10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2024

The distinctive shape of the antlers is typical of stags in Central Spain An impressive multi-pointed Red Deer stag , photographed in Norfolk where such big stags are not unusual thanks to good feeding When birding abroad, I’ve seen Roe in many different countries, from France to Greece. and Mountain Hares in Scotland and Scandinavia.

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Fur Deer Boars Estonia 206

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

My only wolf sightings have been in Spain, in December, and at great range. The post Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks first appeared on 10,000 Birds. I’ve never been lucky enough to have seen a wolf anywhere in Northern Europe, though last year I did find fresh tracks in Estonia – their prints are impressively big.

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Fur Bulgaria Otters Estonia 183

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2024

I’ve never quite understood why so many people wrap their scopes up in little jackets, (but nor do I understand why it’s so popular to dress dogs up in coats, too, as they are already wrapped in fur. Perhaps it’s a basic human desire to dress things up.) A pair of Sarus Cranes , digiscoped at Baratphur, India.

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Estonia Poland India Pelicans 196

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. After a waterfall display the performer may sit on a rock, his eyes following the falling water. Shirley and Jenny: Remembering Friends.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100