Reptile Cold Case - Blood Warning -

[JonathanD]

Okey dokey, fresh kill. Who dunnit?

 

[Siberianfury]

im betting a rat or weasle.

 

[JonathanD]

From the puncture marks I would have said weasel too, they are spot on for a weasel bite. In this case the perpetrator was seen and disturbed, it wasn't weasel or rat.

 

[Alfredo]

Hedgehog...?

 

[JonathanD]

Nope, not a shnufty-pig.

 

[FerlasDave]

It wasnt that pesky heron again was it? Hmmmm Im thinking some kind of bird?

 

[JonathanD]

It wasnt that pesky heron again was it? Hmmmm Im thinking some kind of bird?

You're right about the bird. Not a heron though.

 

[Mesquite]

Corvid... ?

 

[JonathanD]

Corvid... ?

Nope, none of the corvid family.

 

[FerlasDave]

Buzzard maybe?

 

[JonathanD]

Buzzard maybe?

Nope, although there are plenty about and do take them quite regularly.

 

[_scorpio_]

that must have been a kestrel to have spotted that...?

 

[_scorpio_]

you must have scared the attacker off though or surely it would have eaten it??

 

[JonathanD]

Not a kestrel. No doubt it would have eaten it if it wasn't scared off. Probably came back to finish it off later.

 

[_scorpio_]

who is close then? i cant think of much else that would have bothered...egret? herring gull??? not a corvid...

 

[_scorpio_]

is it something really unguessably odd... like a duck or a sparrow or something?

 

[JonathanD]

Nope, none of them. There is one bird that is responsible for eating most of our native reptiles. Never seen one tackle something this big before though.

 

[lab72]

Not a adder ?????????

 

[_scorpio_]

adders arent birds...

 

[JonathanD]

Not a adder ?????????

Nope, it was a bird.