The rabbit warrens are all over the course, but seem lesser in number as course conditioning improves. Now I know why the rule book grants relief from burrowing animal holes ! No pesticides are used at Askernish, to the best of my knowledge, and the wildlife is plentiful. Highland cattle graze during the winter months, and one gets relief from the occasional cowpie. What I've not seen is the corncrake, a linksland bird that hides in the dune grasses and is the Askernish Club Logo. One hears its distinctive call but rarely catches a glimpse. I can't imagine a more unspoiled and natural setting for a golf course. If only I could go back in a time machine and be with Old Tom Morris as he first surveyed the dunes under Lady Cathcart's patronage back around 1890 !