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Another mouth to feed

by Snow BirdWildlife April 16, 2014April 16, 201448 Comments

And so it begins… As soon as I walked into the wildlife unit this week I knew Spring had arrived. From every corner of the room cheeps, chirps and chirrups could be heard, and you wouldn’t believe how deafening they can be, especially first thing in the morning when they all want to be …

Old rats in the graveyard…and other stuff

by Snow BirdUncategorized, Wildlife February 21, 2013March 1, 201340 Comments

Each time we go away on holiday, our wonderful next door neighbour, Barbara, feeds the Curly cat for us. Twice a day she comes out, whatever the weather, and her only reward for this kind deed is to be hissed and spat at. This has been the case for years, but yesterday Curly finally decided …