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Sean Richo
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Got a small shoot few hundred acres with some ponds and small woods farmer grows rape and wheat only. Had a walk round today and the only birds around are buzzards loads of them I know a lot of pigeon have migrated now but will this amount of buzzards effect pigeon numbers next year? The last few years the farm has hundreds of pigeons on and provides good sport normally all year round but there are nowhere near this amount of buzzards normally I can only presume it's a family of them that had expanded rapidly? My mate reckons they will put a lot of pigeons off staying when they arrive back?

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We have loads of Buzzards over all our shoots and we think they home in on the sound of shooting as they feed on the winged birds that fly off and die under trees as we find them eaten when we pack up and check the edges of the fields,

 

They have never made a significant effect on the pigeon numbers in the area.

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So mixed opinions from different people that's what forums are all about. I have not really seen a pigeon the last few weeks on the shoot which is unusual as you can normally see a few moving about. The perimeter of the shoot has a ditch and trees all around the edge of the fields and they just sit there and drop out as your walking past loads of them

I do think they are allready having an effect as can usually get four or five pigeons on a really

Slow day but I just can't see a pigeon in the sky only time will tell roll on Spring!

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There was also a very large group of ferals on the farm even they have disappeared even crow numbers are down feel like am getting watched by buzzards wherever I go feels like every buzzard in the county is on my shoot suppose the numbers will increase every year now too as they are top of food chain! Never mind just nice getting out

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