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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

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.

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A winter miscellany

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Today these trees – oak, beech and horse chestnut – are like fine icing on a very poor cake. Hawfinches have declined in the UK in recent years and become harder to see, though they remain common on the Continent: this year I’ve only seen them in Greece. They make the forest look much more inviting than it really is.

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