There’s a good population of them round here in wales, being mainly nocturnal most perple don’t see them or realise they are about. A few days ago I went to the back door to go and shut the chickens away and a polecat ran across the doorstep and under my shed, it turned round and stared at me. I told it to make itself useful and go catch some rats and mice down the pens!
I have a soft spot for the polecats and they have caused us no problems so far.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
That’s great to hear
Osprey nabbing a large trout on St Mary’s Loch this morning, mustn’t have known it’s catch n return only on there
I should have learnt not to tempt fate, 2 of our goslings killed last night (10 hatched), they are quite chunky at 12 days old. Something scratched a hole into the pen, possible large rat but I strongly suspect a polecat.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
Does anyone here speak blackbirdese?
The birch tree in a neighbouring garden belongs to a blackbird, who seems to have a lot to say for himself. Unlike so many other birds, which tend to be rather repetitive, the blackbird always seems to come up with new things to say, and I would quite like to find out what it all means.
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
They tend to be saying "Git orf my land".
They are bilingual here in Wales obviously.
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
Yes it's very much territorial but also an element at this time of year in trying to attract a mate hence the vocal gymnastics.Originally Posted by molehill
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Going downhill fast
So if I had taken up singing when I was young, I might not have had to wait until my late 30's to get married?
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
My local Nature Reserve in Otley keeps giving. Now I'm retired I start most days with a walk round it and feed the birds. This morning, I watched a Nuthatch going in and out of it's nest hole in a tree. Saw and heard Blackcaps and a Garden warbler (I can only identify it by it's song) Watched a Wagtail catching and collecting flies and then feeding them to a fledged youngster.
Yesterday evening cycling on the Monsal Trail I could see some sort of wildlife kerfuffle ahead of me. I got to around twenty feet away and could see that it was two Magpies attacking a Grey Squirrel. The Magpies flew off but the Squirrel just sat there, with its erect S shaped tail, just looking at me as I cycled past.
Around 30 mins later when I came back past the same spot there were 3 Magpies squabbling but no squirrel to be seen!
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Magpies are the worst bird, I saw one killing a fledgling blackbird in addingham last weekend.
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