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There was two big groups this morning, 60+ birds that put on a fairly spectacular display of feeding on the wing for about an hour . There also seemed more birds this year and a week or two earlier . It would seem they did well down in Africa during the winter .

There’s a good number of swifts about as well ,

I can’t see anyone who has gone through the legal route to get an FAC stupid enough to risk loosing it by shooting someone’s alpacas they have had a falling out with mate ..they’d put themselves front and centre on plods inquiry board ..I’d run with the silly cnut theory ..

scrub the butter ..

Strange how for thousands of years people have got by ..then along comes an expert ! ..

….and you don’t get to shoot back ..

Swallows and martins are all over the place , slightly later than last year but the weathers been a lot wetter and cold ..

FFS ….

Tosalet is five minutes away from me , I’m at Pinasol , Tosalet just scraped by the other year when we had the big fire ..by the end of the second day it had burnt from the top of the hill down to my mates garden , it stopped right next to his villa , that white shed got singed when that conifer burnt ..

It’ll be six years in may ! ..where did that go .Still happy I made the move ..

Jávea , Nice bright morning 19c , having coffee in the Carnival bar before work at the villa ..

Deer numbers in the UK are at an all time high , with the invasive species like muntjac , CWD (Chinese water deer) and sika spreading year on year .Our native ( since Roman times) Fallow are at pest levels in some parts of the UK .The two permissions I had which totalled 1700acres in southern England I was culling around 130/140 per season , my mate who now manages it is taking 170/ 180 although he has increased the land area by 300 acres ..99% fallow .. i had a few guys from the states out stalking with me , mostly mates of mates , they couldn’t believe how much freedom we have to shoot

You do not need a fac to go on a paid stalk , you use estate rifle , and it would be possible to get your fac for deer without having your own land/ permission .You would need to prove bookings etc , and would be restricted to use .

Spanish bridge I came across this morning ! ..I didn’t actually cross it ..

Hi Rob , long time no see ..