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Unusual wildlife sightings

05/12/2007 00:00:00 news/armadillomedsmall

There are many absolutely fantastic photographs of leaping dolphins, hunting lions and flocks of flamingos, but this section is dedicated to those photographs that show something just a little bit different. These photos have much less to do with the technical quality of the photo than the quirkiness of the subject. Whether it is a nocturnal animal prowling around at midday, a vegetarian eating a steak, or something just odd, send us your photos and the oddest shot each month will receive a free copy of the new coffee-table photo book of the Masai Mara, "Dotted plains: Spotted game".

To enter, please email us your your odd shots or post photographs to
Wildllfe Extra, 17 Kyrle Street, Hereford HR1 2ET.

NB we cannot return any photos so please send a copy or a photo that you do not want back. All photos whether posted or emailed become ©wildlifeextra.com.

The July winner is this shot of a nine banded armadillo taken on a small instamtic style camera in the jungle near Iguazu falls, Argentina.

Fox reading BBC wildlife in front room in Wimbledon! © 2006 Wildlife Extra

The June winner is this shot taken in a front room of a terraced house in Wimbledon of a fox reading BBC Wildlife Magazine, about urban foxes!

Aardvark in daylight, Masai Mara, Kenya.

It is very rare to see an aardvark in the wild in broad daylight. Trying searching Google images for an aardvark and you will see lots of drawings, models, aardvarks in captivity and shots taken with a flash, but barely anything that resembles an aardvark in the wild in daylight.

And finally...............

The RSPB Scotland has issued advice to the public to leave chicks alone if they come across them, after a series of bizarre calls this spring. The calls included:
A pair of Mistle thrushes who raised chicks succesfully after nesting in a traffic light in Central Glasgow.
A woman who found a bird’s nest in a tumble dryer. The bird had accessed the dryer from a pipe leading outside!
A woman who found a goosander (a species of duck) in her living room. It had fallen in after apparently nesting in her chimney!
A man who found a young tawny owl on the pavement and took it home in a basket because it was raining
A woman who took a nest of birds inside because she was worried that the chicks were getting cold.
A one concerned individual who was worried about a young bird in a tree in the garden because ‘it looked like it was about to jump.

Past winners

June. Fox reading wildlife magazine.
May. Aardvark in daytime.

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