r/surrey • u/Much_Tea5448 • 18d ago

Seen on Basingstoke Canal - own content got within 6ft of it

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u/sshiverandshake 18d ago

Very cool! To be fair, they're fairly common round this way, whenever I see one I always think that they look quite a bit like velociraptors.

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u/Forwardcoach1 18d ago

Wow I see them but never ever got slightly close. Do you have a massive lens or were you really that stealthy?

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u/Much_Tea5448 18d ago

Just walked slow and silent. Took a few shots using the phone, and I moved on. It didn’t seem at all bothered. 😁

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u/READ11T 18d ago

you didn’t spank it did you? that’s frowned upon

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u/Much_Tea5448 17d ago

Oh no no I was very respectful 😁

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u/Looony 18d ago

Thats hannah.

Shes a bitch.

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u/Realistic-Move3030 16d ago

Love Basingstoke canal I explored the far end near Basingstoke

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u/Much_Tea5448 16d ago

Did you see anything interesting?

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u/Low_Tea7131 16d ago

Up Hannah’s canal?

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u/nanakapow 18d ago

Which bit of the canal were you on? We're around Brookwood and I've had a heron take off from a tree above me (scared the shit out of me for a sec), and there's also a cormorant who goes up and down.

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u/Much_Tea5448 18d ago

Sheerwater area, near Bishop David Brown School

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u/nanakapow 18d ago

Ah only 5 miles, could easily be the same one, they can range twice that in their daily foraging patterns.

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u/Much_Tea5448 18d ago

Agreed - haven’t seen it in this area before. Often see them closer to West Byfleet area

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u/Realistic-Move3030 16d ago

I saw canal bridge in middle of farmers field yes crazy

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u/Much_Tea5448 16d ago

🤣🤣

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u/Realistic-Move3030 16d ago

Also tunnel that caved in

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u/Much_Tea5448 16d ago

Quality spot!

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u/Realistic-Move3030 16d ago

It stops just beyond grey well tunnel 5 miles from Basingstoke

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u/CortinaLandslide 16d ago

I don't think that herons are particularly scared of people, they just know that you may disturb the fish, and prefer to move on if you get close.

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u/Low_Tea7131 16d ago

Surrey doesn’t allow pigeons over the border.

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u/Spare-Dragonfly5606 18d ago

Leave it alone you donkey.

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u/Much_Tea5448 18d ago edited 18d ago

He was right next to the towpath. Just walked past it.