No, we have not bumped off any Magpies (and nor would we!) but to illuminate further the rodent carnage yesterday afternoon on the foreshore over the high tide I though I would post a selection of somewhat gory images taken by Brenda and Chris Lowe.
Nature can appear cruel at times and I thought twice (for a nano-second) about posting these but this is all perfectly natural and is not a recent phenomenon. It has undoubtedly been happening along every tideline for millennia with predators of one sort or another arriving on cue to pick off the weak and helpless as Mother Nature throws them a curve-ball.
Sometime the Mags do not have it all their own way.....
... and sometimes they do.... My what pretty colours.....
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer