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Funny animal friends - Pohangina style

One of the things we enjoy about living in the country is observing the interactions of the animals - both among their own kind and with other animals. One of the more unexpected interactions has been between this year's Wiltshire lambs and the spur-winged plovers who have decided to make a nest in the middle of the paddock, just like last year. The lambs have developed a fascination for the birds, crowding around them like kids around a lolly scramble. In turn, the birds are stubborning staying put to protect their nest with its precious cargo of two speckled eggs. Their loud screeching protests at the lambs' incursions don't seem to deter the lambs at all ... if anything it seems to make t