Country diary: These formidable feral goats belong in these hills | Jim Perrin
17-05-2024 06:30 via theguardian.com

Country diary: These formidable feral goats belong in these hills | Jim Perrin

Dinorwig, Eryri: As I encounter a flock coming out of the woods, I’m reminded that this is their domain, not mineWith my back to a sessile oak tree, I was lazing on a bed of moss with the hyacinth scent of bluebells drifting around when a more pungent, muskier odour registered on the slight breeze. I stirred and looked along the path leading into the depths of the wood.Movement! A flock of the feral goats (Capra hircus hircus) that have long populated these woods trotted into view, a magni
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