More wildlife

Ste Roseline



The birdtable is doing very well thank you. The birds are very active out there and totally ignore the big grey cat sitting under them muttering frustrations to herself because she can't climb the tree.

The deer were in the field yesterday too, whenever we wander down there we can see their trails through the wood, across the field, through the hedgerow and over the track into the distance. We've not seen the hare for a while but then it is hunting season and we wouldn't want him hanging around.



Our friends on the other side of the hill have been visited by a wild boar just the day after they planted some new trees so they weren't very happy about it, although luckily it only managed to dig up one of them it could have been so much worse.

We have even spotted the odd rabbit or two, rare creatures round here.



But yesterday, in broad daylight, Jon saw a FOX chasing a couple of cats up the lane - not ours fortunately. He obviously thought better of it, turned around, cut across our garden and down the field towards the main road.



Although we have spotted the odd fox at night, we've never seen one here during the day, and I was quite shocked to hear that he had been chasing cats. It may explain why our two sometimes come rushing to the back door, hackles up, when we can't seen anything around. They aren't the bravest of cats and luckily they have plenty of hiding places close to home.

They are looking quite interesting at the moment, our cats, with their mohican hairstyles from the anti-worm medicine I rubbed into their necks when we got back from the vet! This new medicine which is absorbed thought the skin, lasts up to 6 months, so much easier than giving them a pill. Figgy is moulting really badly at the moment so the nice vet also gave me some 'cat malt' which helps fur balls pass though their system - he's having problem with fur balls in the throat at the moment - so far though he has refused to eat the food with the malt on it so I may have to persuade him to open his jaws and just accept the malt raw.

This is not a prospect I'm looking forward too, I must admit.