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Me, to my neighbour, the other week: " Oh, look! There's the rat, sneaking a bite of the bird seed I put down on the track! "
My neighbour ~ all bulgy eyed and foaming at the mouth: " Shoot It!!! "
I'm like "
It's a rat, man. It lives along the ditch. Rats do that. It's nature. The entire ditch is full of rats. Should I shoot them all the way to my post box and beyond? Where do I stop? They don't come near me, else they'll be dealt with. "
My neighbour, to me, last night; " Would ye shoot a fox for me? "
Me: " Why?!? What's it doing? "
He says, " It's walking round in circles. "
I'm like; "Sounds neurological! I'll get my gun. "
" Oh, no. " He interjects. " It's healthy. It's just walking round my cut silage. Annoying my cattle, in the next field. "
Me: (" Deep breathes and Walk Away ....!!!")
People!!! :mad:
Maybe I shouldn't tar them all with one brush but ******* farmers! They kill/poison/destroy everything unless they get lots of gold to do otherwise and then they'll do nothing but complain that it's not enough gold.0 -
Maybe I shouldn't tar them all with one brush .....
Seriously leaning toward agreement. But; My neighbour, Pat, is absolutely Murder!!! I'm sure he'd like to take a straight edge and nail scissors to the verges, if he could. Pat takes being Fastidious to a whole new level!
Every Year he gets Another bee in his bonnet. First, it'll be the rushes. And we'll all deploy to the bog. Brush Cutters in hand. Pointlessly shredding down acre upon acre of Juncus.
Next? Ivy on trees. He'll be swinging, like a monkey, across drains. Chain saw swiping.
Next year? Cut down All the trees! They've suddenly offended his eyes. He wants to see only cattle. And, his cattle ~ neurotic, skittish creatures ~ must see only him.
Noel? His Givea****ometer has long since rusted stuck. Noel's land is noted for its quality and density of juncus! Playing 'Spot The Cow' is great craic. They're out there, somewhere, on Noel's juncus serengetti. But, who cares? They're alright.
And, noel is one of the greatest, natural, Naturalists I've ever known. He hasn't got a clue what a bird is. But, he knows where it's nesting. One time, in his yard, I pointed to a Pied Wagtail. I was about to go into one about how I have them here. And have successfully failed, for Years, to find their bloody nest sites.
I said; " Ye see that pied wagtail, Noel? " And Noel just replied; " Oh. Is that what they are? They nest in there. " And pointed to a tiny chink beneath a shed roof. I could have screamed!!!
So, yeah; In balance? Whilst Some farmers Are nothing but vampires, feasting on the life blood of the land? They're really not All the same.0 -
:eek: Just chilling, with the creatures, outside. Saw a Flutter By I couldn't quite get the fix on. Stared at it; " Is that a Peacock, or a Tortoiseshell? "
Got a bit closer. Crapped it and ran for the camera! Got lucky too!Red Admiral!
I honestly can't remember the last time I saw one! Years ago? Decades?!0 -
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this is them; i cleared out about half a bucket's worth of vegetation from the pond last night, and these were all the critters just in the vegeation.magicbastarder wrote: »last night i learned that what i had guessed were very small leeches in my garden pond are much more likely to be a type of flatworm called planarians. every day's a school day.
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Went down to the kitchen this morning and was greeted by a scene out of "The Birds"
. 20+ Jackdaws, 6 Hooded Crows, 9 Magpies and a selection of gulls all circling and calling over the back garden. The magpies were taking turns bombing the area around a feeder at the end of the garden. I can't see that feeder from the house, but I assumed there was a Sparrowhawk down there somewhere.
Then a cat comes darting in from the left, and the Sparrowhawk explodes out from the right quickly followed by every corvid in the area. I chased the cat off and found a very shaken juvenile Starling inside the squirrel cage of the nut feeder. It hopped out and buried itself in the sweetpeas. That must have been some experience for it !
The Hooded Crows and Magpies are currently posted up on all the surrounding high points keeping a noisy watch.
Great early morning drama in the suburbs 0 -
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