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Be ok that pal Its kind of how my Mrs cuts my hair anyway

2 last night for my pal i was out with on sheep farm Protecting Curlew and skylark TOTAL 102

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Great day ! Just had a pop at the corvids today Got 28 mixed - mainly crows though

Not a bad morning 28 mixed crow / jack Total 978

I like it hahahah PMd

Yes its crazy what they did

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Hi Supersport - I will have this lot if still available Thanks

Up by J29 M1 mate Hasland Bypass

Up by us the council has actually put up barriers to impede the line of sight to stop people pulling straight from a bypass onto a roundabout They thought it would make people slow to look properly instead of pulling straight onto the roundabout In reality it makes people have to stop - causing mayhem and the shall i shant i go - crashes galore

And it also lets some lovely wild flowers spread too Much rather they left the grass for No Mow May Just Leave it June and July and actually spent it on repairing the roads . removing graffiti and litter picker Where ? Post some pictures please ? I have not seen this anywhere to be honest

Yes i have seen this too - a Gos chasing them about the pen causing mayhem I arrived at the pen today at about 730 and a buzzard rose from the floor - its mate left the tree - and at the bottom was a poult just minutes dead. The buzzards do kill them but dont panic the whole pen like a Gos 👍

One of the lads got 1 last night Half grown cub Total 94

I wonder if the birds are then carried away however Fellside because buzz or Gos can only kill one at a time it actually takes them - rather than kills a dozen when the birds are younger Had some good success Rim Fire with using 2 /3 cheap radios in the pens. Put them on an hour before dusk - have not (knowingly) lost a dozen birds so far - they have been in just over a week and we are alive with all the raptors - Little Owl, Kite, Osprey, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl , Gos, Kestrel ,Peregrine, Merlin, Sparrow hawk, buzzard - even had an escaped Harris last year !

15 crows today Hundreds about but would not decoy in the very very strong wind TOTAL 949

Great day

4 owners sounds a lot Lloyd

As London Best says BOP can cause disaster in release pens. I have seen a Goshawk kill and then move on and kill again Many BOP will kill and simply leave the dead birds like a fox would Its not just the killing but the shock factor on the others that can kill them or indeed make them fly into the wire or trees No way can the vast majority of shoots have a net on - not if their release pens are large to ensure the welfare of the poults. The one tool in our armoury is habitat management. We can make sure their is cover - for the birds to hide in - habitat management creates breeding areas for other birds and prey species sharing any predatory pressure. I also use radios at night and move their positions daily We still lose a few and have many different types of Raptor which i do love to see

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Brill

5 crows today Total 933

Get yer sen in t Portland Harry Cat

Totally feel the same way - Im the man who spends 5/6 hours and walks 8/9 miles on a Sunday after our syndicate shoot trying to account for every bird - obviously i cant - because of the cover / the river or the foxes , badgers and birds of prey - but i do try. The only time when i do shoot and leave though is if a patch in the middle of a field has been laid and has been getting hammered - as above i will try and pick in the tramlines - will always try and find a known wounded birds - but birds do get left. maybe the OP could find the flightline to the field and shoot them flighting to it - rather than on it - Thats what i always try to do first. I have also had some success when crops are laid a bit later in the season with shooting over a water source

In Barley Not a good idea - the awns are very spikey and can damage a dogs eyes, ears and respiratory tracks