#muntjac — Public Fediverse posts
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/05/22/domestic-t20-competitions-under-way/
The English domestic #T20 competitions are underway today. As I prepare to listen to #SurreyvLancashire in the men's version this post looks back at #EssexvWarwickshire in the women's. Also a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #WomensCricket #ESSvWAR #photography #birds #insects #bees #butterflies #beetles #muntjac -
A #muntjac fawn stands right next to its mother in #KettlewellLanePark earlier today.
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/26/all-time-xis-detective-fiction/
An all time XI of players who have namesakes in detective fiction and a photo gallery.
#cricket #DetectiveFiction #AllTimeXIs #photography #birds #cormorants #heron #starlings #lapwings #sparrows #mammals #squirrels #muntjac #hare #fungi -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/25/scorchers-win-bbl15/
A brief account of today's #BBL15 final and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #BBLFinal #PSvSS #photography #birds #LittleEgret #cormorants #starlings #lapwings #GreylagGeese #Sparrows #Muntjac -
Found this bit of happiness on reddit this morning. Enjoy.
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New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/12/07/england-0-2-down-in-ashes/
A look back at today in Brisbane, player ratings, suggestions for Adelaide and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #TestCricket #TheAshes #Ashes #AustraliavEngland #photography #birds #cormorants #MallardDrake #swans #starlings #mammals #squirrel #muntjac -
New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2025/10/18/cricket-meets-baldrick/
My thoughts on the use of #Colombo as an adjunct venue at #CWC2025, which is mainly being staged in #India. Also a photo gallery.
#cricket #CWC25 #SriLankavSouthAfrica #PakistanvNewZealand #rain #birds #insects #bees #beetles #fungi #mammals #muntjac #lagomorph #hare -
@Broadfork
I just wish I had a good answer to that question or one that might impress.Around COVID time we had a #raisedbed constructed. The trouble is the #Muntjac. The #deer eat everything, so that's been unused since that first #season. (You can also blame wife's health as a contributory factor.) It's also used in a few window boxes, but that's about it as far as convention goes.
Dare I confess that a lot is mixed with the chippings we generate from storm damaged trees and those that have died and is spread on the paths. The soil is basically peat and as it dries footsteps grind it away exposing tree roots that become a trip hazard. The original idea was that it might help create smooth grass paths, but in such wooded conditions there's little sun and ground that's much above the water table dries out too much for grass.
My wife has suggested giving it away or selling it, but I'm very reluctant to let anything go off site. The ground's low enough as it is.
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Elephants' ears are beginning to flower beautifully but the leaves, every last one, have been eaten. Bloody muntjac!
But then, I wanted a wildlife friendly garden, hence I am getting the wildlife, which is satisfying. Ah well …#ElephantsEars #muntjac #ArtistsGarden #ImperfectGarden #garden #gardener #gardening #GardenPhotography #Artist #wolfkettler #Photography #GardenWiltshire #WiltshireGarden #Wiltshire #sustainable #spring #bloomscrolling #biodiversity #natural #NaturalGarden #WildlifeFriendly #PlanetFriendly #PollinatorFriendly #ecology #climate #ClimateChange #conservation #sustainability
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Already I'm regretting leaving my camera at the cottage. The quality of this video, taken through our patio doors, is not good.
But you do hear Diana's comment about the #heron building it's #nest one stick at a time.The sudden swing of angle at the end was made in the hope you'd see the bird's landing spot in the trees beyond the lake, but instead it turns as it's still rising to miss the trees.
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Oops! my server went off line for a period. Perhaps, I missed a maintenance announcement? Hence my delay in reporting the continuing story of tonight's visit by a #heron outside our lounge.
As #sunset began to change the light #tuftedducks and #mallard gathered on the lake behind the heron.
I went to transfer the photos to my computer only to have Diana reporting that now three #muntjac #deer had crossed from the neighbour's field and joined the party.
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@Pollinators
I feel a little guilty that, so far, I've only used the #compost to top up some #raised_beds, which have largely been abandoned because the #Muntjac #deer raid just about everything planted in them, and to raise the paths around the site. Most of this part of the site is pure #peat and the slightest footfall wears them away to the point where #tree #roots become a hazard. I mix the compost with any #chippings I generate from fallen #timber. -
We got home from the #Christmas #Lunch to spot a pair of #Muntjac beside the lake. Zooming out to keep both #deer in view, I realised there was a third one present (though it didn't make a good picture!)
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Made you look! Zoos create cryptids
Hoaxes propagated by zoos are not new. Chinese zoos have repeatedly passed off painted dogs as pandas. And, it’s become a gimmick now for zoos to publicize that they have a mystery creature sighting. The latest is from the Bristol Zoo in England. This week, they posted a trail cam pic of a “mystery animal” seen around the zoo. The photo is that of an edited muntjac deer with wings and a single swirled horn.
The aim is to get people sharing the post and to come to the zoo for a post-summer visit. That’s all great and I love it. Clearly, it’s for fun. Unfortunately, in today’s internet climate, there will be those people who take it seriously or out of context.
There are hundreds of photos circulated on social media showing real animals tagged with the wrong location (big cats like “black panthers” are possibly the most common). Photoshopped or AI images flood facebook, TikTok, etc. Sadly, some will willingly believe these creatures are real while the rest of us just chuckle, roll (eyes) and scroll.
The zoo cryptid ploy took off thanks to the Amarillo zoo mystery photo of May 2022.
The photo caused a social media stir by appealing to a favorite Internet pastime – speculating wildly over a blurry photo. According to what was stated by the zoo, a security photo along the perimeter fence line captured an unusual-looking figure at 1:25 AM. But that’s it – that’s all we got. The photo had no scale, no daytime photo to compare, no attempt to recreate the photo, just a news release two weeks later asking for people to opine on what it could be. And, boy, did they. The creature was suggested to be a chupacabra, a dogman, or a werewolf. Other ideas were Sonic the hedgehog, Anubis, Crash Bandicoot, a Furry trying to break into the zoo, a person in a cowboy hat, a jackrabbit jumping away from the camera, a person carrying a raccoon (or a were-raccoon).
I do hope they were just being silly but some people have a less than adequate grasp on reality. It seems like that it was something normal captured in an unusual way, such as a coyote blurred by movement due to the slow shutter speed. It is also likely that this was a real photo that was used out of context for attention. The zoo knew this would get attention. There was no effort to made to explain it, which was a shame, because it was all about going viral and getting outrageous comments. I’m all for fun news but it stinks when it’s delivered in such a dumb way.
Other zoos saw how great it was for business to say that a strange animal was seen and that none of the zoo staff could identify it (wink, wink). Shortly after the Amarillo media success, the San Antonio zoo tried the same by replacing the Amarillo creature with their hippo. Not many people seem to be falling for the reality of a winged, horned deer, but certain paranormal-themed sites, like Coast to Coast AM run their weird science stories right alongside the obviously ridiculous stuff. There will be some people…
If you see your local zoo promoting cryptids, particularly around Halloween time, send me a tip!
For more on cryptids, visit my other blog Modern Cryptozoology. There is a new post about the awesome and beloved (hoaxed) mascot of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, the Hodag.
#AmarilloZoo #BristolZoo #cryptids #deer #hoax #muntjac #mysteryAnimal #UnidentifiedAmarilloObject #wingedDeer #zoo
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What sort of animal eats sycamore bark, between 1.2m and 1.8m up in a tree regrowing out of a hedge? I have seen muntjac here, but this is higher than a muntjac can reach. Unless muntjac can climb? #sycamore #muntjac #treedamage
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To make up for no close-ups of #Muntjac in my earlier post here are a couple I took with my "proper" #camera (#lumix FZ2000) from our bedroom window on the 26 May at around 17:00. As you can see, at wide angle, the deer is reduced to a dot in the centre of the image.
Although I haven't been keeping up the site in the last few years there's plenty more images like this, and a few videos, at: https://rustonhouse.org.uk/grounds/2023/index.php
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Fast paced action in the #garden during the #night. #Muntjac and #fox.
First scene at original speed, second scene in slow motion.#artistsgarden #imperfectgarden #artist #wolfkettler #gardenwiltshire #wiltshiregarden #wiltshire #WildlifeFriendly #wildlife #gardenwildlife
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A recent garden visitor.
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New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/09/dharamsala-debacle/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #TestCricket #INDvENG #photography #birds #insects #muntjac
A long post from me in which I look back at the match in Dharamsala and the series as a whole, pick my composite XI for the series and present a large photo gallery.
