Couple of days fishing on the Severn, all sorts of wildlife, oystercatcher, plover, Reed buntings, egrets, Kingfishers, fallow deer, sand Martin's and many more. Missus caught a ruffe first she has ever seen or caught, interesting little fellow and I've never caught one either in 60 years.
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Heifer blundering round our garden then climbing over a 5-bar gate to get with the bullocks in the field on the other side.
Dead Rabbit laid out on top of a rubbish bin in the Town Park as i did my session yesterday morning...
A slow worm basking on a piece of limestone in a neighbours garden.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Plenty in the canal up in North YorkshireOriginally Posted by molehill
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A friend has been camping in Dorset and sent me a picture of his mate's foot... he'd been bitten on the foot by something (they are assuming it may have been a false-widow spider in his shoe).... his foot had swollen to double the size, bright red, and a horrific yellow blister on top... hospital visit and anti-biotics required.
Really was a grim photo. I suggested it may have been an allergic reaction to an adder bite, but they think they might have noticed that at the time!
I remember knowing them as ruffe or pope, probably from Observer book of freshwater fish. The Observer books were our Wikipedia.
But never came across them, perhaps the are more common up north, but then I've never caught a burbot either - nor likely to.
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Good to use as bait for carp and tench
Apparently it is very edible, so never mind using it as bait, catch 100 and there is Friday night scampi and chips (for one).
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Lizard with a blue tail only about 5 inches long.
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