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What do people really feel about ol’ Foxy?
I received the following comment this morning from mymatejoechip, on a subject close to my heart. I think it is a very worthy comment about foxes eating mammals in Australia. I hope mymatejoechip doesn’t mind my featuring the comment. To read the … Continue reading
A few moody images of common marsh wildlife, and horses.
28th February 2012: here are seven moody marsh images, at least I think they are moody images. (Click on image to enlarge)
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Mike’s 1st day of spring marsh landscapes.
There are 11 images in this slide show.
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Common as muck!
26th February 2012: I don’t think I should let my first spring day pass without posting a few marsh landscape images to mark the occasion. It’s not only landscape colours that change from drab to bright with the start of … Continue reading
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Today is my first day of spring.
25th February 2012: I was out walking through Hoo Wood before the Fox Hollow cockerel had crowed this morning. The sun had yet to rise, and my finger tips were feeling the nip of the cold air. By the time I … Continue reading
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The Heron’s competitor: the cormorant!
22st February 2012: On average, I see three cormorants at any one time on the marsh, and these are nearly always perched on the overhead power lines. The cormorant is a winter visitor. When the weather warms they fly off … Continue reading
Wilden Marsh Heronry.
21st February 2012: It’s not just foxes, badgers, muntjac deer, mink, otters and goodness knows what else, that we have living on Wilden Marsh; we also have a long-established heronry. Heronry is the name given to the place where a … Continue reading
Otters on the marsh! So what’s next?
19th February 2012: Having established that at least one otter is active along the marsh section of the River Stour, and because of its protected status, it is sensible to minimise disturbance close to the river during marsh workdays. I … Continue reading
Wet enough for otters!
(Click on images to enlarge) 18th February 2012: What a day! Minutes after setting foot on the marsh this morning, heavy freezing rain fell from the heavens and continued to drench me for the next three hours. Eventually the rain … Continue reading
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Protecting the marsh badgers, and the law.
15th February 2012: Wilden Marsh is fortunate in that it has a long-established badger population. Badgers and their setts (the holes in which they live) are protected by law under the Badgers Act 1992. Badgers have full legal protection from … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve
Tagged badger Law, Badgers, Dog Nuisance, Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve
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