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Post by shrimpman on Apr 20, 2007 18:16:31 GMT
I was recently staying at Dunkeld House Hotel while fishing the tay and had the good fortune to see a pine martin on the hunt for rabbits - this is the first time I've seen one and took a second look to identify what I was looking at.
Does anyone know if they are quite common in this area?
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elwyman
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Post by elwyman on Apr 20, 2007 19:53:04 GMT
Don't know, but on my recent trip north I saw a red squirrel for the first time, near Loch Tay.
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Post by williegunn on Apr 21, 2007 17:44:28 GMT
You should have said I have ones which visit the garden on a regular basis.  By the way pine martins are killers and kill squirrells, nasty beasts |
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Post by munrokiller on Apr 21, 2007 18:56:01 GMT
Malcolm almost as good as a recent video clip I've seen. It was of a Grey Squirrel being launched by an automatic clay launcher. They had a few nuts on the base plate and waited for the 'tree rat' to appear. 'Pull' was the last words it ever heard.
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Post by tyneandrew on Apr 21, 2007 21:11:23 GMT
Think i saw one of those out of your kitchen window one morning - although i think i was still drunk at that time  |
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Post by williegunn on Apr 21, 2007 21:21:31 GMT
Think i saw one of those out of your kitchen window one morning - although i think i was still drunk at that time The red (wine) squirrel, was it? |
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Post by sinkingtip on Apr 21, 2007 21:52:57 GMT
True story. Apparently a restaurant somewhere in Arkansas has squirrel regularly on its menu. Alongside the dish descriptor it states "May contain nuts"............no, really ! ;D
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Post by tyneandrew on Apr 21, 2007 22:27:50 GMT
Popular in France indeed - as are Swallows?
Hugh F-W is a fan of Squirrel meat i think?
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Post by iainjay on Apr 21, 2007 23:21:21 GMT
Topic.....Remember the advert?
"What has a hazlenut in every bite?"...
...Squirrel shit!!!
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Post by shedhed on Apr 22, 2007 19:28:39 GMT
I saw a Black squirrel in Hitchen last w/e. Apparently only located in that part of Herts.
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Post by ibm59 on Apr 22, 2007 19:37:42 GMT
Careful with the "Black" or the PC police'll get you. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by stu47 on Apr 22, 2007 20:08:48 GMT
Seen quite a few red squirrels recently,one i saw dead in the road,should have stopped and cut its tail of,usful for tying flies.Also remember seeing pine martins in glen lyon,not a million miles away from dunkeld if i remember right,few years ago that though
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Post by iainjay on Apr 22, 2007 22:21:16 GMT
Speyside Malt Distillery in Kingussie.a couple of years ago.About ten of us standing at the entrance in lovely sunshine at about mid-day and a pine marten casually strolls down from the woods and crosses the road no more than 25yds away.Suprised at it's size,much bigger than I imagined.
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