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Nothing to do with trains or railways, but an interesting place to visit if in the area:
TTFN,
Ron.
TTFN,
Ron.
Yes, that's the place. It's on the A22 between the M25 and East Grinstead.Is this the one near Lingfield, Surrey?
Yes, like many of the other creatures at the centre. Otherwise it'd be a pretty disappointing day out..Red squirrels in Surrey? Presumably, brought in from elsewhere and (delightful though they are), artificially fostered at the site...
Red squirrels in Surrey? Presumably, brought in from elsewhere and (delightful though they are), artificially fostered at the site... the only truly wild squirrels in this part of the country for a very long time, have been the American grey interlopers.
Isle of Wight for me ! -- with a thriving population of some three thousand red (only) squirrrels: the grey so-and-so's can't get across the intervening water ... (I don't really hate grey squirrels; just that as we know, they have over a long period caused a great, and continuing, decline of range and numbers, of the even nicer native red kind.)
Bloody foreign squirrels, coming here, taking all the nuts off hard working British squirrels!!Red squirrels in Surrey? Presumably, brought in from elsewhere and (delightful though they are), artificially fostered at the site... the only truly wild squirrels in this part of the country for a very long time, have been the American grey interlopers.
Whereas in the 19th century, some American chap with more money than sense took it upon himself to introduce to the USA, every species of bird mentioned in the works of Shakespeare: resulting among other things, in the European starling having attained pest status in some parts of the States. Maybe an orderly and humane exchange of populations could be sorted out...
Let's start with sending back the signal crayfish. Apparently it's impossible to 'eat the species to death' in the UK because they reach breeding age before they can be caught in traps.
That is just un-sporting ...
Not to mention the passenger pigeons, clouds of them used to darken the sky over the US. They were exterminated by hunting.Whereas in the 19th century, some American chap with more money than sense took it upon himself to introduce to the USA, every species of bird mentioned in the works of Shakespeare: resulting among other things, in the European starling having attained pest status in some parts of the States. Maybe an orderly and humane exchange of populations could be sorted out...
Glad you liked them . It's worth a visit if down that way and it makes a change from steam railways.Have (belatedly) watched both videos -- quite delightful. Many thanks.