Dear Tami, we have an immense amount of wildlife here and especially birds. I love to walk just down the road from me and see the migratory Kingfishers catching small fish in our clean streams. It is going to be hotter today as we are having another Royal Wedding, which gives me an excuse to go down the pub for a pint and watch it! Red, white and blue flying everywhere again!
We do have midges in the west of Scotland that bite, however they do not bite me at all, mainly because I come from Scottish descent. They attack my wife savagely, and she hates them. All the pubs, Hotels and stores sell this midge repellant cream, but i am most cynical about it; as when I put some on my hand I was bitten. Personally I believe it is a Scottish way of making money!
Horses are ridden in the streets here and even in central London. The Police use Horses and God forbid you if you hit one of them in a car! For they basically lock you up and throw the keys away!
Or worse still take you to the Tower of London!
Deer are in abundance here, and they are culled as we have too many of them. However it is done humanely and only the old or injured are taken out!
In Scotland the Forestry Commission put up Deer proof fencing to stop there precious trees getting damaged. The result was 175,000 Deer starved to death, what a waste!
We do have lots of Otters here, and they are fun to watch, although do not mess with them. Sea Otters are so funny they have me in fits of laughter, just the way they can turn upside in the sea and go to sleep!
My favourite is to watch the Peregrine falcons come down at lighting speed, what a treat.
Badgers with cubs is a wonderful sight, but you again have to be careful with those, as any mother protects its young.
You should get over her and wear your shorts, i could show you around!
Neil.
