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ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

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    Norfolk mammals

    I sometimes see CWD squatting like a hare in rough , but not very long grass with their heads down. They seem to think they cant be seen and can be aproched quite closely.
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    Norfolk mammals

    I think there a lot more CWdeer about that most people realise. An estate close to the Chet culled 14 the week before last over 2 days and the next day there were still 12 grazing on the marsh at dawn. Back in October I found 34 between the R Chet and the New Cut with a further 27 west of the...
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    Norfolk mammals

    Probably , but you need to check under the neck to make sure its not a yellow necked mouse.
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    Norfolk mammals

    There is no shortage of badgers in the Bawdeswell area and sadly see several knocked over on the roadside every year. I was out a few miles north of there last summer and saw 17 while doing a late night deer survey with infra red night sights , including 7 togeather sluging in a sugar beet field.
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    Norfolk mammals

    Anyone else noticed the number of otters showing at the moment. I have seen at least 8 individuals since Boxing day including a pair so close they could be almost touched in the Wavenly valley. I had close views of the at dawn the other day in the Yare Valley too. All my sightings have been...
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    Norfolk mammals

    Chris you are right there was a major otter reintroduction project in Norfolk in the 1980s organised by Philip Wayre using captive bred animals. I saw a huge dog otter on the Thorpe marshes a few years ago and regularly seen others in the area . Otters are not quite so innocent as some believe...
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    Norfolk mammals

    Roe deer used to be quite common at St Olaves when I lived there a couple of miles from Haddiscoe across the river. There are also a few present at present on the Ravingham Estate a few miles to the west. But the latter site also holds muntjac.
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    Norfolk mammals

    I think thats a juv field mouse John.
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