Guest blogging: Simon King
It's just a few minutes before tonight's programme, but Simon wanted to drop you a quick line from his OB location in Anglesey:
Thank you all for your muntjac sightings it's been a real pleasure to see them all come in from across the country. These tenacious deer seem to have popped up in a number of surprising places from Cornwall to Legoland!
Keep the sightings coming and due to the large response were going to give the information that we've gathered with your help to The Mammal Society so they can use it to further our understanding of the muntjac, our smallest deer.
All the best
Simon
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I THOROUGHLY LOVED the antics of the RED SQUIRRELS (MONDAY nights episode) - MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY's to the UNFORTUNATE GREY SQUIRREL in BILL's GARDEN though, LOOKS like 'CURIOSITY' got the 'BETTER' of him - SHAME!!!!! I HATE to see ANIMALS HURT/UPSET in any way. I UNDERSTAND they're not 'native' to our country but EVEN SO........... - THEY're PROBABLY getting their OWN back for what CUSTER did to the AMERICAN INDIANS - THEY DO ORIGINATE from NORTH AMERICA AFTER ALL!!!!!!!!!!! ALL joking aside though - GREY OR RED - SQUIRRELS are VERY INGENIOUS/CLEVER little creatures & should be RESPECTED as such. I would ALSO (if it's AT ALL POSSIBLE) LOVE to see a REPEAT of the film that KATE did with the SQUIRRELS for LAST YEARS(?) AUTUMNWATCH - THAT was FANTASTIC. I LIKE SPRINGWATCH too - but I KNOW what BILL ODDIE means when he says he PREFERS the AUTUMN - it's MY FAVOURITE time of the year too - I ALSO LOVE to see SUNNY/COLD FROSTY MORNINGS - HEAVEN!!!!!
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would it be possible to have a speciel gest of the other simon king- the hairy biker?
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Cool , Are the Muntjac an endangerd species?
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Very interesting story on ravens. However, I seem to remember reading a similar very stimulating account of why ravens call when they discover a 'bonanza'.
The book is called 'Ravens in winter' by Bernd Heinrich. It's a must read and is easy to follow.
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Re: Bill's Autumnwatch comments about the clever crows. I have observed crows dropping seashells from great heights to obtain food on Weston Shore in Southampton Water for the last eight years.
They congregate at low tide and raid the beach as a gang, collecting their catch, flying high to drop the shells and then eating the contents.
Rob Kinsey, Southampton.
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hey peeps i live across the road from a lovley park in kings lynn, norfolk.
ive have seen muntjac deer from my window running in the park i live in a three story building so its a fantastic view and i get to see the seasons change its great, ive also a muntlac whilst walking the dog it shot out from nowhere in broad daylight. i watched your program the other night where you said that they walk down the railway tracks, kings lynn is one of the last railway stops in the east my husband jokes that i am seeing things lol
and thanks to your program i know now that ive also heard them barking but only recently say in the last two years. kings lynns not that great but you dont have to go far at all for great nature
i love your program.carleen 26 kings lynn
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muntjac are not endangerd
chinese import
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One migrating bird Autumnwatch has not commented on very much - GEESE. We have been watching hundreds of them going south over the past week or more. One day after a severe gale and snow during the morning there was so many passing over the sky was black. I am assuming they were Grey lag and Pink feet. Today while out in the car we passed a field close to the main road and we counted over 800, it was a stubble field which had had wheat in it, I assume the birds were picking up the grain left by the combine. Yesterday we watched about 80 swans land on a small loch, this loch is a favorite wintering place for swans there are hundreds of them there each winter. Bobbe MacDonald Easter-Ross
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i also have a view of st margrets tower from my window where the other night i saw what i think was swallows or swifts know they were pointy, flying in that magical way they doaround it, it was only a small flock though. sure as every year i will see a much larger magical display hopfully
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just been watching sea eagle clip-wow !!
couldn't believe it when one was called Sky-that's the same name as one of my kingfisher characters in my red squirrel animated story based at Brownsea-see all at redandginger.com -script,characters, pop\rock soundtrack etc-all original stuff
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In connection with last night's report on clever crows - I live in the west of Scotland near Helensburgh on the Gareloch (first sea loch off the Clyde) and have been watching similar behaviour over 30 years here. Carrion crows collect shellfish from the beach and drop them onto the shore road to break them open. I've also observed them doing this at Gourock railway station. If they manage to hit the rail there is a very effective smashing noise. It sometimes takes them a few tries to get the right drop!Scotland has always been known as a country of innovators so I suggest that the idea has moved south to England!
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In response to the "clever crows" item, I sat on the beach front at Prestatyn some years ago and watched a jackdaw repeatedly dropping a bone on the steps down to the sand in order to break it open and get at the marrow. That has to be about seven years ago now, so this is not really new behaviour...........
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Just to add a further sighting of Muntjac (regularly seen) Southfield Golf Course, Cowley, Oxford, and Shotover Country Park, Headington, Oxford.
Thanks
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Muntjack's spotted in Uley, Glos, making their way to the South West perhaps.
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12.30 pm Wednesday 5/11/08
A flock of about 25 - 30 Goldcrest have just flown into our garden - Canford Heath Poole. They darted in and around the trees and bushes and splashing in the goldfish pond. They stayed in for about 5 minutes then disappeared.
A very beautiful site.
Derek and Georgie Brown
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Must tell you, we saw our first wild otter in our village this summer, heading down towards the river. We are lucky enough to have a wide variety of birds that visit our garden. We have a pair of goldcrests in the fir tree, swollows nested in the wood shed for the first time this year, as well as young raised by robins, wrens, tits and others.
This time of year we watch the starlings in their thousands congregate at roosting time to become millions. Its a real treat to see them flying in unison to produce those fantastic shapes.
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We have seen muntjac deer in and around the woods at Hall Farm Beeston Regis , Sheringham Norfolk
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we have seen and sometimes heard munctjac all this summer in our meadow and thicket near Stowmarket in Suffolk including a lovely close up sighting of a youngster in the hedge.
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hi
Great show
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There are Muntjac in Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Warks. I recently moved from CV13 0LY but whilst I lived there I saw Muntjac on various occasions
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Exciting world news today, history in the making. So sad i missed autumn watch, great programme, highlight of the day.
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Is it possible to view the muntjack map that Simon Showed us the other night, on the internet?
If so where?
Cheers.
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WARNING - DON'T GET TOO CLOSE TO RUTTING DEER!
I'm sure many of you reading Simon's blog are well aware of this, but unfortunately some people visiting deer parks to watch the annual rut are still getting much too close to the deer - potentially putting themselves, and the deer, in danger. This has been happening at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire, and the National Trust have asked us to issue a gentle warning not to get too close!
Thanks - Stephen (Autumnwatch series editor)
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Hi Simon
Kettles on in Charmouth if youre passing!!
Lorraine and Abbi
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