Well,if hunting with dogs is illegal - what about hunting with cats?????

We were just coming back from the girls' walk this morning - a lovely autumnal morning with the mist about 2 ft off the field, and both Loki & Vinnie had really had a good run - both stretching out well - when we heard an odd noise- something like a a cross between a high-noted chainsaw starting up and a pheasant's alarm call.  We both wondered what it was, then it stoped.   As we put the girls into the run, it started again - just on the other side of the fence.  

I went out of the garden, round the back onto the golf course and saw it!  There, crouched low on the path was Miss Tabsy Fudge, (young tabby persian) and on the edge of the bunker was ..... a Peahen!!!!  

Tabsy was most annoyed at being picked up - obviously she was out to get a take-away breakfast for the moggie mob!

Goodness only knows where the peahen came from - I'm just hoping that it hasn't been "dumped" on the golfcourse by someone who hasn't liked the noise they make during the mating season, and that its mate has also been dumped     It's noisy enough round here at night with the owls!!!

Margot

Peacocks & Peahens do fly off from their homes We had onr in a tree in our garden & boy was it noisy I rang the nearest person I knew that had Peacocks some five miles away & yep one of theirs was missing

We've even had Guinea fowl landing up here from the same place & ornamental ducks If any of his goes missing he calls me five now

hi margot

are you far from biggin farm, as they have peafowl amoungst other animals, you never know it could have come from there

tanya

We're about 3 mles north from there, Tanya (straight up Chadwell Hill) - so reckon it could be a refugee.....

could well be then, the wind has been quite strong down there too so she could have been blown off course, ill ask tomorrow if they are missing any hens, i know they lost their white peacock last year to a fox, but its hard to keep count (for me anyway) as they have several other cocks, hens and guinea fowl

tanya

Let me know Tanya - I'm also going to alert the greenstaff when I see any of them, to see if they know how long it's been around.

Margot