Bush Rummager 4,706 Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 Positive signs here of having Eagles back in the Lakes one day. I think that solitry male died around 6 years ago now and he spent his last 12 years by himself. I called in there on two seperate occasions years back to see him and failed both times. My sister sent the screenshot by the way, she lives up there. Interesting though to think what is actually knocking about up in the sky that we're not aware of. I spotted a f@@king huge bird here in notts a few weeks back soaring on a thermal.. way up above a fair of crows that where larking about, they wasn't even aware of it's presence it was that high. Only time I've seen anything like that before was in Scotland. Pretty sure it was an Eagle of some sort.. maybe a juvenile WTE from the Isle of White project roaming about the country as they do at that age before returning to where they were raised as they apparently do. I'm no expert by the way on this.. sure does interest me though. Anyone else seen or heard anything similar?? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,266 Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 Yep. A rather larger than normal bird of prey, defo bigger than a buzzard and a lot darker, spotted just outside Ashby de la Zouch by two walkers not prone to exaggeration. We thought eagle. Jok. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,609 Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 I saw this twice some years ago soaring high over avonmouth,turned out to be a lamaguire vulture with a 9ft wingspan quite something, like you say surprising what’s flying about up there un noticed 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,809 Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 On the subject of BOP's anyone seen this..... Raptor Taxidermy Collection - FOR SALE THERAPTORCOLLECTION.COM A rare opportunity to buy a stunning collection of Raptor Taxidermy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bush Rummager 4,706 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 55 minutes ago, Greyman said: I saw this twice some years ago soaring high over avonmouth,turned out to be a lamaguire vulture with a 9ft wingspan quite something, like you say surprising what’s flying about up there un noticed Good spot that mate! I remember reading about it at the time when it was over your way. Had one in the Derbyshire peaks too a couple of years back.. was only an hour from me, suppose i should have gone over for a butchers. There's Albatross at Bempton now.. been there a while i think.. Albie the Albatross, world’s loneliest bird, lands in Yorkshire WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK Albie returned to the RSPB Bempton Cliffs nature reserve on 30 March 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bush Rummager 4,706 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 55 minutes ago, mackem said: On the subject of BOP's anyone seen this..... Raptor Taxidermy Collection - FOR SALE THERAPTORCOLLECTION.COM A rare opportunity to buy a stunning collection of Raptor Taxidermy. Amazing collection that mate thanks!! Interesting reading through the various birds. A lot of vonga that though eh... 800K!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bush Rummager 4,706 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 27 minutes ago, McVey said: Not quite on par with these finds but I'm working beside the Derby County ground on a bridge that crosses the Derwent. I heard the things before I saw em, around 5 ring necked parakeets, didn't know they were that far north. Yes mate.. some being seen over in Notts too recently. I know what you mean with their call.. not used to hearing that racket up here are we!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bush Rummager 4,706 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 Making their way slowly up North by the looks of it!! Was loads of them and Kites when we stayed at Marlow few months back. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,809 Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Bush Rummager said: Amazing collection that mate thanks!! Interesting reading through the various birds. A lot of vonga that though eh... 800K!! That's someone's life, imagine a private collection like that, it's taken time to build up, it's even got Goldie the London zoo escapee Eagle in there, I think he might have been better breaking the collection up to sell it however? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,460 Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 Who's that taxidermist, specialises in BOP's? Gadd, is it? Lancashire way, I think. Bet he had some hand in that lot. (Dunno if I'm especially tired. Or if this is what it's like as ye start to fall apart with ageing! Can't remember shit, these days) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,809 Posted April 18, 2022 Report Share Posted April 18, 2022 28 minutes ago, Ken's Deputy said: Who's that taxidermist, specialises in BOP's? Gadd, is it? Lancashire way, I think. Bet he had some hand in that lot. He did, Mike Gadd, mounted a number of the specimens in the collection. 2 hours ago, Bush Rummager said: Making their way slowly up North by the looks of it!! Was loads of them and Kites when we stayed at Marlow few months back. I have found dozens of nests, thousands of the birds in Surrey, roosts of a couple of thousand birds. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,844 Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 13 hours ago, mackem said: On the subject of BOP's anyone seen this..... Raptor Taxidermy Collection - FOR SALE THERAPTORCOLLECTION.COM A rare opportunity to buy a stunning collection of Raptor Taxidermy. I might of worked this out wrong...... But 800,000 for 133 cases, that's over 6 grand a case? Surely even stuffed BOP aren't worth that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 45,648 Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 9 hours ago, mackem said: He did, Mike Gadd, mounted a number of the specimens in the collection. I have found dozens of nests, thousands of the birds in Surrey, roosts of a couple of thousand birds. There was 6 of them sat in a tree outside my old ducks place 2 yrs back in South Wales...stayed in a place at Sussex gardens London 10 yrs ago,there was more parrots than pigeons 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,809 Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, Daniel cain said: There was 6 of them sat in a tree outside my old ducks place 2 yrs back in South Wales...stayed in a place at Sussex gardens London 10 yrs ago,there was more parrots than pigeons The originals supposedly came from Shepperton studios Dan, I have a place about 5 miles from the studios, there's thousands of them in the area. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 45,648 Posted April 19, 2022 Report Share Posted April 19, 2022 Watched something a few yrs back where they was setting explosive charges in the trees they use to roost in 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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