Country File

[toxicpixie]

Cooler here thank God to the point of needing to wear more than one layer of clothing. Steady rain on and off over the past day or so, aside from the torrential downpour. I'm in the garden later so will have a better idea of how deep or not it penetrated.

Tbh it's now cool enough to wear *any* clothing

[Heedless Horseman]

We only had an hour or so of light rain yesterday... just enough to 'dampen'. Back  to Sun today!
Oh well... we'll miss it when it's gone!   

[Heedless Horseman]

Hedgehogs. I cannot figure out population visiting feed bowls. Certainly, at least 2... 1 large and 1 medium seen feeding together... but possibly, also, 1 large and a 'smaller'. Individuals around all night... but may be returnees back for 'seconds'!
Food is 'Puppy' kibble, Chicken flavour... plus water bowl.
Some strange sounding 'snarls'... but imagine Hedge Pigs as prone to aggro as anything! NOT Mrs. Tiggywinkle!

Foxes... not as many as in previous years... but definitely around... can hear something and see one sometimes. But I have not been putting out a nightly supply of canned dog meat as I used to. When I do put some sort of meat out... gone VERY quick!

Note: Foxes can digest Fish  or fish Based foods... but I don't think Hedgehogs can... so I don't put it out. Do NOT put out waste containing Onion or Garlic.... or Grapes/Raisins... harmful to canids.

Although little rain... a trickle of water in stream

[FierceKitty]

Do NOT put out waste containing Onion or Garlic.... or Grapes/Raisins... harmful to canids.

And to felines.

[Ithoriel]

Got to bed around 1am last night/ this morning.

Asleep by around 1:30.

1:45 two foxes are having a spat in the middle of the street for around five minutes. Much sound and fury, no contact.

2am, back to sleep.

2:25 fox and cat now having a face off. After ten minutes or so of noise and posturing from both sides cat decides to have a go. Fox gets a faceful of paw but cat gets nipped on the rump. Cat gives a loud yowl and shoots off like a rocket.

Fox sits for a minute or so on the monoblock then proceeds to yip and yowl for several minutes. Possibly the fox equivalent of "Come and take us on if ya think yer 'ard enough!"

Stalks off through the bars of the wrought iron gate and disappears from view and hearing.

3am - back to sleep.

7:30 two young girls in the room above mine wake up full of the joys  because they are off on holiday today.

YAWN! Anyone else familiar with "Peace At Last" by Jill Murphy?

[Orcs]

Found a very large house spider in the kitchen yesterday. Caught him and threw him on the grass in the back garden. Robin swept down and had him for breakfast. 

[kustenjaeger]

We regularly put water out at the front and back of the house and top it up. Primarily intended for our puppy and the two cats if they wish but open to other animals e.g. fox if they so desire.

Saw our local fox in the front garden last week when it triggered a security light. I usually see it in the day but not recently.

Edward

[Steve J]

Lots of trees now showing signs of the false Autumn caused by stress from the recent heat and prolonged drought. Rather strange for the time of year.

[Raider4]

Yeah, noticed that yesterday. Walked past the local park, it looked more like late October. Brown leaves everywhere on the floor. Neighbour's apples seem to be falling much earlier as well.

[John Cook]

Yes, happens in prolonged dry spells.  Our Malus has dropped a lot of its leaves but after the rain on Thursday the lawn is showing shoots of green.

[Techno 3]

Even though we've got a hosepipe ban in Pembs...The grass, in the fields, is still VERY green.

Only a few sycamores look a bit sad.

[Heedless Horseman]

Given that He seems to have wiped out local Voles, working on mice and the occasional Rat or Baby Rabbit... my Purry Furry should have been named 'Genghis Cat'! Little T**t!  

[John Cook]

That's a shame but I'm afraid where the population of domestic cats is high, wildlife suffers, not only from cat predation but it also denies the voles to natural predators.  But, as long as it doesn't crap in my front garden it will be OK.

[Matt J]

Trap the mouse... shoot the rat... trap and shoot the squirrel... trap, shoot, spade, fork, bludgeon the mole!

but voles are lovely Godly creatures  and so cute!

(saw a squirrel pick one up once, took into a tree and started to eat the poor bugger... shot the b*stard squirrel)

[Heedless Horseman]

Many assume Squirrels to only eat nuts and Pinecones. Not sure about Reds, but Greys raid bird nests / boxes if able to. Reputedly... may be cannibal in extremity, like Rats... and Humans!