Comments on: Merlin Is Missing! https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:59:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364560 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:59:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364560 Great images!

]]> By: Moz https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364488 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:38:20 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364488 So sad to hear about Merlin, such a stunning bird.

]]> By: Amanda https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364474 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:38:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364474 So sorry.
Losing anyone we are deeply attached to is wounding.
Like Chris Scaife l’ve felt the loss deeply of my pets and the disappearance of my own daily garden wildlife characters.

l’m in tune with his emotion of not knowing her fate, nor hearing so far from anyone who may have found her.
A solid conclusion can be healing to the human mind.

My escaped kitty found by the paperboy changed the level of mind whirring desperation, sleeplessly searching high + low to get her back, to one of resigned profound grief.

Coming across a wounded squirrel or pigeon, l safely wrap them like a burrito and take them to my wildlife vet and then worry and worry til they phone with the outcome, completely unable to settle til l know their fate or recovery.

Jill’s recommended touching article in The Spectator reveals Merlin’s own silent grief at the sudden loss of a friend, gently touching her closed eyes with her beak, maybe instinctively sensing that if they magically opened, all was not lost.

Such a devoted bond Chris has had with Miss Merlin and as Achim reminds us we might heed the omen that she did indeed leave the hamlet of the sombre Tower despite her love for him.

l pray she does return to Chris and l pray we are allowed to return to a life worth living.
Her return would mean so much.

]]> By: Eva Radford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364430 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:02:51 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364430 I read about Merlin last week and was hoping she would be back by now. So sorry Mr. Skaife. This is a terrible loss. She was magnificent. Thank you for posting these photos of happier times.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364427 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:09:14 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364427 Your photos convey the deep kinship between Mr. Skaife and Merlin; and I can imagine that he must feel this loss very deeply. Your article captures the rampant charisma of the raven – surely a one-of-a-kind companion. Until today, I was unaware that a flock of ravens is known as an “unkindness” — which seems quite fitting when one of them is no longer around to produce smiles, curiosity and admiration. (and tugs on shoe laces)

Mr. Skaife, I am very sorry for the loss of this magnificent friend.
Stay safe, all.

]]> By: Boudica Redd https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364424 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:24:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364424 Merlin was it that one wyth them black beady eyes that kept watching me when you filmed us at thee tower back in October 2019 there used to be a raven that used to wait fore me to go to thee boot sale on a Sunday back in 2011 perhaps he could see my husband Guido Fawkes let’s hope they fund her

]]> By: Mark. https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364419 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:01:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364419 Poor Merlin!
One can only hope the Kingdom (Monarchy) does fall.
Might have a chance then……

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364418 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:33:59 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364418 These Wonderful Pictures of the Royal Ravens. I’d Love to go to London to see them. Thank You So Much!! (I’m from Vancouver BC, My family is from Ireland and Scotland.)????????

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364417 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:20:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364417 What happened to Merlin? Dear G.A., please let us know if the appears. Thank you.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/01/19/merlin-is-missing/#comment-1364414 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:04:51 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=184963#comment-1364414 ‘If the ravens leave the Tower, the kingdom will fall…’ — I believe in these prophecies. I sincerely hope that the Queen will be as well as my father, who is exactly her year of birth, 1926. And I firmly believe that Britain will be much better off after Brexit!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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