Well, I got out of work on time, and the dead polecat was still there, so I stopped the car on my way home and had a look. The genteel folks of Bedfordshire were probably surprised to see a smartly-dressed chap in a pinstripe suit and trilby hat walking down the verge, gingerly carrying a [...]
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Polecat Update
Posted in That's not a badger! on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Newt I.D.
Posted in That's not a badger! on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Not being a newt expert, the identity of the little chap in the last post has got me consulting the reference books. It seems that newts are complicated. Males and females can look quite different, and they change colouring for the breeding season. Our three species of native newts can therefore have twelve different appearances! [...]
Fieldnotes: 21st March 2011 – Amphibians
Posted in Fieldnotes, That's not a badger!, tagged amphibian, newt, toad on March 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Beautiful warm night tonight, which is fitting for the spring equinox, I suppose. I happened to take a visit to the vegetable garden tonight (I’ve been hard at work there lately, digging and planting) when I heard a commotion from the pond in our neighbour’s garden. Shining the torch, I could see that there were [...]
Chinese Water Deer Droppings
Posted in Fieldnotes, That's not a badger! on March 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s been a quiet weekend because the whole family has been poorly with another cold. I haven’t ventured far out at all, despite the nice weather, opting instead to sit inside under a blanket and feel sorry for myself. We used to be so fit and healthy, but as soon as young Scarlett started going [...]
A Spring Morning on Flitwick Moor
Posted in Fieldnotes, That's not a badger!, tagged Flitton, Flitwick, Otters on February 27, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Despite persistent rain yesterday, this morning was bright and clear. There was definitely a more spring-ish feel to the day. I still want to continue my surveys of the local badger setts but today I decided to venture a little further afield for a change. Flitwick Moor has been called Bedfordshire’s most important wetland site. [...]
A new garden visitor
Posted in That's not a badger!, tagged Chinese Water Deer on January 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been laid up with the ‘flu for a few days so I’m taking it easy at the moment. Fortunately the wildlife seems to be coming to me today. We often sit in our living room and watch the birds on the feeders. Today, the usual tits, goldfinches, blackbirds and robins have been joined by [...]
Fieldnotes: 17th October 2010 – the Red Deer Rut at Woburn
Posted in Fieldnotes, That's not a badger!, tagged deer, Red deer, Woburn on October 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today was one of those days when various threads come together in a fortunate way. Firstly, I have now finished my professional logbook – a task that I’ve been working on, on and off (mostly off) for the last three years – so I have some free time again. Secondly, it was a [...]
Crayfish?
Posted in That's not a badger! on July 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Last night, I popped up to the lake I mentioned in the previous post in the hope of spotting and photographing the Barn Owl again. The owl was there, but I only got a brief view and no pictures. It’s a great place, though. There was a Green Woodpecker, a flock of geese on the [...]
Fieldnotes: 8th July 2010 – Stoat feeding signs
Posted in Fieldnotes, That's not a badger!, Tracking, tagged feeding signs. feathers, stoat on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.” Sherlock Holmes . Here’s another piece in the jigsaw puzzle of my tracking the stoats in my neighbourhood. I took a stroll through the field behind my house this evening. I didn’t see any stoats, and my carefully smoothed patches of loose sand [...]
Fieldnotes: 4th July 2010 – A short walk with stoat scat
Posted in That's not a badger!, Tracking, tagged polecat, scat, stoat, weasel on July 5, 2010 | 6 Comments »
If you’re looking at this page in the hope of reading about badgers, I’m sorry. I’m afraid I’ve been very busy lately. We had Scarlett’s Christening on Sunday, and a very pleasant day it was too, but it did take a certain amount of time in preparation. I haven’t had a chance to see how [...]
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