August 24th – It would appear that herons will eat not only fish and amphibians, but small rodents too.
Home Farm at Sandhills were getting their wheat in – watched carefully by an undaunted heron, who was clearly hoping for something squeaky and furry for tea.
I never knew herons did this, but apparently it’s fairly common. Remarkable birds.
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October 10th – Birmingham New Street. This is Birmingham New Street. As the automated announcements chimed the usual jingle, my train was delayed. Gazing up the platform from where I was sat on the crash barrier, I noticed something darting about. A mouse, or possibly a young rat. He was doing what nature intended – hoovering up.
I’m used to seeing mice and rats in stations: New Street is alive with rodents. People eat whilst waiting at stations, so there’s a ready supply of dropped and discarded food. Normally, such animals tend to look unhealthy, but this fellow was looking quite chipper. Contractors have recently sealed off platform eight as part of the modernisation works, and I suspect Mickey here was displaced, as was the rat I saw at the foot of the steps on the same platform 10 minutes later.
When the train came, it was too full and I ended up going to Walsall instead. Sometimes I feel I live in the station, just like the mice.
Sorry about the poor quality images. I won’t use flash in a station for safety reasons.
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