steve_b_wales

Thank you. I don't remember planting Elm last year, but I'm glad that some of them have germinated. I am surprised that there are two different colours though.

What saplings are these?

I hate in when someone is asked a question and they reply by saying 'So' ..... .. .. .. ..

I heard my first one yesterday, in the woodland behind my house.

There used to be a cottage hospital close to where I live. It was sold off many years ago and now there's a private nursing home which can house 90 people.

One of the Fish & Chip shops at our local coastal resort (Porthcawl) is charging £2:80 for a small bag of chips, and their pies (small) mince beef, steak & kidney and chicken & mushroom are £3:15 each! You do get a FREE wooden fork though!

SAK are excellent.

I have 3 left if anyone is interested

Same in Wales. Prescriptions too.

All sapling now gone/on their way to new homes. Hopefully, I'll have a few more later in the year, together with a few Oaks.

I bought a pair of Hawke Nature Trek (8x42) binoculars are they are fantastic. I sold a pair of Kahles through lack of use and bought the Hawke ones for general viewing. I was, and still am, very impressed with them, plus there's a lifetime guarantee. If you were local to me, you could try them for yourself.

I've just been reading and looking online at the above thermal scope. This is the 'basic' one retailing at £1700. First impressions are good. There's also a good write up in Rifle Shooter magazine on the new Wraith thermal scope @ £1699:99

Same here, Bill. My son would now be 34 years old, 14 when I lost him. There are some tree's local to me that were planted in his memory and it's good to see them. Since I started growing trees (my son and I used to do this together) I have estimated that I have sent out 1400+ since 2004, and I hope to continue this for as long as I possibly can.

Yes please, I would appreciate them. Quite a few of the ones you sent me last year have started to germinate, and hopefully, will continue to do so. Thanks Steve. PM sent.

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Hopefully, yes. The saplings I'm offering have come from healthy Oaks.

I have approx 30 (so far) of the above saplings, which are now ready to move on (either plant out or in bigger containers. I don't want anything for them, but ask if postage be covered. They will be sent 1st class next day delivery. Let me know asap. Steve.

Through firing many 1000's of rounds with shotguns in my eariler days (mid teens, and not wearing hearing protection)and also working in a factory(1977-2000) which was very noisy and no hearing protection offered, I have suffered with Tinnutis ever since. I used to hear a high pitched whine when in a quiet area or when in bed, but for the past few years, I can hear it constantly. I had a hearing test via the NHS which showed that I am 'deaf' to different levels of sound. I was fitted with a hearing aid for my left ear, and another for the right to 'balance' everything. All that these have done is amplify the Tinnutis as well as speach etc. I was advised not to bother with the 'fancy' ones on offer from the likes of Boots/Specsavers as they do the same thing. Whether if this is true or not, I don't know.

Good luck when using it.

I've just received the above bag, supplied by The Pigeon Shooter (Paul Hart) and it's huge @ 110cm long x 50cm wide. The inside is lined with waterproof material. It has a pull cord top and a mesh bottom to allow water to drain away. I bought it to carry my Crow/Pigeon decoys but it's probably still going to be a big too big, despite the many decoys that I own.

I've just received the above bag, supplied by The Pigeon Shooter (Paul Hart) and it's huge @ 110cm long x 50cm wide. The inside is lined with waterproof material. It has a pull cord top and a mesh bottom to allow water to drain away. I bought it to carry my Crow/Pigeon decoys but it's probably still going to be a big too big, despite the many decoys that I own.

If the carcass is left out, then one or two corvid decoys around it should work. I use Magpie decoys as well as Crows.

The only way I have ever drawn Magpies in close enough to shoot (air rifle) is to put bait down somewhere. When using my centrefire rifle (.204) I put bait out at around 100 mtrs and wait.

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Thank you for the recommendation, I appreciate it. It's okay for me to say that the product I'm selling is brillaint, but to hear it from other's is much better. I will add that sometimes, I've used the lure in conjunction with my FoxPro caller and 'Rockin Rabbit' decoy. That way, the Fox get's sound, sight and smell, although the lure itself does the job.