Wildlife corner - part two (contains sad news)

This wasn't going to be what part two was about, but then a chance sighting of a story about race-horse breeding reminded me I hadn't dropped by the Alpaca Station website for a while, so I did, and discovered some bad news.  The jackdaws (who were supposed to be part two) will just have to wait.

Regular readers might remember Ivano, that pillar of the alpaca community:

Very sadly, he passed away over the winter.  There's a nice tribute to him here.  I'm genuinely quite moved by this.