Steve reveals one particular neck of the woods that has been a hotspot for the animals for a number of years.
I am no fool but when I entered the Galloway Forest on April 1, I was asked by a local forester, ‘Have you seen the wild boar yet?’ to my shame I had to say ‘No’. It seems that this neck of the woods has been a hotspot for the animals for a number of years.
With their ability to produce two litters a year of up to ten piglets at the time, the two thriving, but separate groups in Dumfries and Galloway will likely meet up soon. Although secretive, it seems improbable that you may miss a This has proved true for me in Poland, Belarus and Tuscany. Ironically, I had recently spotted a large area of disturbed forest floor and assumed it was carried out by a family of very busy badgers, but in hindsight it was surely a wild boar.
Breaking the skyline, always a mistake, I surprised a whole family of wild boar, a ‘sounder’, and added my sighting to the national database forthwith. Defra are not great fans of wild boar, as they can damage farmland, and like manyNOSEYING AROUND: Wild boar have exceptional hearing and sense of smell but very poor eyesight
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