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It's big enough to cast a shadow when it flies over the garden
We don't have a pond, but it seems to have made its home in the locale (not the 'local' - that would be silly)
No frogs about yet so can't see what's attracting it
The local river 'Drone' is hardly an attraction for fish so I assume there must be a few houses with ponds
What a beast though - I wouldn't tackle it without safety goggles
Have to travel a lot with the current job, and see lots of 'road kill' (excuse the apparent insensitivity - I do care)
I have seen several badgers and foxes squashed by the roadside over the White Peak area, A38, Leek, Stoke and Stafford
Does that mean there is more wildlife about now - or are our domains merging more?
What's happening to the world?
We seem be getting seasons all mixed up, all kinds of varmints snouting about
Or am I just an old fart that's had one malt too many?
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Sparrowhawk, falcon and tercel, male = tercel, preferred habitat, light woodland, preys on small birds mostly,
Kestrel, preferred habitat open grasslands and heath, muches on small mammals such as field mice and voles.
raptors increase in numbers as a direct result of an increase in prey. Therefore, increasing numbers of sparrowhawks indicates a healthy population of the bird life.
Our domains are encraoching on the habitat of the wildlife. this is a fair thing for us, and a raw deal for the wildlife, we either nick thier homes to be replaced with ours, or we just shoot and kill stuff for fun.
Charming species, humanity, and we have the greated intellect.....appparently.
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Awwww Pusser. You must be having a good day then....
Yes indeedy. And if anyone remembers my surmise re the Red Kite causing a black bird to go higher and higher presumably to get it knackered before topping it, and you will remember that M&D I think said it was only a carrion eater and others doubted it too and how right they were.
Someone on here said the male is smaller than the female and today, on my way twixt Amersham and Wendover, I saw the same thing happen but it was not a blackbird but a male trying to get away from the female as he probably had a headache.
Typical female, always pestering us blokes for sex.
I know... tell me about it. I am continually pestered. Why I am pestered now and not when I was in my late teens when I wan't getting any I just don't know. It is the cruel hand of fate. ... and being a man in a woman's world.
Right, I may be able to help here, if the pestering is becoming irkesome, put me down for tuesdays and thursdays.
A man uses a relationship to get sex.
A woman uses sex to get a relationship.
Anon........................actually it isn't I just cant remember who said it.
apart from me, of course, but then I didnt really say it, I typed i....t
TAXI!!!!!
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