# Today in nature I saw **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854 "2020-07-20T18:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 995
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/995 "2021-10-02T11:35:29Z")
Returning to the subject of herons… This wasn’t today, it was actually six days ago, in the Baie de Mont Saint Michel. In a typically French manner, for about twenty dollars you can be piled onto the Train Marin - which consists of two old farm trailers being pulled by an old tractor - and, at low tide, be trucked out into the bay. You know, where the sea is. > **[Commented Walks | Saint-Malo – Mont-Saint-Michel Bay – Tourism](https://www.saint-malo-tourisme.co.uk/living-like-at-home/explorations/adventures-leisure/commented-walks/)** > > Come to be led in commented strolls! Several possibilities are offered to you… You will have the choice ! Unusual experience. There was a moment during the journey when I saw a composition lining up, and without time to think just pointed the phone and clicked. Here, after a certain amount of cropping (but no other editing) is the result. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Xf9SLcaA9hC3SdthbcYtouYSXllImypq-9QJ4YAA_OzbpbXWJY6nUKn4pr5nZ-GDmqxeMGozWhbo8scw_qY9w113_EN1ujVSdrg6WR_jcQeOXmWUmX0SiyqWu08ggBmGPA_0geQMYg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/415tR2EEh8CRa7ue7) I’ve already mentioned a few of the things we saw (and heard) on our trip. Here’s another I have not yet mentioned - maybe you need to be British to understand why I was so pleased about this. Within literally half an hour of arriving, we saw a red squirrel. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DyVhOrimkRDgVG9nS_QNxcP83p6tQOexouLSHfVEBjuJKcgFY_XQjYMbKZJ9YQ3eGmLbYEp22UKtXJZJWJDqU3lF8roKAfox5JMBUYqU6XE99oHsNYASTf-GTXDOvVyspbWCma4W7A=w600-h315-p-k "New item by j") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/hGeLv5HYDCXViyg86) They are pretty much extinct in England now, outcompeted by the import grey. The number of times I have seen one is probably in single figures (and I think always in France), but we saw two while we were away. Trust me, it was great. j --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854)._