Surge of Activity

Have you noticed that the wildlife is getting busier? There seems to be a lot more bird and mammal activity as the autumn starts to kick in.

A good indicator of this surge of activity is the number of different tracks that have suddenly appeared on the main pathways of my local wood. The last time I went to identify tracks in this area about a month  ago, very little was to be seen.

Today, in my local wood, it was like a mini motorway.

There was badger...

Fox...

Muntjac...

Rabbit...

Cat(!?)

Not sure what the tracks between the fox tracks are. It could be weasel.

It was a beautiful weekend here and despite family commitments that stopped me going to the East Sussex meet, I was able to get out for a few hours on Saturday and Sunday.

On Saturday, in Poor Park, I must have just missed some fallow deer laying up in my camp (no less - the cheek!) There were signs where they had scraped away the surface debris and in this photo you can see a dark urination patch (dead centre of picture). I deducted they were there perhaps 30 minutes before I came  along.

Today, I soaked up the sun as the temperature pushed its way into the 20's. After five hours in the woods I came home, sat outside with a beer and ate some strawberries. What a life!