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Roy Morton
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14 years ago

#41

I've seen many frogs and newts at the bottom of Shale Shaft on Old Millclose Mine.
Frogs and toads - mostly toads - are common in Cornish shafts, and quite often we will gather them up and take them up to the surface where they can pig out on slugs and snails.
We have one location where there is a healthy population of pigeons and when navigating through the mine, you have to be carefull not to step on them or crush their nests.
The worst place was a shaft on Wheal Gorland that regularly had Kennel Waste dumped down it. The walls of the shaft were plastered in live maggots; I've never seen so many.
On the last visit about 6 years ago there was no sign of them at all. We still refer to it as Maggot Shaft though.

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"But I''m not Chinese!"
"Then you must have forgotten something!"

owd git
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14 years ago

#42

Not a mine, but a Swallow nest with chicks inside the entrance of Giants' today!
O.G.

AR
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14 years ago

#43

There's probably a dipper's nest inside the tail of Mandale Sough at the moment - I haven't been down to check this year but they've been there for the last couple of years.

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Cat_Bones
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14 years ago

#44

"owd git" wrote:
Not a mine, but a Swallow nest with chicks inside the entrance of Giants' today!
O.G.

There was a swallow nest in West Kennet Long Barrow when I was there the other week... they must like dark, cold places; kind of like us!

Wormster
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14 years ago

#45

Mrs Blackbird's taken up residence in the entrance shaft of Hunters Lodge Inn Sink this season!

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Edd
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14 years ago

#46

There is something growing off a chunk of my finger in Croessor if that counts as wildlife :lol:

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Cat_Bones
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14 years ago

#47

Ew, mate that's disgusting! Why isn't there an appropriate vomitting smiley I can use?

Manxman
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14 years ago

#48

Some years ago a group of us were in a long,very silty adit over in Mohope, Northumberland and came across a set of large paw prints in the mud along the LH wall of the adit which continued as far as we were prepared to go before deep water beat us - trouble was, there were no return paw prints exiting the mine.
The last man out kept looking back over his shoulder expecting to see a pair of eyes following him.

😞

Graigfawr
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14 years ago

#49

Something similar on the 75fm level (measured from adit; it's 600ft below shaft collar; the first 260 ft is vertical, the rest inclined on the lode) off Glog Fawr Engine Shaft in the mid 1980s: the sump was full of treacle-like mud that had flowed a long way along the 75 so we had to pull ourselves along the compressed air main as wading in the gloop was well-nigh impossible. The level's floor rose steadily and the mud disappeared just before the partly flooded winze that descends to Lefel Fawr (deep adit). For the entire length of the 75 there was a row of footprints in the mud, something between a pigeon-sized bird and a very large rodent. We didn't see the creature that had made the foot prints but what on earth might it have been? :confused:

simonrl
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13 years ago

#50

"Monica03" wrote:
Taking pleasure in the African creatures will also be of the best ease and relaxation and ease for you on a luxurious African opera. You will be going around in a well-equipped car.

Or you could get banned for spamming...

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derrickman
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13 years ago

#51

BAAAAAAAAAAATTSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( hides behind box in corner, adopts brace position against imminent deluge of paperwork and invasion of earnest-looking young ladies with those South American hats with dangling pom-poms )

''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.

davel
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13 years ago

#52

A blackbird (I think - I didn't get a good look at it as it flew past me) perching in the roof in one of the upper levels in Diffwys Newedd.

A frog (which I'm told has been there at least a couple of years) at the top the flooded incline in Diffwwys Newedd.

A couple of sheep in a (walk-in) chamber in Chwarel Gethin.

Lots of frogs at the bottom of the daylight shaft in Ystrad Einion.

Rodent tracks in a previously unexplored section of cave (quite a long way from the entrance) in Spain. (Ok, I know it wasn't a mine but it was underground.)

Does unexpectedly encountering Col. Mustard in the Ballroom in Smallcleugh count? :)

Dave

4737carlin
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13 years ago

#53

There was a birds nest with some young (they were in the summer) at the bottom of the Moel Fferna access shaft a few months back.

Aditaddict
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13 years ago

#54

That two headed dog has got to be the strangest creature i've ever seen !

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/showimage/?f=/community/Old-Ash-Lead-Mine-User-Album-Image-60853/ :blink:

NewStuff
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13 years ago

#55

"4737carlin" wrote:
There was a birds nest with some young (they were in the summer) at the bottom of the Moel Fferna access shaft a few months back.

Yup, they were still in residence when Myself and TurboSteve were there at the end of July. Quietly does it.

Searching for the ever elusive Underground Titty Bar.

DDDWH CC

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13 years ago

#56

"Cat_Bones" wrote:
Ew, mate that's disgusting! Why isn't there an appropriate vomitting smiley I can use?

Cat_Bones
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13 years ago

#57

Just the ticket!! For future reference, how do I use that?!

simonrl
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13 years ago

#58

It's referenced off another site I'm afraid. I might add some more smilies at some point though.

If you want to use an image in the forum e.g. a photo or a different smilie just copy and paste the whole image web address in (ending in .jpg, .gif or .png) then highlight it and click in the Img button 🙂

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Cat_Bones
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13 years ago

#59

Thanks Simon 🙂 Not that I intend to use a vomiting smiley very often!

Psilocybintheredunit
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13 years ago

#60

Eds eye-catching finger fungus (?) pic is fascinating.
you should post that on ISPOT and find out what it is! :thumbup: