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What Cuteness Have You Witnessed Lately?

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I joined our church's Vacation Bible School group this year, so I will be helping out in the crafts area with the kids. I've never done this before, but it should be fun. I peeked in at the pictures of the crafts that the kids will be making. Very colorful! Looks like a lot of fun for them.
 
A roe deer running around, mid morning in bright sunlight, and about 500m from the nearest cover.

I couldn't see any obvious signs of disturbance, other than the deer in a setting where I wouldn't expect one. I called a couple of pals who are game keepers, to alert them to the possibility of poachers in the area.

I hope that it was a young buck that had been chased out of cover by an older territorial buck as the mating season draws closer, rather than poachers that had disturbed it.
 
I took a walk to the dam today.
At first I was pessimistic about the ducklings, as I couldn't see any. It has been cold with winds predominantly out of the north and east, which are cold directions here, and last summer, with similar cold winds, there wasn't one single duckling survived on the whole dam.

Anyway, eventually there was one duck with two mid sized ducklings, that had obviously grown since hatching, then a bit further round there was another with eleven mid sized

and eventually, there was a duck with eleven that had got their proper little duck feathers, so there must be some insects for them to eat.

I cut back across the fields, and was serenaded by the lapwings. peering over the stone walls, I could see some with chicks. right from the time they hatch, the chicks have little crests, and they stay as fluffy balls until they're almost full size.

one of the advantages of having heavily managed grouse moors in the area - there aren't many predators to worry the wader birds chicks.
 
My Brighid half asleep
 

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