zz Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Was at the field the other day and we had the pleasure of a visit from one of our neighbours from the surrounding bush. He/she came onto the runway to inspect flying operations and having had a good look, shot through like a Bondi tram. That is an aussie expression for ' getting out of here in a hurry'. He/she returned to the bush unharmed. It is not a Kangaroo, it is a Swamp Wallaby. Always great to see them, some of our other natural wildlife, not so great to see. Not great pics, did not have my camera on me, but grabbed a few phone shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Geoff S Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 There used to be band of feral wallabies resident in the Peak District. I never saw them but I think they lived around the Roaches on the Staffs side (some of the best bits of Derbyshire are in Staffordshire it is said). I think a very cold winter a few years (20?) ago finished them off. I haven't heard anything of them for some time but I understood they escaped from a zoo or a private animal collection and survived for some years. Peak District wallabies Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 My uncle was working on his farm in north Wales doing some fencing when he had that feeling he was being watched.Sure enough he looked around to see there was a dirty great vulture eyeing him up. [ Actualy it wanted his sarnies.] It had escaped from a zoo nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 We certainly had colonies of wild wallabies on Dunstable Downs and in the surrounding area a few years ago - they were originally escapees from Whipsnade Zoo. As far as I'm aware, they still exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 When i was a lad there was a private zoo near Padstow. Odd to hear African sounds at night in Cornwall ! The emu used to get out now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Geezer Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Used to live on the riverside in Bewdley, years back Billy Smarts Circus had winter quarters some 3/4 mile away across the Valley, with the wind just right you would often have the sounds of Lions and Elephants chuntering to one another in the night. Sadly they're no longer there - but instead later on we got a Safari Park - just a bit further away, but we still have audible nocturnal lion-mutter at night. Rather nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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