We had a short visit from a young corvid the other day. A jackdaw chick had caught the unwelcome attention of a cat so came for a short visit before being returned to where it was found after reading the advice online. Baby jackdaws will live on the ground after leaving the nest and remain under the watchful eye of their parents who will fend off predators and feed them until they’re strong enough to look after themselves. At this young age they are easy to handle and although tempting to keep the little thing a bit longer, after a couple of pics, back home it went, happily riding down the road on the handlebars of a bike!
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Blue Planet II
As I'm sure everyone knows; the BBC natural history programmes are very special pieces of television and Blue Planet consistently delivers incredible footage. Very often we are witness to animals and behaviours that are stranger than fiction and this series hasn't disappointed. Scenes like this one below are brilliant examples of how nature, given millions of years to evolve, can create such breathtakingly beautiful creatures with abilities and environmental adaptations that are truly fantastical. My only wish is that these scenes inspire and persuade those people with influence to do all that is possible to protect these ecosytems which have developed to be perhaps the most amazing examples of life in our or any other galaxy. To allow a species or ecosystem to become extinct is to turn the clock back to zero and squander many lifetimes of evolutionary development. The plants and creatures on this planet are truly it's most precious jewels and losing them is a colossal tragedy.