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[CLKD]

I'll beat him ..... with a loaf of bread 

Cameras put out ready for any visitors later 

[jaypo]

He's a plucky little fella and the way he gets to the actual feeders is the same way the tits & wrens do........through the tiny little spaces in the mesh 

[CLKD]

They can make themselves long and lithe  .  There must come a point though, when full of nuts, that squirrels become to wide ? 

[CLKD]

Heron seen on night camera sauntering through our garden at 6.30 a.m., fortunately the ponds are covered with wire.

[jaypo]

Just saved a little bunny from my chihuahua    She didn't quite catch it but must've stood on it as it squealed,it ran to a corner and let me pick it up and put it in the field behind us,seemed to run away ok,bleedin dog 

[CLKD]

'bleedin dog' indeed: off to the supermarket again for sausages then 

They do squeal when threatened.  MayB because that breed is a ratter, she decided to let the bunny go 

[jaypo]

She decided to let the bunny go coz I huffed her up the backside  do rabbits still get myxomatosis? It just seemed to be hopping about the garden,not all that threatened by me at all 

[Taz2]

Yes myxomatosis is still very much around plus they are now battling a viral haemorrhagic disease 

Taz x

[jaypo]

Aww  how does it affect them?

[Taz2]

There are two types. One kills within a couple of days and the other takes up to two weeks I think. The virus attacks the rabbits organs causing them to haemorrhage. It's very contagious through airborne transmission and insect bites but there are vaccines for domestic pets. Horrible virus. 

Taz x

[CLKD]

Introduced    . which makes it worse.  Wild rabbits are more likely to recover than during the 1960s/70s. 

It's obvious once seen, never 4gotten.

All quiet here.  Birds as usual.  Not seen the heron since 

[jaypo]

Thanks for that,well,in my head,said little bunny is hopping about happily in the field

[CLKD]

If it hopped away, I wouldn't worry too much.

Fed the blackbirds at dusk hoping that the starlings are in bed 

[CLKD]

RAT         which shinned up a red currant bush in order to lay into the sunflower seed feeder    .  Despite traps and poison [which I hate using], this doe seems to be crafty.  In the wild I admire them but NOT in my garden.  I feel dirty when I've been working out there, always washing my hands and gloves  .

Otherwise, all is well with the world. 

[jaypo]

Living where we do we can't escape rats but they don't come into the house which is just as well for them. Last year I went to get some apples off our tree and DOZENS of them all scarpered down off the tree