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there have been arrest made where certain people have been aquiring large felines keeping them in crappy sheds not feeeding them or allowing them exercise so that at a point when the cat is weak etc its is released for people who pay to hunt. should a cat escape it would not be reported and if...

bottom on is jap knotweed each new shoot sprouts off the ryzome as it spreads u can see the top of the ryzome supposed to be able to use knotweed too make jam

stoats are slightly larger than weasels and have a black tail tip weasels are the smallest of the muscalids wolverine the largest

yep looks like young chesnut to me too

there was an article recenlty in one of the big uk papers regarding official sightings and confirmation of bog cat species residing in the uk wardens in the forest of dean have reported numerous sightings over a period and collected evidence whist performing deer counts in the dean and...

spotted a mink recently on the wear in durham opposite the county hotel

approx 2 yr ago there was a reported deer carcass found around iveston co durham whch after test was said to have been proved was predated on by a big cat

depending on the tick they will feed slowly over a couple of day period starting at the size of a pinhead slowly bloating to the size of a pea which is when ul see them on yer dog then theyl drop and not feed for a period depending on the regularity of food

used to be that parts of dartmoor were worse than others for ticks they used to be really bad round the gutter tor and cadover bridge area but some other places seemed to be very sparse

if you use AFTERSHAVE on a tick especially when there are small they will un hook themselves s the dont like the alcohol but u can feel em riggle if no joy try tweezers grab and turn anti clockwise and gently pull should come right off done it many a time

oops missed that sentence sorr my eyes must be failing me hehehe

shoot to kill the tree rat our native species needs us too cull the greys for their survival.

over the years ive seen many things ive swam with dolphins and basking sharks of the coast of plymouth seen many deer badger foxes only seen one otter but this year i came across a pair of nesting long eared owls

there is a mink living on the bank of river wear opposite the county hotel durham city

the photos r of a mink not a pine martin another alien species