Reptile Cold Case - Blood Warning -

[_scorpio_]

eh...?? slowworms arent that big....

 

[_scorpio_]

am i likely to go "oh! of course!" or "never heard of one before"

 

[lab72]

sorry been to pub i ll get a taxi ! ("taxi for lab72" )

 

[_scorpio_]

moorhen? coot? swan? owl???

 

[_scorpio_]

pigeon?? kingfisher!?!

 

[Sherwood]

Magpie? ??
sorry magpies are Corvids..
perhaps I should have gone to pub...

 

[_scorpio_]

magpies are corvids

 

[JonathanD]

eh...?? slowworms arent that big....

I've only ever seen them kill and eat juveniles before. Never adults.

No one has it yet.

 

[JonathanD]

am i likely to go "oh! of course!" or "never heard of one before"

The first one.

 

[Sherwood]

Yes, I realised and was editing my post,

 

[FerlasDave]

pheasant ....?

 

[Sherwood]

pheasant ....?

beat me to it I was going to say that or partridge?

 

[FerlasDave]

Or a goshhawk. Im thinking its something of that size as Im pretty sure I can see tallon marks just below the head.

 

[FerlasDave]

Hobbie? kestrel? merlin?

 

[JonathanD]

Hold on, hold on. You got it in your first post you loon.

pheasant ....?

 

[lab72]

spwrrow hawk ?

 

[JonathanD]

beat me to it I was going to say that or partridge?

Yeah, it was pheasant. Pesky non natives that they are.

 

[JonathanD]

Or a goshhawk. Im thinking its something of that size as Im pretty sure I can see tallon marks just below the head.

The marks on it's head are old scars. Quite a few older slow-worms have these.

 

[JonathanD]

spwrrow hawk ?

 

[FerlasDave]

Aha! I think I got a bit carried away there.

Ive only heard rumoures that they went after them, I didnt know it was true.