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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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Rather more are killed in collisions with cars. A rutting Fallow buck, photographed in Norfolk, England Elk (or what the Americans call Moose) I’ve encountered several times in Scandinavia, Estonia and Poland. I’ve only seen European Bison in Poland, in the Bialoweiza Forest.

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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

They will also kill any water birds they can capture, from Kingfishers to Mallard. I’ve yet to see an English pine marten, but I once watched one hunting red squirrels in the Bialowieza Forest in Poland. Mink are voracious predators, and responsible for the huge decline in water voles in the UK.

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