Outdoorsy Shite Top Trumps: March

[Slubberdegullion]

Flora or Fauna.

Extra points for a photo.

Handicap will apply to those in Forrin. Monthly win will not automatically go to, for example, a Cougar spot. The Cougar will need to be doing something awesome, like fighting a bear or doing sudoku.

poor goldfish

I'm still playing with my cormorant in flight. I care not if they are common, they are big and naturey.

An otter ate my duck [needs a sticking her tongue out emoticon] I'm getting a bit overly competitive now Although I very like the imagery associated with children's parties and left over goldfish. I'm going to award you a point for that.

Slubber what is it with you and eating creatures hearts. Is there something you need to tell me?

If it did not eat your duck in March then you cannot play with it!
[de ja vu]

Offal is so on trend losty. Did you not know?

it ate my duck last summer, sorry.

I have never and will never be on trend, it's still the 1970's round here.

I bet in the 1970s they ate heart, flambeed in brandy with a sprig of that curly parsley on the side.

They are meant to be delicious losty. Will feed back.

apols for meaty hijack

I didn't see anything more exciting than lots of seagulls today. But I did see a lot of mud. Lots and lots of mud and sand, and a new sand bank as this big old full moon has made some massive tidal ranges over the last few days.

Some one has to come last in these competitions. I feel I'm performing a public service here. There was a Los a whopping great ferry metres from the mud/sand in the deep channel, but that isn't going to get me any points.

Oh, but would a pipestrelle bat count? Saw one in the garden last night....

Losty your duck eating otter is always a winner

This afternoon I spent a very pleasant half an hour watching and listening to two skylarks about 200 metres apart. They were displaying their hearts out.

Rofl @ mud spot

I have the RSPB site permanently open as a tab now. The skylarks sound amazing Hedley.

I'm loving the one-upmanship re wildlife eating pets. It will end with a spot of the loch ness monster eating someone's rottweiller, but no one will be impressed unless it happened this March.

A bird of prey killed a pigeon (I think a pigeon -- it might have been some other boring garden bird, can't remember) in my garden once. I'll probably get told off for mentioning another non-March-2012 event, but it was so exciting. Really beats watching a blue tit eat peanuts.

My cat killed a magpie in next door's garden two years ago. It was amazing. Thankfully she gave up trying to get it through the cat flap after 20 minutes of struggle to a soundtrack of excited purry chirrups.

Greylag geese returned to village pond yesterday. Spring is sprung.

Forgot DS's distress this morning at seeing 5 drakes all trying to 'fight' one poor duck. Made DH assure him he would put a stop to it on way back.

two

years

ago

Does no one understand the rules?
Am I just talking to myself?

Top Trumps March, this March, not two years ago march.

iseenodust you are today's winner just for doing a proper spot from yesterday.

I did a proper spot from today, but my frolicky pink-tongued lamb met only mockery. Can you blame me for desperately searching for something, anything to impress?

And you came back with vintage magpie in catflap mash up?

Well there's that time I fell over a golden eagle on Mull ten years ago. But then someone would just point out that golden eagles are ten a penny round there way.

It's just all so difficult.

As is spelling. their. Not there.

Never mind eh.

Plenty of March left, there's always tomorrow.

Exactly, slubber, exactly. Maybe that fat dull swan will have learnt to tap dance overnight.

I'm full of hope something incredible is going to happen with your blended cow family.

Ok, this morning on dog walk at 6.30;

Barn owl
Heron
Swans
Duck
Roe deer

On the way to work there was a squashed weasel and I have just put my first clutch of eggs in the incubator

Oooh does that mean I go on some kind of winners shortlist ?

All this fauna, what of the flora?

My first celandine of the year while cycling yesterday.

A goosander (I think - never can remember difference twixt them and mergansers and it spent most of the time submerged).

I think I saw a comorant. (def saw one last fri). Not unusual... I've never seen a shag though.

It's crap round here...I've seen:
shed loads of magpies
some sparrows
a noisy blackbird
several seemingly overweight pigeons
a scaly tailed squirrel by some bins
super cute lambs
a man in a tree...seriously, from my office window. He was about a mile away and wearing red and I had to convince my colleagues that the drugs are still working I wasn't imagining things. I was then informed he was actually up a telegraph pole but still.

Just waiting for the swallows to come back to the garage to get terrorised by next doors friggin cat. Then it will be spring.

I'm seeing about 5 hares every morning this past week.
Loads of skylarks
A heron
Sparowhawks