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Rats in Sydenham Woods


Annette Curtain

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Eeeeeekk...


We went for a walk in Sydenham Woods yesterday and it was lovely, as it often is this time of the year


There were the customary "Hello & how are you" and "Lovely day" exchanges. All very civilised it was.


However, we then met a man who asked my boys "Have you seen any Rats yet"


"RATS...where ?" Their faces all lit up


After a brief exchange we set off, eyes peeled. And blimey, there's a fair few up there. In the space of 40 minutes we saw half a dozen or so. Apparently the Fox population, which was previously quite high, has fallen and with it the Rats have grown in numbers


We mainly saw them around the high path, near the Dulwich Wood Crescent gate.


It was all a bit creepy (but my boys loved it)


Any other "wildlife" sightings up there ?http://www.opirgbrock.org/files/images/rat%20drawing.jpg



Netts:-S

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ratty Wrote:

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> There's tons in sainsburys park too


Is that still going on? If so i'll email Sainsburys, they seemed quite helpful last year or whenever it was that there were lots of sightings.


I have no idea why I seem to find it sort of acceptable for rats to be in Peckham Rye and Dulwich Park but not the Sainsburys mini park thing!

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mikeb Wrote:

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> Nice to see all the old familiar names posting on

> that link. I can never keep track of who renamed

> themselves and carried on and who disappeared for

> good. Is Keef still posting?



He's not I'm afraid. He didn't know about it, but your username expires when you get to 10,000 posts and he is no more I'm afraid. Never liked him anyway.

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