Recent content by ion

Various theories have been proposed. The grey squirrel is not genetically programmed to recognise the Marten as a predator. ? The red squirrel is light enough to travel on branches which won't carry the heavier Marten if he is preying on them? My own opinion is that in addition there must...

Perhaps there should be a hornets nest emoji to be inaugurated by yourself. Any resemblance to persons lving or dead is entirely coincidental. Where is the emoji button to be found by the way.

When the Pine Martens and Buzzards started to increase their territories in Ireland from the 90s onwards there was a noticeable decrease in grey squirrel population. In fact the buzzards got the credit first as they were more noticeable. What was pleasantly surprising was how quickly the red...

I have had mink on site for years and they never achieved that level of destruction. An otter tried one day and the cob beat the tar out of him to the extent that he was bleeding from numerous cuts. The Marten is relatively recent, about 5 years I'd say

I've seen the figure of Grey Squirrels constituting 14 % of Pine Martens diet. If I remember that correctly, then 86 % is other prey. FFS! I'm pretty sure one hammered the cygnets on my pond from 7 down to 1 over 48 hours. The same pair of swans have reared up to 7 to maturity in previous years

Guess the word! Join together the letters P I S and S

I took the **** for most of my working life! More properly known as sampling racehorses as a member of the equine forensic unit.

Im looking for a replacement M03 barreI in UK to use in the south, and was advised that consignment to NI may be liable to VAT etc. I haven't managed to confirm this yet.

The stag with the right shoulder injury looks like a possible RTA. The other is perhaps a very badly placed neck shot. They have never appeared on camera since. If they had I would expect to see scar tissue. Would they have succumbed to infection after these photos were captured?

I haven't posted this boy for a while. It's still one of my all time favourites

Brain fade! I forgot that I am picking up a seat from Huntersforge on this site on my next trip in April '26. I would have picked it up in September, but a change of car meant my tailgate was too low! Paul very kindly made alterations and is holding it over for my next trip. He's an hour from...

I'm using 2 Bushwear galvanised double seats. Apart from replacing the original seat timber with better d rail, I rate the seats highly. 2 were delivered at a carriage included price to an address in Durham and I brought them back on the Cairnryan Belfast ferry in the back of a Nissan X Trail...

I find Stena much the easiest to deal with. The toughest question they have asked me " is the ammo in original package, is the firearm secure?" ( In my case locked case with cable through seat frame). I do find having a dog in the car helps. Most security staff are bored out of their minds and...

My mothers father was Royal Navy in both wars. I was 14 when he died, so the significance of him being sunk three times in the battle of Jutland never really registered. I believe he went to sea as a 16 year old midshipman.The fact that he came ashore wearing only the chaplain's jersey was...