Lyme disease is horrible but you don't need deer for ticks and lots of potential for them round here - coypu, wild boar, rabbits, hares, pheasants and all sorts - so our dogs and cats get regular flea and tick treatments.
Frustrating photo of the week. This bluetit has been calling from the sycamore tree and the unfurling pink buds make a great setting. It was sat there this morning perfectly lit by the rising sun but I couldn't get a good photo. This is about as good as I could get in the end, just a bit out of range and a bit too soft.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
The parent great tit just brought some monstrous bug into the nest and spent a frustrated couple of minutes trying to cram it into a hungry baby before giving up and taking it back out again. I wonder what it was?
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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I hope your dog makes a full recovery @Bijdezee
Initially thought it was a Waxwing but wrong time of year for them.
Blackbirds, she has a small garden and they are out there all day, both parent birds very tame.