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Sika Deer?

Posted in That's not a badger!, tagged , , , on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Blimey.  Three posts in a week!  Don’t worry, it’s only a short one. I think I’ve just seen a Sika deer. I was driving home from work at about 7.40pm tonight, and just as I passed the small wood that contains the Hawthorn Tree Sett a deer crossed the road in front of me and [...]

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At last – Bedfordshire Red Kites

Posted in Birds, tagged , , , on January 4, 2012 | 8 Comments »

‘Nature is lavish with her riches for those who have eyes to see’ Charles Tunnicliffe . It was as if Bedfordshire was fighting back, making a point about my birdwatching trips to other parts of the country.  It was saying ‘look – we have birds here too!’ I’ve had a thing about Red Kites for [...]

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A Very Much Alive Polecat!

Posted in That's not a badger!, tagged , on June 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In yesterday’s post I described how I came across a polecat that had been killed on the road just outside our village.  Polecats still being quite rare in these parts, I was quite pleased to have found one so close to home (obviously the circumstances were less than ideal from the polecat’s point of view).  [...]

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Road casualty polecat

Posted in That's not a badger!, tagged , on June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This morning I was driving to the tip with a load of rubbish (a regular weekend activity when you’re renovating an old house) when I noticed a dead animal on the road about a mile and a half away from my house.  Dead animals are pretty common around here, mostly rabbits and pheasants with the [...]

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Field Trip with the Bedforshire Badger Network

Posted in Fieldnotes, tagged , , , on November 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

According to the news it was the UK’s worst storm this year.  Heavy rain and gale force winds, gusting up to 70mph and causing damage in exposed places.  This was the weather forecast for Saturday, coincidentally the date of the long-planned field trip of the Bedfordshire Badger Network. In the event, the rain eased off [...]

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Chinese Water Deer

Posted in That's not a badger!, tagged , on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Just a picture of a Chinese Water Deer that was in the field behind my house this morning.  Now the wheat has been harvested they’re much more visible. These little deer are a naturalised species here in Bedfordshire, having escaped from the nearby Woburn Deer Park.  This is a female – the males have impressive [...]

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Birds of Bedfordshire: No.45 – The Dunnock

Posted in Birds, That's not a badger!, tagged , , , , on June 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

It’s confession time again. I’ve been guilty of occasional birdwatching for many years.  Nothing too serious – putting out food in the garden, listening to birdsong, watching the buzzards over the fields – the usual stuff.  I thought I could handle it. But now I’ve crossed a line.  I’ve joined the hardcore of birdwatching.  I’ve [...]

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More Bedfordshire Red Kites

Posted in That's not a badger!, tagged , , on May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It’s always the way.  You wait for ages for one Red Kite, and then three turn up at once. On  Sunday I got up early, packed up a flask of tea and some food, and went out for an early stroll and a picnic breakfast.  I sat under the big oak tree and looked across [...]

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Fieldnotes: 5th April 2009 – The great Red Kite hunt

Posted in That's not a badger!, tagged , on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Red Kite has been preying on my mind. After my wife saw it, and after I saw it myself from my car, I just had to get a better view of it.  Like I said, it isn’t a great rarity, but it is unusual for this area, and for me that’s a good enough [...]

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