Gregory's Server@futurebird about five years ago I was stuck in a traffic jam on a section of the A303 - it's famous for summer traffic jams - with deep, thick woodland either side of the road.
I glanced left and was surprised to see a small herd of wild deer, stags with impressive antlers, sitting down in the forest as close to the edge of it they could be, relaxing in the summer afternoon heat and lazily watching the slowly-crawling traffic
@forestpines @futurebird
Very picturesque stretch!
About 30 years ago I found a dead kestrel by the side of the A303 and took it home.
It was the first bird I reduced to a skeleton. I put it in a plastic box the would allow insects in, and hung it near the exhaust of my central heating as it was late autumn.
It had a ring on it, and I reported it to the RSPB. Still got the skeleton! And the flight feathers.