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Owl pellets

Wednesday, 23. July 2008, 14:06:19

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On monday for a school visit we looked at the contents of barn owl pellets. For those who are unfamiliar with owl pellets, they are the undigestable bits (fur, bone etc.) that the owl coughs up after a meal. By breaking these up and looking at the contents you can find the bones of their prey, usually small mammals. Here are a few things that were found:

A probable field vole skull

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Birdworld

Tuesday, 15. July 2008, 08:48:55

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On sturday I visit birdworld. Its a zoo of mainly birds (as you probably guessed!) and along with many foriegn species, it also had a few that are found in the wild in the UK. So as this is the UK wildlife blog I figured I better keep to just them :smile:

first up is this beautiful tawny owl

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Regents park wildlife

Tuesday, 22. April 2008, 21:29:47

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With the work experience, exam revison and bad weather, I havent been out nearly as much as I'd have liked, but today mad e up for it. Today was what I would refer to as a GOOD day. Activity heron wise was limited (hence this isn't a 'heronry report') but there was some herons, more on them later. I have to start with the two highlights. First up, the kestrels. On my previous visit report I mentioned and photographed (poorly) the nesting pair of kestrels. Well today Tony Duckett, the wildlife officver was kind enough to let me get closer to the male:

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back to wildwood trust - part 2

Tuesday, 4. March 2008, 10:51:19

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In this second part I will cover the birds and other animals. Ill start with the new arrivals, the white storks

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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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