid they were common but I haven't seen one for a longtime. If anyone sees one they should not disturb it and leave it alone. Odd things seen whilst out shooting >> Wild boar. Buzzard. Naturists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 there was a glowing bug in the grass. never seen one before in all the years i have been out at night in the fields. it was glowing like a green star light. Glow worms When I was a kid they were common but I haven't seen one for a longtime. If anyone sees one they should not disturb it and leave it alone. Odd things seen whilst out shooting >> Wild boar. Buzzard. Naturists. It always puzzles me why they call glow worms glow worms as I thought that they are beetles or fire fly's is there even such a thing as worms that glow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeedoodlepigeon Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 It always puzzles me why they call glow worms glow worms as I thought that they are beetles or fire fly's is there even such a thing as worms that glow. Yes the ones I have seen are insects not worms. I find it awsome when you go to the sea at night and paddle or disturb the water and little things glow like glow worms in the water for a fraction of a second....weired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30-6 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Me and an old shooting partner had a squirrel run through the hide, and i also see peacocks regular because i have a permission where somebody keeps them closeby. But my best is i was shooting a field of cut barley, when a parrot (very pretty colours) landed in my pattern, and was quite happy to stand on one leg while eating barley with the other. Not being stupid i quickly assumed it was an escapee which must have a reward on its head, trying to catch him in a hessian sack he would let me get to within a yard but that was it. It proved that there was a reward on his head, for apparently a very expensive parrot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 A strange woman wandering round freshly cut rape barefoot ? There is a woman in Hertfordshire who wanders the fields naked "communing with nature" Some sort of Earth Mother The police know about her but say its a free country and she's not breaking any laws. If you are offended come in and make a complaint and we will put it on file. They clearly don't want to get involved. I wonder if it was a man they would take a different view. My view, its a free country live and let live, she doesn't do anybody any harm. If people want to go naked I don't see any big issue. The weirdest animal I have ever seen was a ******* great adder in my garden which caused no end of worry because my (then) four year old son saw it first and came and got me to have a look. So glad he didn't try to pick it up. I shudder every time I think about it. I've only ever seen three adders in the whole of my life and this one was by far the biggest. Huge in fact, but it took off when I turned up with a shovel to kill it. It went through a hole in the fence which I then blocked up and spent many hours blocking up others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 There is a woman in Hertfordshire who wanders the fields naked "communing with nature" Some sort of Earth Mother The police know about her but say its a free country and she's not breaking any laws. Trespass? Disturbing others going about their lawful business...I wouldn't want her walking about a field I were shooting in....... Then again.. do you have any pictures of woman in question!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) Trespass? Disturbing others going about their lawful business...I wouldn't want her walking about a field I were shooting in....... Then again.. do you have any pictures of woman in question!? No but apparantly she's no oil painting, definitely weird but harmless. Different story, but we get green parrots regularly around here. more common every year Edited October 14, 2011 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) Osprey taking a small roach about 35 yards from me from the surface of a small trout lake during a thunder storm.This was in south Lancs and the owner later told me it had been around for a few days.It had probably travelled down from its release point in Scotland. Weasel doing cartwheels and somersaults and other weird acrobatics, when a flock of starlings mobbed it, it attacked one but didn,t quite pull it down.Obviously a ploy to attract prey IMO. Dropped a pigeon in middle of field and within 1 minute a buzzard appeared from treeline about 1/2 mile away and proceeded to collect pigeon and continued in flight directly over me with bird attached.. Several times saw Sparrow hawk hit pigeon and collared doves in flight in a ball of feathers by my house. Edited October 14, 2011 by Good shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 i saw what looked like an ocelot, probably someones very posh house cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Found an Eagle Owl RTA, some ornithologists took it to do some isotope analysis. Kept a foot and few feathers, lost the foot somehow. Had an otter pop up in my duck decoys last week, seen tracks for the last couple of seasons but this is my first sighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 MM in the lamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rimotu66 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Years ago walking my old English Bull Terrier in a field near my old house she was rolling in something, when I got to her it was a decomposed big fish (looked like a carp but was well rotten) thing is it was miles from any pond I knew of and much bigger then any Heron could carry I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 Years ago walking my old English Bull Terrier in a field near my old house she was rolling in something, when I got to her it was a decomposed big fish (looked like a carp but was well rotten) thing is it was miles from any pond I knew of and much bigger then any Heron could carry I thought. I have noticed a few large carp half a mile from a big fishing lake. My guess would be cormorants as there a few in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rimotu66 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I have noticed a few large carp half a mile from a big fishing lake. My guess would be cormorants as there a few in the area. There smaller then Herons, can they really carry a big carp? I would guess this one would of been 8lbs, it was about 12" long ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) I'm suprised this hasn't turned into a big cat thread. Most do On a different tack, did anyone else see the story about scientists in Siberia hunting the local eqivilent of the Yeti/ Bigfoot have found hair samples that they will now DNA to see if its a human ancestor? now that would be a good story if it came good Edited October 14, 2011 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I have noticed a few large carp half a mile from a big fishing lake. My guess would be cormorants as there a few in the area. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd been pinched, carried overland in a wet sack and dumped when the thieves thought they were going to get rumbled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 There smaller then Herons, can they really carry a big carp? I would guess this one would of been 8lbs, it was about 12" long ? Fox or badger will do this easy meal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I was sitting out for a fox, when the local nutter woman walked past in the same field with a fox on a lead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rimotu66 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 I was sitting out for a fox, when the local nutter woman walked past in the same field with a fox on a lead Now that would of been sooo tempting. And suddenly the lead goes slack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cushies Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 A few years ago went out lamping with the brother, we spotted a fox and started squeaking when a huge Eagle Owl appeared and landed around 10yrds in front of us, apparently it was an escapee from a falconry a few miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 I was sitting out for a fox, when the local nutter woman walked past in the same field with a fox on a lead Was she naked and did the fox have a fish in its mouth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 Not really in the field, more the sea.... Our syndicate runs along the shore and one day out on the shoot a few years back a pod of Porpoises (spelling??) travelled past really close in. It was a great sight and something I had never saw before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 From my post in January this year... "In the mid 80,s 2 friends and I out lamping encountered a North American Lynx (this is true) which had escaped from a well known local celebrity’s private collection and had evaded detection and capture for nearly a year. It was subsequently shot.(not by us) So they can survive undetected for some time. One of us has some photos of it I will try and dig them out and post them up. The animal was however in poor condition and obviously struggled to survive outside of captivity, probably due to the fact that its hunting instincts had been tempered or were never passed on. On this basis I would say that any escapee is probably incapable of surviving for any length of time sufficient to procreate with others of its own species. Ive had "eyes in the lamps sometimes" which ive been unable to recognise and I pride myself on my knowledge of Britains indiginous wildlife having ecountered most of it whilst out and about in the last 40 years." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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