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Grove ferry and wildwood

Monday, 17. November 2008, 19:22:05

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Here what I got up to Saturday before last. The weather was awful: cloudy and drizzly, so after lunch in Grove Ferry, the short walk involved a lot of sitting in the hide. We were rewarded with some pretty close views of a little egret hunting

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Wildwood trust

Friday, 1. February 2008, 14:11:18

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As promised last weekend here are the photos from my visit to wildwood. WARNING:THIS POST IS PHOTO HEAVY! First here is one of the American bullfrogs, which was out despite it not being that mildThere is population of these in Kent (and possibly elsewhere in the UK) They were brought over as pets, sold as giant tadpoles, and as they reach adulthood they then into big frogs which are often set free. Unfortunately they can breed sucessfully and will eat anything they can fit into there mouths - which includes native small mammals, amphibians, reptiles and bird chicks! Efforts have been to capture the bullfrogs with some success, but there have been reports of some still at large.

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black headed gull in flight.jpgfallow bucks rutting.jpgred deer hind with jackdaw on back.jpgmute swan family.jpgichnemon wasp.jpg1lodge herd stag calls.jpgfallow deer running.jpgfallow deer jumps stream.jpgmute swan juvenile.jpgfallow buck and females.jpg

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