Lets hope so. As long as it doesn't bring its friends back with it.
Not exactly wildlife, but the light yesterday was amazing with the autumn leaves. It was dull, but somehow it made the colours really pop. Son took quite a lot of pictures, but how they will turn out I don't know. Mainly beech, so shades of green, yellow and gold.
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Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8579 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 20 8:53 am Post subject:
Our neighbour over the road with chooks is despatching one very large rat a day at the moment...I think he is going to put extra traps out.
Found one advantage with the leaves being pretty well off the trees now; the bazzard glided over yesterday and we got a very good view of it. Also heard owls hooting, almost certainly tawny. On the deer front, I was cutting some more besom handles and saw a roe deer running into the coppice; bad news was that as we were leaving the woods after dark we saw what I am pretty sure was a muntjac at the other end of the wood.
Not had it, but think so. We don't have any guns or licence for that sort of thing, but it might be worth while getting someone in if they become a problem. Although we have heard them our end of the wood, no particular signs of damage from them yet.
not bad if freshish, ie almost unhung but i dont like"well" hung game, a bit tough so stew it or slowcook rather than roast saddle
the fillets are the only bit worth fast cooking
be very cautious of the liver, ie check carefully for flukes etc(as with any bushmeat or bargain down the market) and discard the gall bladder asap, i rarely go for offal from bushmeat
i am not sure if they are prone to TB, some deer are, but i usually inspect meat as i chop so anything "nasty" gets discarded which can be quite a lot in mangled roadkill
well worth scraping up rta victims or helping a pest controller dispose of the bodies if they are being culled
Deer are susceptible to TB, but is worse if they are overcrowded or undernourished. Discussed this with a person involved in deer control, who has studied them closely for a long time. Sadly deer will multiply to that point, and then travel a long way, so some outbreaks of bovine TB might more accurately be attributed to deer rather than badgers perhaps.