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Indeed!Yes. Otters have a place here though mink most definitely don't! Wouldn't want anyone to think I just wanted to kill all the otters because I definitely don't. Mink on the other hand
Indeed!Yes. Otters have a place here though mink most definitely don't! Wouldn't want anyone to think I just wanted to kill all the otters because I definitely don't. Mink on the other hand
I wasn't sure where to post this - @Clive can we have a forum for conservation please?
At a cluster meeting last night we were discussing dew ponds & their cost. I suggested sinking an old but sound water trough into the ground with a water supply & a rough shallow ramp to allow birds & small mammals to enter & drink. Has anyone done this or something similar before? It would be far cheaper to create than a £10-20k lined dew pond! I've had the occasional drowned barn owl in normal water troughs.
Of course if it was fed by mains water it would have to be slightly raised so any overflow would spill over the side & have a normal service box to keep the ball valve above the water level. I wouldn't put it in a grazed field for obvious reasons.
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Regularly see plenty of pied wagtails about the farm and yard here.
See the occasional yellow wagtail too but not very often.
Not good, theres TB 5 miles north of you at Watton at Stone :-(Saw this little fellow on the early doors dog walk today at the edge of our place
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We know they're here but it's only the third time I've seen a live one in 50 years here.
Really? I wasn't aware. I know we are in a supposedly "free" area where they keep finding odd positives.....Not good, theres TB 5 miles north of you at Watton at Stone :-(
@matthew Who can help?Really? I wasn't aware. I know we are in a supposedly "free" area where they keep finding odd positives.....
Our 2 inconclusives from our test early April are being re-tested Tuesday.
Edit: Mel walked the dogs this afternoon and said a dead young badger was laying on the path near where I saw this one this morning. Is there anyone I can report it to for testing?
Saw this little fellow on the early doors dog walk today at the edge of our place
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We know they're here but it's only the third time I've seen a live one in 50 years here.
Found this moth on the bottom of a sheep hurdle this morning, View attachment 801000
Is it a cinnabar moth, with its cocoon, on its host WMI hurdle?
No. Cinnabars have black wings with red spots.