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Stratton Birder · Apr 14, 2015

Steve Gantlett said:
If you haven't already, do put the corpse in your freezer as soon as possible and inform the Vincent Wildlife Trust Polecat Survey:
www.vwt.org.uk/our-work/projects/national-polecat-survey
They will very much appreciate the corpse to do ID and DNA work (and will send you a box to mail it to them).

Thanks for the link and advice Steve. I will get in touch with them.

Best wishes.

Steve.

Stratton Birder · Apr 18, 2015

March seemed a particularly abundant month for Roe Deer in South Norfolk this year with animals recorded at the following sites.

7th Tacolneston - four (one buck)
11th Forncett St Mary - one buck
18th Shelton Common - three (one buck)
23rd Wacton Common - one
24th Tharston - two.
27th Hempnall -one
30th Gt Moulton - two.

NoSpringChicken · Apr 24, 2015

I photographed this Chinese Water Deer at Strumpshaw the other day. Usually they bound away as soon as they spot me but this one carried on feeding, apparently unconcerned, despite only the drainage ditch separating us. Are they getting bolder now that they are becoming more numerous?

Ron

HarassedDad · Apr 25, 2015

I saw one a couple of years ago feeding in broad daylight on the side of the Acle straight - again the "right" side of a ditch. Perhaps they view ditches as sufficient to keep predators away, so if they can see the ditch, they don't worry what's on the other side - but if they can't see the ditch they run?

Tideliner · Apr 26, 2015

I sometimes see CWD squatting like a hare in rough , but not very long grass with their heads down. They seem to think they cant be seen and can be aproched quite closely.

Stratton Birder · May 5, 2015

Still on the subject of Chinese Water Deer, a couple of days ago, myself, Carol and Rob Baldock had one just outside Saxlingham Green. This was the first one that I have ever seen in this area of Norfolk which is well detached from the main density of the broadland population and it was only just outside my patch boundary. They have clearly spread though because as I found out that evening, Carol and Rob occasionally get them in their back garden which is on my patch so it can only be a matter of time now.

Steve.

kittykat23uk · May 16, 2015

We had great views of water shrews at sculthorpe moor yesterday with at least five individuals seen. A new mammal for me.

kittykat23uk · May 25, 2015

Here's a picture of the water shrew

Pic of water shrew :t:

JCL · May 26, 2015

kittykat23uk said:
Pic of water shrew :t:

Fabulous - gripped!

Archie Opteryx · May 28, 2015

Fox cubs are out and about if you are lucky... click!

NoSpringChicken · Jun 8, 2015

I encountered this ridiculously obliging young Brown Hare on the riverbank at Strumpshaw Fen this evening. If I stood still it would approach to within a couple of metres. If I moved it would scamper off, only to return again if I stayed where I was. It even stopped for a wash and brush up at one point.

Ron

richardm · Jun 15, 2015

This female Badger at Cley yesterday; very sad, especially if she had cubs nearby.

mxhornet · Jun 16, 2015

NoSpringChicken said:
I photographed this Chinese Water Deer at Strumpshaw the other day. Usually they bound away as soon as they spot me but this one carried on feeding, apparently unconcerned, despite only the drainage ditch separating us. Are they getting bolder now that they are becoming more numerous?

Ron

Saw a CWD walk across in front of Tower Hide today.

JCL · Mar 31, 2017

Recent polecats/polecat-alikes

Today I found the attached roadkill mustelid on the edge of Norwich at the A1074/A47 junction. looks a good candidate for polecat (e.g. front paws at least are dark). Unfortunately, key particulars were squashed. This follows recent roadkill polecats on the A1067 NW of Norwich (around the turnoff for Foxley Wood; found by Keith Langdon) and one near Long Stratton, S of Norwich (found by Dave Andrews).

postcardcv · Oct 11, 2017

Saw a dead polecat by the side of the A47 today (between Swaffham and Dereham), first one I have seen in Norfolk.

richardm · Oct 11, 2017

Spotted this big male Polecat dead on the A148 at Bodham today. They are definitely hereabouts - two recent live sightings between Cley and Holt, another at Weybourne, road kills Snoring and more recently Edgefield.

PYRTLE · Feb 6, 2019

Roadkill Polecat this morning on A148 near Fakenham Morrison's roundabout opposite the Football ground. Only a mile or so from where Steve G. reported one a few years back closer towards Little Snoring. They're here, just need to see a live one.

Farnboro John · Feb 6, 2019

PYRTLE said:
Roadkill Polecat this morning on A148 near Fakenham Morrison's roundabout opposite the Football ground. Only a mile or so from where Steve G. reported one a few years back closer towards Little Snoring. They're here, just need to see a live one.

Don't hold your breath.... good news that they are around though. :t:

John

MJB · Feb 7, 2019

Farnboro John said:
Don't hold your breath. John

If you're downwind and close, holding one's breath is recommended...:eek!:
MJB

Louis_P · Mar 11, 2019

14 Hares all seen at once on Muckleburgh Hill and a field adjacent to it. More than I've ever seen in a day, let alone at once.

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