Things you see on a golf course

[Vikingman]

Playing today and a kestrel flew into a bush no more than 5 metres from us.

Heard a bit of a kerfuffle and a lot of screeching and the kestrel flies off with a still screeching blackbird in its talons. Brutal thing nature.

 

[Imurg]

Red Kites often swoop down a few feet away from us at AP....
Close up they are huge - just like a Vulture.

 

[PJ87]

Course I play in Kent sometimes has white squirrels living on the 18th hole

 

[guest100718]

Course I play in Kent sometimes has white squirrels living on the 18th hole

lots of black squirrels round here

 

[Break90]

quite often see deer running around the courses at our place

 

[Dasit]

Had a fox knick my ball and a playing partner's ball on the 1st at Camberley Heath

 

[Norrin Radd]

playing our 6th hole and a crow flew down and took a baby rabbit. started pecking the head before flying off with it. poor rabbit was screaching like hell.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Red Kites
Buzzards
Muntjac
Deer
Fox
Woodpeckers
A Harrier Hawk Type bird

 

[Deleted member 16999]

In the early summer mornings we get groups of 4-6 lads crawling on their hands and knees in the rough on a few holes looking for magic mushrooms and the woods on one side of the course hosts at least 3-4 illegal raves that continue till at least 9 or 10am.
Seen and heard some wildlife :rofl:

 

[Imurg]

A Harrier Hawk Type bird

Unlikely I'm afraid - very few Harriers left in the UK and very unlikely to behave far inland as here...
Probably a pale buzzard or a kite
Had "sightings" over here but you're as likely to see a Golden Eagle here....

 

[ruff-driver]

Plenty of grizzlies at our place

usually in the senior groups

 

[Fish]

One of the rarest things to spot is..................…..............a golfer 🏌️

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Green parakeets
Muntjac and roe deer
Kites
Woodpeckers
Rabbits
Kestrels
Herons
Geese (Canadian and Egyptian)
Moorhens
Adders

 

[patricks148]

The lesser spotted numpty

 

[Tashyboy]

Two PP were discussing the sounds a particular bird was making. One said it was a lapwing, one said a Buzzard. Lapwing PP gave a Solid arguement as to why it was a lapwing. I was convinced until Buzzard PP said I can not only hear it but see it. After half a minute we could not see a thing. Then it took off, flippin Eck. They look killing machines.
Odd thing is, I thought about this on Thursday when I saw two crows harassing a buzzard in flight. They were having a right go at the buzzard til the buzzards other half turned up.
Dont know if it is me but there seems to be a lot more of them knocking about.

 

[Norrin Radd]

The lesser spotted numpty

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wow you are lucky ,we only have greater spotted numptys

 

[badgermat]

This bugger ...



Australian Magpie. Big (80cm wingspan) and very aggressive during the nesting season.

They attack from behind usually, swooping down on your head clacking their beak and attempting to peck near your face.

They seem to have a particular hatred of cyclists and golfers. Possibly something to do with our movement. Considered a pest and a road-safety hazard in Aus, just a bit less common here (NZ).

bm

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Unlikely I'm afraid - very few Harriers left in the UK and very unlikely to behave far inland as here...
Probably a pale buzzard or a kite
Had "sightings" over here but you're as likely to see a Golden Eagle here....

It was a sparrow hawk

 

[KenL]

Playing today and a kestrel flew into a bush no more than 5 metres from us.

Heard a bit of a kerfuffle and a lot of screeching and the kestrel flies off with a still screeching blackbird in its talons. Brutal thing nature.

That would have been a sparrowhawk, nor a kestrel.Stunning birds.

 

[upsidedown]

This bugger ...

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They seem to have a particular hatred of cyclists and golfers. Possibly something to do with our movement. Considered a pest and a road-safety hazard in Aus, just a bit less common here (NZ).

bm

Cable tie, with the long bit sticking up , attached to bike helmets seemed to be the order of the day when I was out there