So, having settled down to quite rural tranquillity I was shaken out of my peaceful slumbers at around 2am by a terrible row outside the house. By the time I had struggled out of bed and got to a window to investigate, without waking my slumbering partner [her wrath is legendary] I was unable to spot the rowdy villains so crept back into bed. By this time however I was suffering badly with a painful shoulder and wasn't able to get back to sleep readily so when the commotion started again outside I was able to get downstairs and get to the door before the row had stopped.
Wrenching the door open ready to demand a quite night, having not fully recovered yet from the change from British Summer Time to GMT, I was confronted by the noisy pair as they fled across the green in front of the house. The smaller member of the noisy duo was just dashing up to and past a nearby car pursued by her much larger male friend into the area in front of another terrace of houses where their noisy row started over again and as lights started to switch on in the distance I decided that bed was becoming and it was time to ignore these irritating neighbours and get some sleep.
However, I did manage to get a photograph of the pair and will be seeking an ASBO if they play up again outside our house!
Photo courtesy of : moonlightblue.co.uk
2 comments:
I know how noisy they can be. It sometimes sounds like someone being murdered.
We get foxes even here, in the heart of the city. I like them but not everyone is as welcoming.
Dear Dickie,
Yes here too up in the far North we have our share of wildlife who regularly visits our garden. This year, again, like you we have foxes, hedgehogs a plenty, earlier in the year they can be seen and heard munching their way through the snail population much to the delight of Mrs F who is an amateur but nonetheless keen gardener.
However our pride and joy, and I have some photos somewhere on a disc, last year we had nightly visits from three badgers, though sadly so far this year we have not seen any.
We do occasionally have a Sparrow Hawk that will swoop down and take a Blue Tit [or other small bird] off the bird feeder and then perch on the fence whilst it plucks some of the feathers off it prior to flying away and only about three weeks ago we had a Kestrel land in our garden with a small mouse or vole and promptly sit there ignoring other goings on around and eat the dead animal.
Yours MAD
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