Recharging the trail camera batteries and a wet Sunday morning mean that I begrudge somewhat less (only somewhat) the hour and more it is taking to load up 7 videos for your delight and delectation. I've not actually triaged all the 298 video snippets from the camera, I've still got a hundred or so to go through, and I have to remember what I have already uploaded.
Going through all the files does give me a chance to spot some gems that I don't see when I am doing a quick search in the field on my phone. This first one would not show anything at all really on the phone, but is utterly delightful, particularly if you watch it on a decent sized screen. The crispness to the jay's face is amazing!
Then there is this fellow - we often hear him being alarmed around the place and occasionally see him flying around in a way that makes you wonder how he ever gets airbourne! Not the smartest card in the pack, and certainly not native, male pheasants really are rather beautiful. It's a pity they are only too aware of it!
But really the stars of this blog are the boar. This sequence of short videos was taken one evening at dusk, hence being in black and white, but shows the sheer numbers in the group that come round our way before the hunting season disperses them a bit. They are very interested in a pile of walnuts that John collected on a client's lawn. He proudly presented her with a big box of fresh walnuts, but her horror at finding this present was astounding. She implored him to take them away, and so he did, and dumped them in the orchard. We don't really approve of feeding boar and hoped that the badgers and squirrels in the zone might find them interesting, but they never really got a look in, even if they were interested.
All the walnuts are now eaten, and the camera moves today to a new location which is showing a lot of passage marks, so hopefully there will be a nice variety of movie stars for the next month!
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