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    Re: Today's Wildlife Encounter

    Yeah, the male hawfinch was extremely orangey, moreso than I'd have expected given the pictures in the guidebook. Females pretty much as shown, though. I was chuffed, I don't mind admitting!

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    Just saw two fox cubs crossing the road, no parents to be seen! I suspect they were waiting until we drove on!
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    They shouldn't really let the cubs out on their own. Bad parenting - have you informed the Child Welfare bods?

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    Found 2 slowworms at the new house - just like the old home. We put a sheet of old corrugated down on a sunny bank about 6 weeks ago hoping there may be some, there are and they've found it :thumbup:. Pair of Bullfinches still around, destroying all the buds, hope they nest in the thorn bushes. Missus keeps finding new plants coming up in the wood, I'm no good on wild flowers but she finds something new all the time, have a little patch of orchids just showing through.
    Missus has "acquired" 8 jumbo quail and brought them home yesterday morning, I knocked up a rather posh pen for them outside - 11 eggs so far and there's males in there too :w00t:.
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    Here's a few photos from a recent visit to the Rhinogs in Wales...including one mystery creature that needs identifying please...4th photo down
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    Molehill, sounds like you have a nice place to live. I saw a little owl yesterday but haven't seen the hawfinches again yet, although I've only been to that spot the once since I last saw them.
    Perhaps that farmer shot them, miserable bugger that he was!

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    Red Squirrel crossing a cattle grid.
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    A newly fledged family or Long Tailed Tits in our wood. I suddenly noticed I was surrounded by them in the thorn hedges, like little bumble bees flitting about, they can only just have come off the nest as they were very weak flyers! Accompanied by several adult birds, all tweeting and feeding them - apparently this is normal for others adults to help when they fledge. Lovely sight, but blowed if I can find the nest, it can't be far away and we know what we are looking for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by molehill View Post
    ...Accompanied by several adult birds, all tweeting and feeding them...
    I'm always amazed how those tiny birds manage to carry their iphones whilst flying and feeding

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    Woodpecker! nearly flew in to the car on the Strines and stopped on a birch just 10ft from me, we couldn't stop but that brief glimpse was a real treat.

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