theageofthetra
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Following on from the beached whale near Dawlish story, what other unusual animals can be seen from a UK railway?
On the routes I drive we have the Crayford spur emus- judging by how they keep coming up to the boundary fence I suspect that drivers are chucking a bit of food to them when held on the spur.
I have also had a large bird of prey flying next to the cab several times between Gravesend and Hoo jct.
Other ones I can think of are the zoo animals which can be seen from the Severn Valley plus the alpacas in a couple of lineside farms
There used to be wild boar in a wood next the Tenterden bank- as some lineside photographers discovered to their cost! and minature horses next to (appropriately) the RHDR just past New Romney towards Dungeness.
On the routes I drive we have the Crayford spur emus- judging by how they keep coming up to the boundary fence I suspect that drivers are chucking a bit of food to them when held on the spur.
I have also had a large bird of prey flying next to the cab several times between Gravesend and Hoo jct.
Other ones I can think of are the zoo animals which can be seen from the Severn Valley plus the alpacas in a couple of lineside farms
There used to be wild boar in a wood next the Tenterden bank- as some lineside photographers discovered to their cost! and minature horses next to (appropriately) the RHDR just past New Romney towards Dungeness.