Today in pictures - Page 908

Ryewolf90 · 02-07-2018, 20:05

Look at me!! I've got 2 fish...

Less · 04-07-2018, 13:29

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Originally Posted by Exile on Spencer St

I seem to recall that it's thanks to some animal-rights (sic) nutters that mink have spread like a plague, taking a lot of indigenous wildlife with it.

It's amazing isn't it? They drone on & on about animal rights, how meat is murder and other such drivel but in the end cock up the world just like the rest of us, (I think it's all to do with too much roughage, the more veggie you are the larger the amount of crap you dump on the rest of us).

Ryewolf90 · 05-07-2018, 22:07

Whilst I can understand their reasoning, as they were being farmed purely for their fur, releasing 6000 top level predators into the wild with no other natural predator was just irresponsible and criminal. Apparently, from what I've read, a police undercover agent was present when they (the activists) released them from Crow Hill Farm in 1998, though I've yet to read about any prosecutions....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-43133682

Reading this who is more to blame, the police for allowing this to happen or the ALF....???

Ryewolf90 · 05-07-2018, 22:23

Heron coming into land at the weir at Whalley...

gpick24 · 06-07-2018, 06:33

Just one pic on my way home from work last night.

gpick24 · 08-07-2018, 20:04

Took Daisy & Duke for a walk down the river and along the canal..

1. Playing in the grass
2. Daft dog thinks she can smell underwater
3 & 4. A bit of horse play.
5. Keeping cool in the river.
6. A Sand Martin, plenty of these around.
7. Not easy to photograph these, darting about all over the place.
8. First time in a while but I saw 3 of these (or same one 3 times) today.
9. A bit of a fish in barrel shot.
10. A Swallow on the canal, like the Sand Martin, fast as .....

hilleluk · 09-07-2018, 10:31

All great pictures,

Ryewolf90 · 11-07-2018, 21:23

The Ghost Garden

I spotted a news article in the local paper about a ghost garden appearing during very dry weather... So went out to have a look... Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, Lancashire.

The outlines you can see are from the original Victorian Garden designed by Sir Charles Barry in the 1850's and was lost during WWII, it's due to the soil drying out at different rates. This is probably a once in a lifetime event - bit like England winning the world cup - (I was 4 when they did win in 1966) - only this was closer and could be seen and photographed....

gpick24 · 15-07-2018, 17:51

I was able to get quite close to this Heron today.

Gremlin · 15-07-2018, 20:31

I got close as well recently mate. My second shot was the last few inches of his legs as he flew away.

Gremlin · 16-07-2018, 15:14

I was lucky with my shot of the heron.
It landed on the bungalow roof opposite while I was charging a little point and shoot Camera. I just took the photo through the kitchen window seconds before it flew away.
Over the course of a week it had cleared all the fish out of my neighbours pond.

Exile on Spencer St · 16-07-2018, 15:45

This caught the cat's attention but she thought better of it and wander off into the shade.
I'm informed it was a lime hawk moth caterpillar. Don't recall ever seeing one before.

Ryewolf90 · 17-07-2018, 20:15

A Little Egret on the River Calder at Whalley, I have seen them a couple of times around Pendleton.

gpick24 · 07-08-2018, 20:19

A few photos from The Lake District this weekend

hilleluk · 08-08-2018, 08:12

All great pictures as usual...Love the 4th one