It is estimated around 10 million Ladybirds may have landed on a farm in Coombe Saint Nicholas, drawn by the huge supply of food – yummy Aphids!
If you’re wondering – the aphids seem to thrive on plants that are grown in the region, which is used for eco-roofing.
The bizarre sightings began at 11pm on Saturday and the spectacular show in the sky above Muir of Ord, Ross-shire ended at 1am.
Residents watched in awe as three bright orange dome-shaped objects hovered then flew at high speed in random spirals closer and closer to the village.
Last night (leading expert?) Nick Pope said: “This could be one of the most significant UFO events in recent history.” — “Sightings like this are hugely significant because they are very rare.”
“Most UFOs are seen by single witnesses so it’s very difficult to get any proof. For whole streets of people to see something is almost without precedent and this sounds like one of the most significant UFO events in recent history.” — “It’s also very unusual for a UFO to be seen for such a long time. Most are very brief.”
Source: The Scottish Sun.
A still from the Helensburgh Big Cat Video
An off-duty Ministry of Defence police dog handler has taken a video of what he claims is a panther-sized big cat.
Pc Chris Swallow was helping a friend with their garden in Helensburgh, Argyll, when he spotted the black creature on a nearby railway line.
The officer, who is stationed at the Faslane naval base on the Clyde, said the cat was as big as a Labrador dog.
Big cats have been reported in the area in the past, with several sightings of the so-called Coulport Cougar.
Pc Swallow said he saw the animal on 30 June while working in the garden at Kildonan Drive, Helensburgh.
He could tell it was not a Labrador, as he first thought, because of the way it was walking, and because its tail was about twice the length that a dog’s would have been.
Source, more information and the Video can be found on the BBC website:
Policeman takes ‘big cat’ video.
Visayan Spotted Deer at Wien Zoo
The Negros Interior Biodiversity Expedition (NIBE) has confirmed that it had found evidence of two groups of the Visayan Spotted Deer alive and well in the North Negros Natural Park (NNNP) in the Philippines.
The team of experts recently returned (July 2009) from the first scientific exploration of the park interior where they recorded the presence of many endangered and endemic species, with several new species records for the NNNP.
The Visayan Spotted Deer (Cervus alfredi) is endemic to the Visayan islands of the central Philippines, formerly reported on only seven islands (Cebu, Guimaras, Leyte, Masbate, Negros, Panay, and Samar), but now thought to remain only on the islands of Panay and Negros. It is a small deer found only in tropical rainforests up to about 1500 metres and has been hunted from 95% of its range. The population within the NNNP was believed to be one of the few viable breeding groups left in world with possibly no more than a couple of hundred individuals surviving. Heavy hunting pressure has led to the deer not being recorded in the NNNP for many years until the NIBE team found fresh deer droppings in several locations, deer tracks and significant evidence of feeding activity.
Source and more info: Wildlife Extra.
This is brilliant – a little old, but perfectly relevant seeing how it’s the 40th anniversary of the moon landing.
Buzz Aldrin is confronted by a moon landing skeptic! The man angrily calls Aldrin a “coward” and a “liar.” Aldrin tells the man to get away from him, and when he refuses, Aldrin promptly punches him in the face.
The conspiracy theorist tried to sue Aldrin but the judge threw out the case, saying he had it coming!
Source: The Huffington Post.
People in Asia have seen the longest total solar eclipse this century, with large areas of India and China plunged into darkness.
Amateur stargazers and scientists travelled far to see the eclipse, which lasted six minutes and 39 seconds at its maximum point.
The eclipse could first be seen early on Wednesday in eastern India.
It then moved east across India, Nepal, Burma, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Japan and the Pacific.
The eclipse first became total over India at 0053GMT, and was last visible from land at Nikumaroro Island in the South Pacific nation of Kiribati. It ended at 0418GMT.
Elsewhere, a partial eclipse was visible across much of Asia.
Source: BBC
Newborn Panda Twins at the China Giant Panda Breading and Research Centre.
This photo of two newborn panda cubs was taken Monday at the China Giant Panda Breading and Research Centre in Chengdu
Their mother, an 8-year-old giant panda named Huamei, was born in the United States. She has now given birth to three sets of twins since she returned to China in 2004.
Newborn Panda Twins (Cute?)
I kind of want to say how cute they look, but I’m not sure ‘cute’ is the right work? Still it’s a fantastic achievement to give birth to three sets of twins!
Huge, the Echizen Jellyfish
The Nomura, also known as the Echizen jellyfish, would not look out of place in a Godzilla film. They can weigh up to 200kg and measure up to 2m in diameter.
For the past four summers, they have mysteriously materialised in the Yellow Sea off China and the Korean peninsula before drifting across into the Sea of Japan. Experts expect large numbers to arrive this year – which could spell disaster for Japan’s fishermen.
Six adults can completely destroy a fishing net, as well as poisoning the fish inside, leaving them inedible.
Fishermen are also liable to get stung trying to remove them.
The last time Nomura jellyfish were seen in Japan’s coastal waters was in 2007, fishermen made more than 15,000 complains about damage done to their nets.
Source and more information: Telegraph (UK)
The Nomura’s Jellyfish (エチゼンクラゲ echizen kurage, Nemopilema nomurai) is a very large Japanese jellyfish. It is in the same size class as the lion’s mane jellyfish, the largest cnidarian in the world. The width of the Nomura’s Jellyfish are slightly larger than the height of most full grown men.
Growing up to 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) in diameter and weighing up to 220 kilograms (ca. 450 pounds). Nomura’s Jellyfish live in the waters between China and Japan, primarily centralized in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea (via Wikipedia).
Is this further evidence of UFO’s patrolling the skies above Shropshire?
Is this a UFO over Shrewsbury?
Professional wedding photographer Helen Joynson captured these remarkable images while staying at her parents’ house at Fitz, near Shrewsbury.
The 40-year-old said she had not even realised there had been anything unusual in the sky until noticing up to three UFOs when processing her digital photographs on a computer.
Mrs Joynson said the snaps were taken on a pleasant summer’s evening on July 12 at about 10.30pm.
She said: “My mother and I had just been reviewing the pictures which I had taken over our family weekend away before going to bed, as we did so we noticed a huge cloud in the sky at the end of the garden.
“It was vast and reflected the town lights of Shrewsbury on its base. As I had the camera in my hand, I stepped into the garden and took a few shots.
The UFOs were not seen by either of us at the time. It was only on looking at the pictures on my computer that I first noticed them.”
Mrs Joynson, who lives in Chester, said she had no explanation for what the UFOs could be.
Source and more info: Shropshire Star.
Looks like a solid object, some people have suggested it is just a hangglider, or small plane – anybody have any thoughts or suggestions?
Joggers have been left bloodied and scarred following a spate of attacks by buzzards.
Attacked by Buzzards
It is like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, with unsuspecting victims swooped on by avian attackers.
Stuart Urquhart, a solicitor from Bristol, was on holiday with his wife and two children in Helford, Cornwall, when he suffered three six-inch cuts to his head in a buzzard attack.
Mr Urquhart, 36, was jogging on a quiet lane near a river at around 9am, when he felt a searing pain in the back of his head before turning around to see a buzzard flying away.
He said: “I thought somebody had thrown some heavy sacking or carpet at me but I couldn’t see anyone. I carried on a few paces and then saw blood running down me and noticed a buzzard flying off into the trees.
“I have brown hair and I wasn’t sure if the buzzard had mistaken me for a big, slow rabbit, so I decided not to take any chances, and invested in a hat.”
Mr Urquhart, who was given a tetanus injection after the attack earlier this month, spotted the buzzard two days later on a telegraph pole. It swooped down with its talons out but Mr Urquhart managed to dive out of the way.
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Last week, Paul Powell, a plasterer from Shurdington, Glos, was also attacked by a buzzard while out jogging.
Mr Powell, 38, suffered four puncture wounds to his scalp after a bird sunk its talons into his head.
He said: “I felt an almighty thud at the back of my head. At first I thought someone had hit me… and then I saw this big bird flying just above me. Then I felt a burning sensation and noticed there was blood dripping on to the ground.”
Mr Powell ran for cover, but the buzzard attacked him a second time. He was taken to hospital and also given a tetanus injection.
Ciaran Nelson of the RSPB said that it was very rare to see a spate of buzzard attacks.
“These are the only incidents of buzzards attacking humans we have heard of in the last year, so to have two in such a short period is exceptionally unusual,” he said.
“It is most likely that the birds are feeling territorial and are being extra defensive, as July and August is the period when their young will be starting to leave the nests.
Source and more info: Telegraph (uk).
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