WHAT I SAW TODAY.....

[Jacksparrow]

Very busy with birds in the garden today. I think they have been close on the record for the amount of food they've tucked away.

[Placido]

A male bullie this morning - in next door's garden !! Ah well .......

[Jacksparrow]

A male bullie this morning - in next door's garden !! Ah well .......

Awww bad luck Placi. But a good sighting anyway

[Kev]

Unfortunately I don't know what it was I saw as the glimpse was too brief, but in the woods today I turned to see something disappearing off the path ahead in to the undergrowth. It was black (or dark) with a tail about the same length as the body and lying flat to the ground (so wasn't a squirrel). It was trotting (not bounding like a squirrel) too but about that sort of size. I wondered if it was a stoat.

[Jacksparrow]

If it was dark coloured it may have been a Polecat or a Mink.

[Placido]

Or a ferret.

[Kev]

Yeah mink certainly crossed my mind.

[Jacksparrow]

A Ferret is a domesticated Polecat with some fancy colours through breeding. Some parts of the country have colonies of black Squirrels. Mainly in the areas bordering East Anglia.

[Willpar]

Seen a nuthatch on doggy walk this morning.

[Placido]

How is she ? When's she coming back ?