Now, apparently if you put the food in water, the cats won't eat it but the foxes will.
Good news: the cat did not eat it.
Bad news: no foxes came.
Good news: someone else did.
But she couldn't get the sausages from the water.
Would I just find soggy sausages? A magpie inspects what's on offer.
A biscuit's OK, but he knew the prize was in the water.
Yes, trust a corvid to work it out. I think he and his mate are nesting nearby, so they could do with the sausages. Not that that is all he took.
Someone else was interested.
But the magpie wasn't keen on company.
And had the loot all to himself.
In time-houred tradition though (see the photos by Dave and Di, the video by Clare), someone else managed to get a far better film than I ever could. No foxes, hogs of magpies, but one very cool dog with his person.
Leanne's dog Eddie had to have an operation on the skin near his eye ( a melanoma), hence the Snoopy-like pilot outfit.
The magpie rules the roost :-)