fundy
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had a pheasant in the garden today
almost sent the dog out to try and get it so we could have it in a pie lol
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had a pheasant in the garden today
almost sent the dog out to try and get it so we could have it in a pie lol
Imurg
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Pheasants are the dumbest creatures on the planet......but when they run you can see where the dinosaurs went....feet going 19 to the dozen, working so fast it looks li,e they're floating....had a pheasant in the garden today
RichA
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We've spent the last 25 years travelling regularly between our home (Herts/Essex), my hometown (just outside Mansfield) and MrsA's mum (Oxford).
20 years ago, we'd count them as we drove on the M40. About 10 years ago we stopped bothering because it would always exceed 100.
Around that time they started appearing over the A1M in the Peterborough area. I don't know if the youngsters in a colony had all just fledged at the same time, but a couple of years ago I saw somewhere between 50 and 100 almost swarming in a big circle over the motorway as you pass Sawtry. Unforgettable!
We now occasionally get them flying over our house.
I've seen them around Newstead area Tash.
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they fly over the Chilterns opposite my house, see them every day, stunning creatures
Yep loads around here , loads of buzzards as well , sparrowhawks and kestrels
Some get pretty close , one was sat on top of the halfway hut the other day
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I've had 2 memorable incidents with Pheasants.
1. Played Formby (and Hoylake) many years ago. Squawking pheasants at the top of my swing for the front nine!
2. Returning from umpiring hockey, also many years ago, at Bradfield College, the car in front slammed on its anchors and a shroud of feathers appeared. The solo women in the car was very shocked - until a Range Rover came around the bend, realised what had happened, reversed and chucked the carcase in the boot and drove away! I burst out laughing and the lady's shock melted away.
1. Played Formby (and Hoylake) many years ago. Squawking pheasants at the top of my swing for the front nine!
2. Returning from umpiring hockey, also many years ago, at Bradfield College, the car in front slammed on its anchors and a shroud of feathers appeared. The solo women in the car was very shocked - until a Range Rover came around the bend, realised what had happened, reversed and chucked the carcase in the boot and drove away! I burst out laughing and the lady's shock melted away.
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No Red Kites yet? Wonderful birds - as is the success story of their reintroduction. Huntercombe GC has them on their logo, as they were reintroduced nearby. There's 3 or 4 'resident' at The Shire, along with loads of other birdlife - other Birds of Prey, Swans, Coots (not a fan), Moorhens, Egyptian Geese and even a few Cormorants. Oh and far too many Canadian Geese! Walking up 15 can be 'interesting'!
At a previous club (Mill Ride) the 3d is a Par 3 over a large pond. While waiting for the green to clear, I once counted 13 different types of birds on that pond and there was pair of Red Kites eventually roosted/nested in a tree alongside the 4th.
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Tashyboy
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I cannot remember seeing any around the Mansfield area. We have quite a few buzzards around the course, which the crows don’t like one bit.
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We went to a country park inland from Aberystwyth.... big red kite colony that they feed once a day. Huge numbers fly down the lake. (Can't remember the name of it)
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Me and a mate have a tee time booked at a course in Northumberland for later this morning. A fella from the course has just called and told me it's been lashing it down all morning and doesn't look like stopping, he offered to move our tee time to another day which we've gladly accepted.
Very nice of them to go out of their way and re arrange for us ?
Very nice of them to go out of their way and re arrange for us ?
It's blowing an absolute gale as well. We cancelled our game for today and it was 100% the right decision. Great service from that club ?
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About time. Only Japan and Norway left doing this now.
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RichA
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Looking after a friends 14 month old cockapoo so we’ve got 2 in the house
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A 50 minute sports massage. My legs feel wonderful now. Booked in again for three weeks time.
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I used to have them regularly when I was a runner. I can't say I ever enjoyed them though as always a bit too painful to be enjoyable
Must have had a few hundred in the last 15 years. Hugely beneficial and worth every penny.