If grey squirrels killed every year in the UK were sold for meat,it would be no execrable thing. Factory farming is more harmful to the environment
The first hour of the day, before the sun is over the horizon: this is the time to see wildlife. In the spring and summer, and when no one else is walking,when there is no traffic and the air is dense, so that the sounds of the natural world reverberate, and when nocturnal and diurnal beasts are roaming,you will see animals that melt absent like snow as the sun rises.
Whenever I stay in an unfamiliar part of the countryside, I try to wake before dawn and walk until the heat begins to rise. Many of my richest experiences with wildlife believe occurred at such times. In this magical hour, or I too seem to come to life. I hear more,smell more, I am more alert. I feel that at other times my perceptions are muted, or my senses dulled by the white noise of the day.
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Source: theguardian.com