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Well back at the farm where I was last week after scaring two greys off when I went to check on the feeder. Today I sneaked up best as I could to get in position and found that the feeding box was empty, so had to break cover and top the box up, settled back in again to wait. After a while I heard a sound behind me and so stayed very still and amazingly a wren landed on my knee and looked up, a magical moment. Anyway back to the ambush and saw a squirrel on the ground at the base of the box, damn just couldn't get a clear shot, some numpty hadn't cleared nettles out of the way, finally it sat up in a gap and thwack down it went, had to go and check it was dead as I couldn't see it, a young male. Got sat down again with a cuppa for another wait, but not for long as one was on the box,lifted the gun and woah it was off, but its there closer to me now sitting on a log, take aim at its head but the scope is out of focus now due to parallax error so I go for a heart and lung shot which hits the mark but he runs up a tree only to drop dead seconds later,so two in the bag. In for another wait and another grey obliges by sitting on the feeder,take aim and hear the pellet strike,the grey jumps way up in the air off the box, now I don't like it when they do this as sometimes its not a clean shot,still a head shot but not fatal,so am about to get up to investigate when a squirrel runs up the tree with the box on,stops looks up and then goes further up the tree. I wait fifteen minutes to see what happens, nothing so up I gets and find a dead grey squirrel five yards from the tree so it was actually a fourth grey that went up the tree. So three in total which is more than the last two months.

Apart from a grey that run out in front of my car,I have seen no greys until today when I went to the farm to check the feeding box and lo and behold there was two running around but they never came back for an ambush,still the box is getting used so I'll be back.

Normally watch MotoGP but watched F1 as it was Silverstone and wow was it worth it, great racing.

Was out yeserday mainly just to check the feeder as I have seen very few greys about recently. Got to my destination and open the car door and theres a grey swinging about in a tree,gone by the time I was sorted,topped the feeder up which was empty so hopefully there back on it. Went for a wander through the wood and saw onw other squirrel away in the treetops, raining today so back at the weekend.

Just a few pics from one of my trips.

Just brilliant Scully, dont know how you have the patience to spend so long on your paintings.

Thanks for the replies. Our conservatory has no dwarf walls,full height glass and plastic roof sheeting, been quoted £34k for full job of a 4 x 3m extension and a patio, thats take down old, new footings,slab with underfloor heating,french doors with flag windows,gable window,velux,plastering out and an 18 square meter patio. Only got one quote so far but a good referral for the builder.

We have a conservatory on the back of our house,was there when we moved in, age old problem, too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter so at that time of year a unused room. So been thinking about getting it knocked down and a proper extension built instead....anybody had it done....was it worth the money?

1 this morning 1246

Had to wait 2 and a half hours but it was worth it, a large male.

Saw a solitary one last saturday.

My BASC membership is up soon and like a lot of people have lost faith in them, want to have insurance still so whats my options?

two this morning. 1018

Was back to the feeding box where I saw one the other day and pleased to report two less greys now, large male and a skinny youngster.

Was out today but even though I didn't shoot any I did see some and they are eating off the feeding box so will be back.

Thanks for sharing.

Two yesterday. 838

Was out yesterday afternoon to the sydicates wood and the feeder was empty from getting topped up a week before.After about an hour listening to the song birds I hear a noise behind me and a grey appears from my left heading towards the feeder, it stops for a drink which may or may not have saved its life, as another squirrel is on the feeder,it doesn't enjoy the peanuts for long,I look round for the other grey but gone,hey ho never mind. Five minutes later theres another grey on the box,was it the first one,probably,it joins its mate at the bottom.I was quite satisfied with two as its been very quiet,even the birds have been silent,maybe the sun brought them out.

Brilliant as always, jealous me! no, well yes quite a lot.

Out this morning to two permissions, firstly at the big house which has two feeders,neither has had much taken so didn't waste my time and went to the second permission where the feeder was empty but alas never saw a thing in my time there.

This is why I try to control grey squirrels, to get get them beautiful reds back, So far after five years of trying, I have succeeded on one 50 acre wood, but little steps.😀

Only the one again 725

just think how much the chancellor is raking in in tax, it will pay off the covid debt in no time!! don't think he'll want to reduce duty

Sure I have a NVUK kit somewhere, never used it since I got a pard nv008

Just the one today. 706