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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15539
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I have had pigeon from the garden or thereabouts, courtesy of the peregrine falcon. I think it dives on the pigeon, kills it and knocks it out the sky, but sometimes can't get to it, especially if it falls on the roof and bounces off between the house and the hedge.
Perhaps here might be a better place for the bit about the dormice. We found 15!!! The first box that had a nest in it was put into the inspection bag and suddenly there seemed to be dormice everywhere. It was a mother and 4 well grown offspring. One of the juveniles didn't look too good, so sadly may not make it through the winter, but the others were lively and well grown. Another box had a mother and 3 juveniles. The mother was still lactating, but the babies were nearly as big as her so she may not really have been feeding them, just still producing a tiny amount of milk.
The tally was the two families, 5 independant juveniles and one adult male. An adult male and female had been seen earlier in the year. Two summer nests have been seen further north in the wood, so I think we have a good population of dormice. The assumption is that in this area we have dormice in all suitable habitats as they are quite common here.
Sadly we found one dead one. It seemed to have gone to sleep and the whole nest got wet, so it probably died without waking up.
The surveyors gave me the chance to hold a dormouse, under strict supervision of course as they wanted me to feel how 'sticky' its feet were. She dropped it into my hand and it just sat there for a little while. When we put if back in the box, I could feel one of its feet sticking to me. Beautiful little things, and I was very privileged to see them and hold one.
One thing that it shows is that we must have been managing the woodlands to the approval of the dormice. When you know you have species like that, it is always a concern that something you do may upset them and they might leave with their little packs over their shoulders. |
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 45374 Location: yes
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buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
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