foxhound45 167 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 1. Badger 2. Rabbit 3. Wild boar (Co. Clare - Ireland) 4. Heron print and the bird is a Bittern. Call booms for over a mile 5. Deer bed 6. Hare bed or pocket 7. Fallow rub 8. Badger latrine and disturbance - sometimes the badger poo's in tiny pots dug into the ground Trees. 1. Beech, unmistakeable with the flat veined leaf, and each leaf barely overlaps the next. Great tasting nuts from these trees and magnetise all sorts of birds and mammals (rats to deer) where located. 2. Oak 3. Ash Berries. 1. Deadly nightshade - also called Bella Donna with a poison called Atropine. This chemical dilates the pupils and the name Bella Donna or beautiful lady comes from a time when women used the poison by dipping a piece on their finger and touching the pupil of their eyes to make themselves look pretty. Nightshade has a similar plant and flower to the potato as they are both in the same family. 2. Sloe........bitter but great for wine FairPlay Irishnut you were bang on with them all! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,415 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Where was the photo of the Bittern taken ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxhound45 167 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 I'm not to sure, not one of mine but they are making a big comeback in Ireland especially Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,415 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I didn't know there was a big comeback but I did read somewhere that a couple had been seen in Donegal in recent years. Rare passing migrants. Would be nice to see them flourish once again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norseman 424 Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 although I did shite, its a good thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I love threads like this. Nature is great! I don't think the pic below the bittern is a deer bed,I think it is a marking scrape that has been made by a deer. Though I've been wrong before. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I didn't know there was a big comeback but I did read somewhere that a couple had been seen in Donegal in recent years. Rare passing migrants. Would be nice to see them flourish once again. A few were released recently in a secret location somewhere on the Anglian Fens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxhound45 167 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hey JDarcy you are totally right, I termed it Deer bed as some don't know the reason behind a scrape. I have some great Sika scrapes in......secret locations.......near home. Driving to work the other day I saw 16 deer out feeding at 6am, in permission I have to shoot! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tilimangro 1,013 Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Agree with irishnut Except for bittern not green heron And beech not hazel Deadly nightshade Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxdropper 17,092 Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Pic below bittern is a fallow display area .The vegetation has been thrashed .Soon to be a rutting stand . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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