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Winter crows on grass


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My one and only permission is an area of fields used for haylage / silage. I am grateful for it, and being my only permission I just try to make the best of what I have.

 

Crows / rooks and other corvids are the only really constant that stand some success of decoying. My problem is the length of grass this time of year, being on the longer side. I was thinking of using canes or some such to keep the decoys up above the grass so they are not coverrd by the grass at all. Would it look completely unnatural? Does anyone have any other suggestions, or do I just need to wait until the grass is cut.

 

I guess I need to find more permissions, but as a newcomer to Cornwall everywhere seems to be somebody else's permission already!

 

Many thanks for any suggestions

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I'm surprised the grass is still long at this time of year? If it's cut for hay / silage then it's generally new growth Fog for flushing yows or fattening lambs, grazed then left to regrow through spring.

Keep an eye on it's for muck spreading time and just after the grass has been cut as corvids love it and you should have some decent days 'fingers crossed'

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Funny you should say that; got down there to find 2 of the fields recently cut (but not before setting myself up in the uncut field for 2 fruitless hours). I'll be sure to ask the farmer when the remaining fields will be cut.

Yep find out what his cut is like and target that, again when muck is spread the corvids love it. When we cut our hay / silage it's also a good time for foxing. As my earlier post tho is strange to cut grass now as all of the sugars are lost with the grass being 'old'

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