Splitshify - Minks are black so it couldn't have been one of them. Badgers are definitely disturbed by disturbing stuff such as being dug up or culled and roam about as a result, the body count could well be due to the railway work.
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""Just at the bit where it gets wooded, above the big waterfall"
You mean in Colinton Dell? "Realise that description's a little vague.
I think.
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Ah that waterfall!
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What appeared to be (with naked eye) Blackcap in the botanic gardens, playing in reeds by main swan pond.
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After nothing at all last year there were some greenfinches stealing twigs from the front garden yesterday.
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I was looking out for "white-tailed eagles" when in Fife on Sundays. In fact everytime I am in Fife I look out for them but have never seen any.
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Would rat-like things on the canal path near Ratho have been rats, or something more interesting like water voles?
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Lots of people ask! -
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=water+vole+or+rat
Sometimes too late...
"our last remaining water voles have been mistakenly identified as rats and exterminated"
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I have seen voles next to the canal near Fountainbridge. This was a few years ago. I have seen waaay more rats.
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Hmmm, could well have been voles, then. This was just this side of Ratho, and it had just got dark enough to need my head torch. I scared a few of them, poor things.
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Voles have shorter tails
Saw a weasel scamper across the road between A71 and Long Dalmahoy tonight, just After the latest dead badger. I think a lot of badgers just get dumped at roadside you see so many. weasels seem to have better road skills.
On road out to woolfords on Sunday I spotted a big squirrel just lying there, no apparent injury looked quite peaceful perhaps it was dreaming of nuts.
Plenty wee lambs some standing on their mums' backs awwww, pheasants, buzzards and a radio controlled plane at the west Calder aeronautic club
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Seems to be Eagle year.
As well as Mull (mentioned above) the BBC has a story on Harris -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-17453779
Though the Scotsman had it 3 days ago -
http://www.scotsman.com/news/tourists-go-where-golden-eagles-dare-1-2180370
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Ancient Dragon with a one-shot lethal frost breath. Caught me up on the flat and exposed terrain near Rorikstead, with the day's Adrenaline Rush already used, a hopelessly weak bow and a shortage of cold resistance gear and potions.
Took me about two hours to find enough cover and the right mixture and timing of Shouts to close the distance to that fugly SOB.
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Bengal Tiger on the beach by Cockenzie power station, just in the harbour. The picture's poor, but in my defence I was vibrating with sheer terror.
Took my life in my hands to get a closer look, but it flew away. I could have died!
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A ride through the borders today was particularly fruitful:
Oystercatcher
Lambs (aw)
Skylark
Chaffinch
Buzzard
Kestrel
Snipe, drumming
Partridge, dead
Red Grouse, splendid
Redshank
Hare
Jay
Lapwing
Curlew
Woodpecker, drumming
Golden Eagle, soaring (80% sure, watched for quite a while)Posted 12 years ago # -
Saw a Golden Eagle at Comrie Croft last year. Their call is seriously I-am-boss-here.
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The audax next week goes through Comrie.
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Lovely wee town, that. There's a osprey nest across the road from the campsite, of which I have a fuzzy photo.
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Tortoiseshell butterfly in garden
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Tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies and lots of lovely bumblebees as well as honey bees enjoying the heather in my garden.
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"Peacocks hibernate through the winter and can be seen in the coldest winter months, although most individuals become active in late March and April."
http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/text/1758/the_peacock_butt...
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Waxwings at Gorgie / Dalry park. Third or fourth time this week.
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Waxwings - great spot. I haven't seen any this "winter"
Peacocks - I was shocked to see one in magnificent bird form, sat on the wall of the grounds of Dalkeith Palace. Nearly fell off my bike.
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a brace of partridge ran out of undergrowth infront of me on the back road between Winchburgh and South Queensferry, almost depositing me in the undergrowth as I took evasive actions. I forgave them though, for looking so utterly stunning up close.
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Waxwings were back again today. Looked like 4 or 5 for a while but larger flock later on in the day of around 20 in flight.
A smaller flock again around 5pm.
Absolute madness I say. Can't get rid of them!Posted 12 years ago # -
Two very dead badgers on back road from kirknewton. I feel the fermers shoot them then dump them. These ones were I fear left a while in a plastic bag and then dumped with the bag attached
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Gembo, if it looked suspicious, you could notify Scottish Badger.
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Not spotted on the commute but from my desk
One of the regulars turned up with a morning roll.
They like to hop about on the metal grids - there's a great view up here. Perfect for spotting errant bakery. They also rub their beaks up and down the edges - perhaps it's the crow equivalent of brushing your teeth.
Tried to work out what to do with his prize
decided it was best to eat it
news spreads fast amongst the crows and he was soon joined by a friend.
These creatures look simply magnificent close up.
I had "Twa Corbies" by Burns and then "Three Craws" by the Singing Kettle in my head all afternoon.
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The favourite bit of my commute is the cycle path from Dalmeny to Queensferry - I work at night and most of the path is unlit, so it's a delicious swoop through the private lives of critters. Last night bats were flitting across the path, an owl hooted and a rabbit got such a fright as I cruised past that it leapt straight up in the air, about 2 or 3 feet!
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