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May 27, 2020 21:16:31 GMT
Post by patty on May 27, 2020 21:16:31 GMT
I hate seeing the dead birds and foxes hanging.. local gamekeeper at Oundle woods used to hang crows and magpies just before the perimeter fence.
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May 27, 2020 21:40:44 GMT
Post by Telemachus on May 27, 2020 21:40:44 GMT
The practice of catching and keeping a crow etc. in a 'crow trap' to entice other carrion to come to feed and meet the gamekeeper, really upset Jane the first time she encountered it. Mind you she initially thought the nice man was keeping a pet crow, until I explained the system. Rog How does one entice carrion to do anything? Carrion being the flesh of dead animals.
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May 27, 2020 21:49:06 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 27, 2020 21:49:06 GMT
Excuse my shorthand Telemachus ... I meant other corvids in the carrion crow family. Rog
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May 28, 2020 4:08:27 GMT
Post by naughtyfox on May 28, 2020 4:08:27 GMT
Predictable as always. This sing will stay in your head all day!
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May 28, 2020 10:56:07 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 28, 2020 10:56:07 GMT
Yesterday whilst walking the towpath just north of Barbridge junction, we came upon a mole scrabbling about on the baked dry earth of the path. An adult, unmarked and uninjured, and certainly full of life, it was in full sunlight (very hot too) and appeared totally unable to get underground. A banking with a hedge and thick ivy undergrowth climbed steeply to the left of the towpath, and as there was no sign of any molehills on the path, we assumed it may have surfaced at the top of the bank, and rolled down onto the tow path where it was stuck. I placed it back under the ivy at the top of the bank, in shade and where the earth was softer. I wonder if anyone knows about moles ... not an animal I have encountered very often. I know phil70 is good with hedgehogs but wondered if we have any 'mole whisperers' who could explain why it was above ground mid afternoon ? Lovely to see the little beauty so close I have to say Rog Lucky that jane didn't fall over it?
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