Fully endorse this summary and I for one greatly appreciate the patience, help and advice given by Mark, F John and MikeR in respect of mammals to both myself and my son. I regularly refer to the mammal guide produced by Mark on this thread and now take a far greater interest with mammals---ok nothing special and my year patch list is 7 species but it gives me great pleasure even seeing the almost daily Red Fox who now seems more curious than afraid as I sit most nights monitoring the behaviour of Barn Owls at a natural tree hole site.(my 'watching' postion is adjacent to a badger sett but no sightings this year,as yet, just sneezing and snorting)
Just keep the thread going in exactly the same way as I am sure many enjoy the 'adventures' and sightings (apart from Jos's, but I'm not jealous just green-eyed)