The World is a wonderful place thread.

Saddleworth2 said:
They are the most beautiful birds. We have their smaller cousins regularly launching attack sorties in our garden. You are lucky to have seen them thrice. I have never had that privilege. Hopefully one day.
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Just going back to Goshawks, I was walking away from what I used to call DH Lawrence Woods at Eastwood, notts ( near j.27 M1,) with a dog and we both stopped in our tracks as we heard this loud ,very loud screaming coming from the heart of the wood. At the time it sounded like a female being attacked, it was that piercing ....scary like...as though a sexual assault was taking place ...

I later looked up the diff birds of prey ,and knowing that Goshawks were in that wood ( I'd seen one month's earlier ) I'm pretty sure I had just heard one . If you ever hear the sound you'll never forget it...
For such a secretive large predator ,it can make a hell of a noise ! Never saw it on that occasion ....

The woods at Moor green / Eastwood Notts hold many secrets ,not least this fantastic bird of prey , Wild deer, Woodcock, Buzzards, and on the low land walking towards the famous dh lawrence farm...Snipe,which sit extremely close when just humans are about but with a dog get up and zip away at break neck speed .
The Woodvock I saw up in the woods I almost trod on ,it only moved when it had absolutely had to.

A fabulous place full of wildlife, or at least it was 20 years ago.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Just going back to Goshawks, I was walking away from what I used to call DH Lawrence Woods at Eastwood, notts ( near j.27 M1,) with a dog and we both stopped in our tracks as we heard this loud ,very loud screaming coming from the heart of the wood. At the time it sounded like a female being attacked, it was that piercing ....scary like...as though a sexual assault was taking place ...

I later looked up the diff birds of prey ,and knowing that Goshawks were in that wood ( I'd seen one month's earlier ) I'm pretty sure I had just heard one . If you ever hear the sound you'll never forget it...
For such a secretive large predator ,it can make a hell of a noise ! Never saw it on that occasion ....

The woods at Moor green / Eastwood Notts hold many secrets ,not least this fantastic bird of prey , Wild deer, Woodcock, Buzzards, and on the low land walking towards the famous dh lawrence farm...Snipe,which sit extremely close when just humans are about but with a dog get up and zip away at break neck speed .
The Woodvock I saw up in the woods I almost trod on ,it only moved when it had absolutely had to.

A fabulous place full of wildlife, or at least it was 20 years ago.
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sounds amazing.

As a fly fisherman, I get to see some amazing wild life - golden eagles and sea eagles (flying barn doors) when in the western isles and my favourite raptor, the osprey. I fish the Lake of Menteith frequently and in season there are always a number to be seen. If I'm really lucky they even fish in front of the boat. Seeing them dive on a hapless trout from 60 feet up is quite something. Then, with no little effort their wings beat and off they go with dinner which can be quite sizeable. We follow them every year on the Rutland webcam as well -they are remarkable birds, partners for life and fly back from Africa every year, returning to their own nest in the middle of Manton Bay (within hours of each other) where year on year they have raised dozens of chicks.
 
dennishasdoneit said:
Just going back to Goshawks, I was walking away from what I used to call DH Lawrence Woods at Eastwood, notts ( near j.27 M1,) with a dog and we both stopped in our tracks as we heard this loud ,very loud screaming coming from the heart of the wood. At the time it sounded like a female being attacked, it was that piercing ....scary like...as though a sexual assault was taking place ...

I later looked up the diff birds of prey ,and knowing that Goshawks were in that wood ( I'd seen one month's earlier ) I'm pretty sure I had just heard one . If you ever hear the sound you'll never forget it...
For such a secretive large predator ,it can make a hell of a noise ! Never saw it on that occasion ....

The woods at Moor green / Eastwood Notts hold many secrets ,not least this fantastic bird of prey , Wild deer, Woodcock, Buzzards, and on the low land walking towards the famous dh lawrence farm...Snipe,which sit extremely close when just humans are about but with a dog get up and zip away at break neck speed .
The Woodvock I saw up in the woods I almost trod on ,it only moved when it had absolutely had to.

A fabulous place full of wildlife, or at least it was 20 years ago.
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You'll probably know his birthplace, a house that's beautifully preserved and looked after, in Eastwood, and, I suppose, part of the National Trust. I only visited it for the first time in my life a couple of years ago or so. You actually realise that his house was quite a prosperous one. Roomy, and well kept, with a spacious yard outside and a laundering room on the other side of it. It brought it home to me that there's working class and working class, and he definitely came from the upwardly mobile part of it (largely due to his mother, according to him). Certainly, my nan's house in Burnley was nothing like as well appointed (my nan was a mill worker, my grandfather on that side a coalminer, then a forester).
I should have visited it before. I've been a huge D.H. Lawrence fan since I first studied him at college, and read nearly all of the novels, a fair number of the short stories, etc. I now have the privilege of getting to teach him, finally. (His short story, “The Fox”, taught the last two years. It's brilliant. Moving on to teach St. Mawr this year). Of course, you have to leave the silly semi-fascistic theorising to one side. It's really silly stuff, and produced his one truly worthless novel. There are signs that he himself saw it for what it was towards the end of his life.
 
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The Lightbowne Cowboy said:
Walking to the shop yesterday morning before work and I seen a piece of paper glistening against the dew soaked hedge.. that piece of damp paper was indeed a 20 pound note. :) And I think to myself.. :)
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I lost 20 pounds yesterday morning walking up...er...Lightbowne Road? Just near Nuthurst Road? Somewhere near Manchster, anyway.
 
Marklr said:
I lost 20 pounds yesterday morning walking up...er...Lightbowne Road? Just near Nuthurst Road? Somewhere near Manchster, anyway.
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Haha! Not lived anywhere near LB Road for 25 years. This purple nugget was found in South Cheshire;-)
 
Marklr said:
I lost 20 pounds yesterday morning walking up...er...Lightbowne Road? Just near Nuthurst Road? Somewhere near Manchster, anyway.
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The truth is you probably lost 20 pounds in weight after your recent ascent to the castle ..a battle you described really well, and I hope you keep gaining the after walk benefits in your struggle against long covid.
Your clearly a battler and fighter in life , I admire your tenacity .
Keep Going Blue.
 
I was going to post a great pic of the Northern Lights against the backdrop of the Big Dipper over Canada on Tuesday night, but the world is apparently not wonderful enough to allow the upload of the file, even in its cropped version!

Oh well…
 
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