Mountain bikers saving wildlife.

[funnymummy]

Helix Pomatia - sorry, but they have legal protection so one can't collect and eat them. http://www.uksafari.com/romansnail.htm So once again MG comes to the rescue of a semi endangered species! Et voila.

I thought this was a cycling chat room?

MG

Bugger! I was just about to pop out with my bucket!!

 

[Muddy Ground]

So was I! All set to get the kids collecting them whilst I sat at the cafe on Reigate Hill shooting the breeze with other middle aged but like minded cyclists. Bummer.

MG

 

[Melonfish]

Oh well i guess its back to regular snails then
still tasty.

 

[tradesecrets]

The Adder is the UK's only poisonous snake this Country has and is the most elusive ..

 

[c00ke5ter]

Rescued a duckling hellbent on playing with traffic, posted it through the hedges several times only for it to run back out. No sign nor sound of mother / others so took it home and raised it in a hutch in the garden. Once big enough, it lived "wild" but would still follow me round / quack when I got too far away. Would waddle into the house if we left the door open, watched too much TV tho!

Never been able to eat Duck since!

 

[screenman]

Seen two Adders up here and followed a Deer along the cycle track for a mile yesterday, we have rescued sheep, dogs, owls and a few humans.

 

[Ludwig]

You have to way up the balance between human interefence and habitat loss. You could say that having mountain bike trails leads to habital loss but on the other hand many of these trails are quite wild and the mtb community with the partenship of wildlife organiasations help to preserve unique habitats that may otherwise be intensively farmed, built on or filled with conifers.

 

[hotmetal]

Two things I don't eat:
Snails that have eaten poison mushrooms.
Snails that may have eaten poison mushrooms but are now sh*tting orange (clever trick though for snail munchers).

Would make a good car sticker though: "I slow down for snails!"

PS Well done for saving wildlife on your rides. Especially slow worms. They're kind of cool, and don't deserve to get squashed.