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Has anybody seen much in the way of wild chicks this year? (except ducks!) I'm sitting watching another storm roll through and probably another 15-20mm of rain, to go with the 75mm we have already håd this month. Surely very little would be able to survive this constant wet, especially now the grass and crops are so tall and thick

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Saw some about 2 weeks ago, nearly the size of partridges, and last week saw one the dog found already dead only a couple of days old, don't think anything hatched in the last 10 days here would have survived.

 

Don.t think we are really noticing because there are no floods like a few years ago. but I think it's going to be a poor year around here for wild stock. lots of rain and low temperatures.

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Feel quite guilty by stating we have quite a few! Landowners Dad reckons he hasn't seen as many before, but we haven't had a decent spell of rain for some weeks now, with mostly very hot dry weather. Have to dunk my dog in the river every night as it's far too hot for her.

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In mid Norfolk last night they had thunderstorms that flooded roads and houses , it was reported they had 50 to 90 mil of rain in a very short spell and even today there are still roads impassable .

 

As for wild game , its not looking good with every where soaked and very little insect life , except for the flies that is , always plenty on my dead pigeons :yes:

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Seen a handful of pheasant broods this week,2-4 weeks old ,mostly 6 young,a brood of 10 was seen by the sprayer man 3 weeks ago when they could flutter over the standing crop.

No partridges seen yet,it`s been bad for them at hatching time.

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Saw a pair of Frenchies with so many I couldn't count accurately, probably a dozen or more. Up near Bolsover.

My pheasants have had a bad time with only one or two poults following hens about. Still wet today but promises drier the next week or so and rising temps. Nearly froze to death two nights ago in a high seat even with a fleece on.

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Saw a pair of Frenchies with so many I couldn't count accurately, probably a dozen or more. Up near Bolsover.

My pheasants have had a bad time with only one or two poults following hens about. Still wet today but promises drier the next week or so and rising temps. Nearly froze to death two nights ago in a high seat even with a fleece on.

Where abouts near bolsover did you see them.

I havnt seen any partridge broods this year but pheasant are doing well

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Last week I was at one of our pens and a poult was trying to get in the pen, no one of ours as it was far to big so must of been from an early wild brood. An hour later at the same pen I also came across a hen bird with at least 4 chicks no more than a week old. Two different ends of the scale and great to see.

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