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Greenbank
No cow incidents of note today but I almost ran over a frog (no hi vis), saw three kestrels (quite unusual for this area), one kingfisher and three deer, and almost ran over a squirrel (no helmet) and I also learned that deer can swim:
I pass a fishing lake on the mornings which is separated from the tow path by a high fence (supposedly to keep otters out but I suspect it's to stop people just walking in off the tow path). I saw two deer on the other side of the fence who were startled and ran off away from me but in the same direction I was heading. "Oh cool, I'm going to cycle right past them and get really close" I think, but as I gained on them they both started trying to jump through the fence which is far too small a mesh for them to get through. I backed off so they'd calm down a little and find their own way around the lake but one decided to jump the fence where it became a bit lower and then, without breaking stride, leapt straight into the canal and proceeded to paddle over the the other side!
A pretty cool thing to see but a shame I startled the deer so badly.