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I can now add ravens to my list.

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British by birth
Scottish by the Grace of God

Blog updated Wednesday November 13th

Red kite few over only about 20feet of the ground, looked right into its eye..........
FANTASTIC! BEAUTIFUL!
I had no idea they were this far north, there are lots along the M40 but more towards High Wycome

Coal tits back again, I think they were eating seed heads on my Stags Antlers (Sumach).

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“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

There are Red Kites in Scotland,they used to be more common than Kestrels.

Not actually in my garden but within the confines of our village area............an Otter,but don't tell anyone as the gamekeepers up here kill anything with tooth or claw,sadly a White Tailed Sea Eagle was killed last year.(We also get dolphins and Whales but not IN the garden obviously)

On my plot I have field mice, a toad, bumble bees, butterflies (attracted by my butterfly and bee bed) and a hedgehog. Plus we get visited by rabbits, partridge and deer.

In my tiny concrete backyard I have woodmice who usually try to move in with us in the winter, two frogs, solitary bees, hoverflies and ladybirds. Am visited by the usual birdtable birds. All protected by my Jack Russell.

And another addition - Red Kites. I used to see these all the time when I was gardening at Strathpeffer but now there are a pair nearby and I see them most days now.

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Rat

British by birth
Scottish by the Grace of God

Blog updated Wednesday November 13th

SR,the Reds are spreading over eastern side of Scotland,let's hope they are allowed to thrive.Keep your eyes peeled for White tailed sea eagle as some more have been introduced.

I've just been told that what I thought was boring-old mouse damage to my carrots was more likely to be shrew damage! (because you can see the burrows in my raised beds). So that's a bit swankier isn't it?

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moved a pile of wood yesterday and found

1 mouse
2 huge frogs
2 newts

oh Pumpkin Becki.....no..... no.... not good.....
I have varmits that tunnel all over my plot! they eat all the root veg and anything else that dares to dangle its roots! It is driving me to giving up!
They ruin so much of my crop about 85% of it...truly heart breaking.
I have no idea how to rid the plot of them.
I love all nature but just cant deal with this!

Though I have not got a lottie (I am currently turning the lower half of the garden to veggies and chooks, just waiting for my poly tunnel now!) living in a rural area we have a lot of wildlife in the garden and this has to be the cutest.
It was injured, so after the pics were taken it was left on the pine. Sadly two days later we found it dead in the garden.
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...1&d=1222988044

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What a shame, poor little thing it was probably all the rotten weather we've had which caused it's death. It looks like a long eared brown bat, I've never seen one of those, just the pipistrelles. Here's a link to some info.
Brown Long-Eared Bats - Plecotus Auritus - UK Safari

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