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.....so those two must have had a suicide pact...
I have been forced to conclude that grey squirrels are indeed suicidal - either that or they are just incredibly stupid; the Exeter area has over the last several months seen an obvious growth in the grey squirrel population but a significant number of the blighters end up as road kill e.g. on a 2 1/2 hour cycle ride this morning I counted 11 greys that had failed to observe the highway code. Perhaps they are biologically related to lemmings? |
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« Reply #151 on: September 23, 2024, 17:05:38 » |
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Being classed as vermin, it is illegal to release (grey) squirrels once trapped/caught/etc - so those two must have had a suicide pact...
I don't believe there is a legal classification of "vermin" these days. However, grey squirrels are on the "Union list" of invasive species, which does make releasing them an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019. There are surprisingly few alien animals on that list (though rather more plants): Crab, Chinese Mitten Eriocheir sinensisCrayfish, Red Swamp Procambarus clarkiiCrayfish, Signal Pacifastacus leniusculusCrayfish, Spiny-cheek Orconectes limosusDeer, Muntjac Muntiacus reevesiDuck, Ruddy Oxyura jamaicensisFlatworm, New Zealand Arthurdendyus triangulatesGoose, Egyptian Alopochen aegyptiacusPumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosusSquirrel, Grey Sciurus carolinensisThe Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is a very schizophrenic bit of legislation: most of it is about not doing nasty things to any kind of wildlife, and then it flips over when it comes to the aliens and makes some nasty things (within limits, of course) compulsory. It also contains a much longer list of aliens, containing some surprising entries - such as the Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus. I guess that's about licensing and controls, and perhaps in that case the rules differ in Scotland. There was Japanese Knotweed in a neighbouring site, supposedly removed in the approved manner before it was built on. But I was surprised to find the Cotoneaster horizontalis in my garden is listed as an invasive alien. In this case the control regime just tells you not to plant it outside your garden, but that's not easy to deduce starting from the list. |
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« Reply #152 on: September 24, 2024, 17:36:06 » |
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...now 16:50 Plymouth to London Paddington due 20:23
Facilities on the 16:50 Plymouth to London Paddington due 20:23.
Catering is reduced between Plymouth and London Paddington No catering in rear set due to an infestation of fruit flys. |
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« Reply #153 on: September 24, 2024, 20:04:26 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #154 on: September 24, 2024, 21:34:31 » |
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Time flies Fruit Flys like a Banana,unless they catch a train that is
Or it might just be a case of Flys go mad in Devon
Now where did I leave my coat.
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« Reply #155 on: September 24, 2024, 22:29:38 » |
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« Reply #156 on: September 25, 2024, 07:27:48 » |
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Hmm… undone by flies, one might say.
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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« Reply #157 on: September 25, 2024, 17:10:43 » |
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An old joke about one of the books allegedly written by W E Johns - 'Biggles flies undone'.  |
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« Reply #158 on: September 25, 2024, 18:35:17 » |
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« Reply #159 on: September 25, 2024, 18:51:57 » |
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« Reply #161 on: November 19, 2024, 11:57:22 » |
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11:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach due 12:23
11:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach due 12:23 will be started from Bristol Temple Meads.
It will no longer call at Weston-Super-Mare, Weston Milton, Worle, Yatton, Nailsea & Backwell, Parson Street and Bedminster.
This is due to a fault with the electric third rail earlier today.
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« Reply #162 on: November 19, 2024, 17:56:23 » |
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Yes, that third rail at Nailsea & Backwell has always been a bit of an issue ... |
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« Reply #163 on: November 19, 2024, 19:29:17 » |
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11:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach due 12:23
11:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach due 12:23 will be started from Bristol Temple Meads.
It will no longer call at Weston-Super-Mare, Weston Milton, Worle, Yatton, Nailsea & Backwell, Parson Street and Bedminster.
This is due to a fault with the electric third rail earlier today.
Last Updated:19/11/2024 10:18 The stabiliser rail always causes problems. At a guess the set was pinched to restart a Pompey Cardiff at the Temple Meads of Doom. |
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Retired and loving it! Pround owner of a brand new little red book and an annual first class https://oneticket.cz/networkPassSearchIt will be well used and I doubt I'll ever get any delay repay compensation. |
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« Reply #164 on: November 23, 2024, 12:18:49 » |
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Continuing to widen the theme of weird messaging, this appeared on Journeycheck.com/greatwesternrailway today: Westbury: Staffing
Westbury station will be single staffed from now until the end of the day.
Additional Information
Please be prepared to assist with dispatch or self dispatch if necessary.
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