23 Friday Jun 2023
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birding, birdwatching, British birds, Coot, Coot family, cootlet, turtle
I was concerned this situation was going to end badly for the tiny cootlets – one snap of that turtle’s jaws and they’d be goners!
I should’ve had more faith in the Coots – after all, these birds are known for their stroppy attitude. These Coot parents were quickly on the turtle’s case, jabbing at its legs and tail to move it away.
01 Tuesday Aug 2017
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alien invader, American red-eared terrapin, Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, invasive terrapin, invasive turtle, terrapin, turtle
Does anyone else see the irony in the fact that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles battled alien invaders for the good of society, yet the popularity of their comic books, TV cartoons and films created a craze for pet turtles, the idiotic and irresponsible owners of which have now created their own alien invaders by releasing their unwanted pets into Britain’s rivers, ponds and assorted waterways?
23 Monday May 2016
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‘Ode to the Turtle’
The turtle can’t go out to play,
Or sell his house or rent it;
For when he moves,
His house moves too
And nothing can prevent it.
World Turtle Day was created in 1990 ‘as an annual observance to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world’. Read more here.
