Soulandy

Was out in the Carneddau Mountains in Snowdonia last Saturday. Nice day but very windy and hazy 1st photo if of the clowd flowing over the mountains and disapearing into the valley. 2nd photo is looking down the Ogwen Valley. 3rd is a Welsh Black

Bugger! Was thinking about a trip to see it this weekend. Oh well, it might come back.

A few from my recent trip to Ardnamurchan, Scotland. All off my phone as I lost my camera in wales a couple of weeks back ☹️ A couple of strange rock formations, Sanna Bay and the view down to our base in Kilchoan from above

Up in Scotland at the moment over looking the sound of Mull. Two very different photos from the living room window or live tv as we call it, one when we arrived yesterday in the most perfect weather with the isle of mull on the right and one from this morning in not so perfect weather but still a great view. 👍

They come across ok mate but I feel your pain. I know how you feel when you think you've got at least a few decent pics when you think all is set up right. Still a privilege to see in real time though and the photos are a great memory. A great sight that i need to see, nice one 👍

Don't be too long with the photos, even not so good will be 👍

Got to be Jimmy Burns but only just ahead of Bobby James. The other two doesn't really do it for me

Cheers mate 👍 I used to follow this blog but since the people moved away it's not updated anymore but a mine of info all the same https://kilchoan.blogspot.com/2014/02/ardnamurchan-wildcat-project_21.html

We're going to Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, last there in 2017 and thought we saw the wildcat then but the wildcat society couldn't confirm as the photo wasn't very clear 😟. Unfortunately I lost my camera last week in Wales so only a phone but I do have a new toy, a trail cam, but the forecast is for lots of the wet stuff, a nice break anyway 😁

Hope you get a good photo or two Steve. I'm hoping to catch sight of a pine Martin or Scottish wild cat from Sunday 👍

Out in southern snowdonia today in what can only be described as glorious weather with views for miles

A superb little club and when it was advertised as a 2am finish years ago, well it turned into a longer night than expected 😁🍻. Memories of the curry buffet and the open 🔥 If you're a MUFC fan, the memorabilia is great 👍 Memories https://m.mixcloud.com/andy-prolze/the-greatstone-hotel-1999/

Not sure if this is in the right place but just heard about the Greatstone, an iconic soul venue for quite sometime. https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/resi-plotted-for-unviable-stretford-hotel/?fbclid=IwAR1Ptx3SzCIEyCB4-RA5XKdpbdlQbawuYCODcAqLxbXLegPxSgnkHPKk0q0#.X0iufjZcN3E.facebook

From my recent walks around the Bollin Valley. Sunflower with bee, wild honey bees that have been in this nesting hole for years and years and is about 20 feet up the tree, River bollin and Giant Castle Bridge.

Passing the vine in dunham on my Bollin Valley walk, just has to be done 🍻🌞

Thinking about it I've not seen/heard them round here for a bit. We came across a house near to us that had a couple of swift boxes under the soffits hoping to get them to use them. We get a few bats flying about most nights tho 👍

wow. 😮

More here https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/worlds-most-valuable-7in-record-4386683?fbclid=IwAR3JdXGDmMo2lrPnPETMZ10PFlFn47IGvRVQc28bm_e_sHlzjZ6X0AEc6Tc

Keep meaning to get up there for a walk and look round but not got round to it. Been across the way up to Peel Tower a few years back so that's the closest I've been to Scut Moor. They are big when near them

Cheers Steve. See lots of Buzzards and Kestrels, but no Peregrines as yet. Red Kites I've seen in Wales and Yorkshire. Hoping for a Vulture flypass, but I might be in for a long wait 🙂

A Sparrow Hawk on the lookout from a neighbours tree while it is being closely watched from the roof tops 🙂 First one I've seen here for quite a number of years, must be 25 or so but just recently I spotted one flying around and we did have a lot of feathers in the garden and the remains of a Pigeon behind the shed a couple of weeks back. I guess that's why there's no song birds knocking about these past weeks. A few minutes after this photo it did swoop down into some bushes and I did see it again this morning circling over, on the prowl no doubt A Gatekeeper butterfly that stayed still for a few seconds. Seen a lot of these recently

Loads up in Scotland, especially the highlands. When you start to get past Loch Lomond they seem to spring up all over the place and there's a lot of heated discussions going on with some of the last remote wild area's pointed to get them. Scout Moor near to Ramsbottom is one of the largest in the Uk

Nice photos 👍. Talking of kingfishers, I saw another pair, flying down the river, one behind the other, on my walk yesterday. I must of seen at least half a dozen pairs this year, that's half a dozen more than the last 60 😁Seems this is the year for lots of strange things happening in the wildlife world as well as ours 👍

As tattodave said, a Speckled Wood. As a side note, this was the million pound question on Who wants to be a millionaire in 2002. As I try to teach my family a few things wildlife, they were ecstatic to get it right and we still talk about the lost million today 😁 Usless bit of info 😉 https://millionaire.fandom.com/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire%3F_(UK_version)/Final_Questions

Fantastic picture 👍