Out for a pootle this morning. Passed a dead badger twice. The same badger.
Once on the outward leg & then again on the homeward leg.
'Twas a lovely morning for a pootle.
Poor badger.
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wafflycat' w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com said:
Out for a pootle this morning. Passed a dead badger twice. The same badger.
Once on the outward leg & then again on the homeward leg.'Twas a lovely morning for a pootle.
Poor badger.
First I had a deer dart out in front of me, then an owl flying beside
me for quite a while. My St Francis-like morning came to an end when I
sa a dead swan curled up dead beside the road. Such a high and low
morning.it's nice to use my sunglasses again! Might even get my legs out
tonight -
wafflycat <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> typed:
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Out for a pootle this morning. Passed a dead badger twice. The same
badger. Once on the outward leg & then again on the homeward leg.'Twas a lovely morning for a pootle.
Poor badger.
Picked one up and disposed of it off our school field this am (6.30 ish)
before the kids saw it and panicked/poked it.And three Rabbits .. who seem to like burrowing under our recently
acquired storage containers.--
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wafflycat wrote on 07/03/2007 13:16 +0100:
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Out for a pootle this morning. Passed a dead badger twice. The same
badger. Once on the outward leg & then again on the homeward leg.What was the badger riding?
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Tony Raven said:
wafflycat wrote on 07/03/2007 13:16 +0100:
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Out for a pootle this morning. Passed a dead badger twice. The same
badger. Once on the outward leg & then again on the homeward leg.What was the badger riding?
Own brand. -
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wafflycat wrote on 07/03/2007 13:16 +0100:
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Out for a pootle this morning. Passed a dead badger twice. The same
badger. Once on the outward leg & then again on the homeward leg.What was the badger riding?
Didn't the badger start his professional career riding Gitane
bicycles with Campagnolo components? Or am I thinking of a
different badger?
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:39:42 -0000 someone who may be "Paul - [censored]"
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Picked one up and disposed of it off our school field this am (6.30 ish)
before the kids saw it and panicked/poked it.Most schoolchildren seem fascinated by such things and rather less
squeamish than "grown-ups".--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
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"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote in message
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Out for a pootle this morning. Passed a dead badger twice. The same
badger. Once on the outward leg & then again on the homeward leg.'Twas a lovely morning for a pootle.
Poor badger.
Roadkill count for yesterday:
1 of: Mr.Badger (fresh)
1 of: Mr Fox (a bit old & decomposing)Bless their little paws in the sky...
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"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote in message
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Out for a pootle this morning. Passed a dead badger twice. The same
badger. Once on the outward leg & then again on the homeward leg.'Twas a lovely morning for a pootle.
Poor badger.
Roadkill count for yesterday:
1 of: Mr.Badger (fresh)
1 of: Mr Fox (a bit old & decomposing)Bless their little paws in the sky...
It looks like dead badger season is well and truly upon us. I saw one last
Sunday just outside Harrogate. I saw plenty of other roadkill especially
pheasants - some looking exceeding fresh - what's the law regarding the
gathering of roadkill especially game birds?
I'm going to restrict my roadkill species count to badgers and
exotics/unusuals e.g. last year I saw two pairs of dead stoats by the road
side. Pheasants and the like are too common..... -
vernon said:
It looks like dead badger season is well and truly upon us. I saw
one last Sunday just outside Harrogate. I saw plenty of other
roadkill especially pheasants - some looking exceeding fresh - what's
the law regarding the gathering of roadkill especially game birds?Thirty odd years ago, my dad used to say "OK to pick up, so long as you
didn't kill it in your car".
I never understood the logic ! He preferred looking for ones where the
head/neck had been broken by the vehicle, and the body hadn't been hit.My mum's father was a gamekeeper, and she usually just kept quite as she
wasn't keen on plucking them.Quoted message said:
I'm going to restrict my roadkill species count to badgers and
exotics/unusuals e.g. last year I saw two pairs of dead stoats by the
road side. Pheasants and the like are too common.....Are you sure about the identification, weasels aren't stoatally different.
(sorry).- Nigel
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Nigel Cliffe said:
My mum's father was a gamekeeper, and she usually just kept quite as she
wasn't keen on plucking them.Kitchen full of tiny feathers!
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Are you sure about the identification, weasels aren't stoatally different.
(sorry).Easy. Stoats are stouter.
If you have both species around the adults are very easy to distinguish.
Mike
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David Hansen <[email hidden]> typed:
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:39:42 -0000 someone who may be "Paul - [censored]"
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-Quoted message said:
Picked one up and disposed of it off our school field this am (6.30
ish) before the kids saw it and panicked/poked it.Most schoolchildren seem fascinated by such things and rather less
squeamish than "grown-ups".Seems to go about half and half, horror and fascination ... 😉
However, we also have a few statemented and special needs children who
would _really_ have a bad day if they saw a dead animal. We've had it
happen, hence why I now check the field every morning well before any
kids get to school.Starlings are most regular, I guess...
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"Mike Causer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Nigel Cliffe said:
My mum's father was a gamekeeper, and she usually just kept quite as she
wasn't keen on plucking them.Kitchen full of tiny feathers!
Quoted message said:
Are you sure about the identification, weasels aren't stoatally
different.
(sorry).Easy. Stoats are stouter.
But the other species is weasily recognised......
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Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Nigel
Cliffe <[email hidden]> gently breathed:Quoted message said:
vernon said:
It looks like dead badger season is well and truly upon us. I saw
one last Sunday just outside Harrogate. I saw plenty of other
roadkill especially pheasants - some looking exceeding fresh - what's
the law regarding the gathering of roadkill especially game birds?Quoted message said:
Thirty odd years ago, my dad used to say "OK to pick up, so long as you
didn't kill it in your car".
I never understood the logic !The idea is that it's OK to take game species that have been killed by
other passing traffic, as they are dead anyway and you're saving the
local authorities / landowner from having to clear them up, but it's
still illegal to deliberately kill them yourself and take them away. No
"poaching with a motorcar".--
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vernon said:
"Mike Causer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:39:29 +0000, Nigel Cliffe wrote:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
Are you sure about the identification, weasels aren't stoatally
different.
(sorry).Easy. Stoats are stouter.
But the other species is weasily recognised......
A stoat is weasily distinguished and a weasel's stotally different :-)
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Mike Causer said:
Nigel Cliffe said:
My mum's father was a gamekeeper, and she usually just kept quite as she
wasn't keen on plucking them.Kitchen full of tiny feathers!
Quoted message said:
Are you sure about the identification, weasels aren't stoatally different.
(sorry).Easy. Stoats are stouter.
*chuckle*
Quoted message said:
If you have both species around the adults are very easy to distinguish.
Stoats have black-tipped tails, weasels don't.
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Pyromancer said:
Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Nigel
Cliffe <[email hidden]> gently breathed:Quoted message said:
vernon said:
It looks like dead badger season is well and truly upon us. I saw
one last Sunday just outside Harrogate. I saw plenty of other
roadkill especially pheasants - some looking exceeding fresh - what's
the law regarding the gathering of roadkill especially game birds?Quoted message said:
Thirty odd years ago, my dad used to say "OK to pick up, so long as you
didn't kill it in your car".
I never understood the logic !The idea is that it's OK to take game species that have been killed by
other passing traffic, as they are dead anyway and you're saving the
local authorities / landowner from having to clear them up, but it's
still illegal to deliberately kill them yourself and take them away. No
"poaching with a motorcar".I vaguely remember some daft law where you have to offer the victim to the
next car that comes along.--
Stephen Patterson :: [email hidden] :: http://patter.mine.nu/
GPG: B416F0DE :: Jabber: [email hidden]
"Don't be silly, Minnie. Who'd be walking round these cliffs with a gas oven?" -
Nigel Cliffe said:
Are you sure about the identification, weasels aren't stoatally different.
Weasels are weasily recognised
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Nigel Cliffe said:
Are you sure about the identification, weasels aren't stoatally different.
Weasels are weasily recognised
Is that because stoats are stoatily different? -
"Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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What was the badger riding?
A stairway to heaven?
IGMC.
Andy
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