justin has had words with dik, bramble to neighbour's tree, he was quite bold on top but quite a few were lurking to back him up if it got messy
dik decided discretion was etc
the sparrows appear to have taken the treasury, dik will not lose much as he has not worked out how to perch and peck so he is reliant on sparrow spillage and will have to wait til they have finished dining anyway
dik the dishpig seems a little wrong as a wildlife name
There used to be a theory in Portsmouth that if you threw a sandwich in the air it would never land, because even if there was a sky perfectly clear of gulls, one would always catch the sandwich before it landed. I would believe anything of gulls.
a gift from a seal, who i gifted fish to, so it seemed polite to have a go
thinking of which, seals are charming and clever, it might have known what they taste like and been having a laugh and buying free fish
sea lions are fun as well, i was a bit cautious of owt with lion in the name but after we had got to know each other for a few weeks we were both happy playing in the surf and riptide
bob was far better than me at it
Shane
Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 3467 Location: Doha. Is hot.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 20 9:25 am Post subject:
Agree with you on seals. When I was in the North Sea, we used to get a seal that would lie on his back under one of our platforms and amuse himself by putting a fish on his belly and then swatting any gulls that were tempted by it. I used to go down to the cellar deck and watch - he knew full well I was there, and I believe he rather enjoyed the audience
i have had dogs with a sense of humour, similar in many ways but seals might be a bit less "edgy"
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8600 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 20 6:49 pm Post subject:
There is one in Stornoway harbour, Sammy (what else?!) escorts people when they go out in a dinghy to their boat mooring!
It is an odd feeling to have a seal swimming around the dinghy looking at you..but then we look at them 🙂
We were on the southern side of the Isle of Wight once and saw what at first we thought was a dog in the water, but it was a seal watching people walking along the path. Seemed to be enjoying the people watching, so yes, I think they do like watching us.
gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8600 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 20 9:14 am Post subject:
We have wildlife on the Cavolo Nero
Not only small and large Cabbage White butterfly caterpillars but Cabbage Moth as well
We were on the southern side of the Isle of Wight once and saw what at first we thought was a dog in the water, but it was a seal watching people walking along the path. Seemed to be enjoying the people watching, so yes, I think they do like watching us.
the first one i got to know followed me halfway round an island, me on the shoreline ,it about 20 m offshore.
it seemed fascinated at seeing such an unusual creature as me
Gz, not the sort of wildlife you want unfortunately. I seem to have kept my cabbages fairly well intact this year by removing the eggs every few days, but the slugs and snails have made periodic attacks. The dry weather has helped the plants to grow through it, so luckily I now have cabbage, curly kale and the purple sprouters coming on nicely. The slugs nearly did for the beans too, but I have been picking a few French beans lately; about 2-3 months late.
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