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beau

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Rare strange beasties
« on: July 19, 2011 »
Just wondering what kind of animals people have spotted out and about.Seen a lizard last year,family of stouts playing in stone wall,carnivorous plant last week red kite i think.even santa and his reindeer out for walk by santas cottage in the mournes :).Have yet to see the beast of the mournes thow im sure i,ve felt his eyes on me  :)
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Hendy

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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2011 »
I found a lizard in the boot of the car yesterday must have brought it back with us from the mournes in the tent. was pretty cool but then let it go in the garden unsure if it was a great idea.
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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2011 »
As an ecologist I'm lucky enough to get to go off the beaten track across the whole of NI on the most private of private lands.  Plants are my thing and I've pretty much seen the best this country has to offer.  But animal wise, I really enjoyed spending a relaxing lunch time in the sunshine watching red squirrels play in the trees above my head during the spring this year.  But my all time favourite was being surrounded by red deer during the rut last autumn.  Hearing the stags roar all around, but out of sight was pretty amazing and finished off by a sunset silhouette of a stag on the adjacent hill.  Magical.
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alanrsv

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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2011 »
Edd666 and myself just back from a bit of mountain biking in Drumkeeragh forest tonight, came round a bend and seen 2x red deer on the path 10m in front,   class !      ;D
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sjh1

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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2011 »
Quote from: beau on July 19, 2011
carnivorous plant last week

Think I forgot to post on here about it but in June there were insectivorous common butterwort in bloom along the Brandy Pad (between the wall and the Commedagh "castles").

http://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/species.asp?item=4184

There's wildlife about everywhere if you keep an eye out. Birds are everywhere for a start and you'll see a load of different species if you pay attention and put a small bit of effort in to learning them.
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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2011 »
"The Beast of the Mournes" now lives in Scotland, she was my ex girl friend :)
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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2011 »
 :D :D
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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2011 »
A few weeks ago this popped into my head for some reason. i dunno, maybe about ten years ago there were all these reports about a large black puma roaming wild around the north coast, i think a few dead sheep were found but i didnt hear of any cat being captured, the reports just seemed to fade away, what happened?
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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2011 »
There were big cat rumours in the Mournes too. Think they always turn out to be hoaxes or confusion.

Quote from: Rumblebum on July 20, 2011
A few weeks ago this popped into my head for some reason. i dunno, maybe about ten years ago there were all these reports about a large black puma roaming wild around the north coast, i think a few dead sheep were found but i didnt hear of any cat being captured, the reports just seemed to fade away, what happened?
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spartan00117

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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2011 »
Was it not Bear Grylls, guys an animal
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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2011 »
Apart from possibly an individual escaped animal there is absolutely no way a population of wild big cats could survive in NI. There's nowhere near enough habitat or prey and there's too many people.
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beau

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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2011 »
More people more victims :)Heres an old newspaper account ,Keeper named Kane Rostrevor,trapped a mountain cat,which for some time had caused a deal of trouble.The animal was said to have imense,measuring almost five feet in length and its skin,which was preserved by mr kane,was reported to have been a beautiful yellow and white.....So ye never know, don.t go on to the moor :)
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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2011 »
Have seen buzzards, kestrels, peregrine, lizards, stoats, pine martens, an otter, red kite and a kingfisher at various times, hard to beat a bit of wildlife! (never saw any big cats tho!  :P)
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alanrsv

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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2011 »
Here is a wild animal we found in the small cave on the tower area on Hen Mountain

Dont know how he got there ?





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beau

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Re: Rare strange beasties
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2011 »
Seen an otter one nite early hours of morning really wet nite,Was coming home from working in nite club it crossed in front of car crossing the road give us a shock.Funny thing was half a mile from nearest river,it was heading away from river towards higher ground and houses.My friend thought it might have been up looking for food in dog bowls,is that normal do otters roam cross country?
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