Just joined, from East London.

[sunnydale]

Welcome to WAB Goldfynche Sorry to hear of your loss. Hope your move goes well and best wishes for the future.

Tracey

[meddy]

Originally Posted by BucksMike

Hi Meddy

As for holes in lawn could be any number of things
Have you thought about Badgers, great at digging holes in lawns looking for worms.

Only been in Leytonstone 2 years after living all my life in Bucks. Still spend most of the week at the moment in Bucks where we had badgers come visit us nightly

Yeah Mike, I'm kinda thinking it probably is badgers!

[Goldfynche]

I notice that everytime I drive up the M40 in Bucks. The Red Kites seem to be appearing, ever closer to the M25 and London. I have also seen them along the M4 corridor, between Reading and Newbury

[Deb London]

My friend in Barnet saw one above her garden this summer.
(It begs the question why continue to introduce them, I reckon they'll find their own way soon enough? )

[Goldfynche]

Are they still introducing them, or are they just prolific breeders?
One of the most amazing sights I ever saw, was again, along the M40 in Oxfordshire. I was on my way to Scotland at about 8.00am on a summer morning. There were about 30 of them, all hovering over the verges at the edge of the carriage way.
Do they hunt? I thought they were scavengers and carrion eaters.

[Deb London]

I guess they hunt, but I think people get this out of all proportion.

There was a WAB thread yesterday that I think said the RK shot in Cumbria had been reintroduced in Grizedale, or somewhere like that.

I'm avoiding posting on those threads at the moment as there was a 'troll' sniffing around them yesterday. I will have to do my own research.