On 2013-09-27 12:36:25 +0000, Chris Hogg said:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:44:28 +0100, Sacha
wrote:
On 2013-09-27 11:31:19 +0100, Broadback said:
Many magpies here, though there seems a dearth of Squirrels. An
newspaper article recently claimed that the grey squirrel population
has, for no known reason has dropped, and red squirrels are on the up.
Yes, I read that, too. And they've recently released red squirrels on
Tresco, which has no greys. Jersey has only red squirrels but some of
those are almost black.
ISTR that they released several red squirrels there last year, but
only two survived the winter. I know it was rather a long and cold
winter, but it raises the question as to whether Tresco the ideal
place for them. I thought they liked dense, mostly conifer, woodland.
Apparently, it's been gone into very carefully by all sorts of wildlife
experts, so it's not just something done on a whim. There are some
areas of conifer on Tresco and quite a deep shelter belt round the
garden itself.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon