ALT from Scavenger: 8/06/25 Squinting through the trees, early evening, I spot a strange creature with a lump bobbing on its rump. My brain adjusting to what my eyes message, I realise the odd vision is of a magpie picking ticks off a muntjac fawn. Entranced by this mutualistic relationship, I watch, not moving, until the magpie flies off the meal-ticket grazing its way towards the undergrowth. Cattle egrets, oxpeckers, jackdaws, crows and magpies reap the rewards of scavenging or scratching an itch.