Eddie B

Enjoyed the read. Must be some amount of squirrels in your area

The old mobile phone might be worth a try. There are video's on youtube, of how to put it together. Main problem with that setup, Is keeping it dry. I've also come across a trap alarm on Aliexpress. Looks good, but shipping to Ireland is over €80, which takes the good out of it.

Setting up before dawn where the lamb carcase is, will get results, but for me, the Larson trap is a better and easier option, once you get that call bird. Once you start catching, move it around the farm, and it will keep catching. Keep the call bird, dry and fed, and you'll have success.👍

I've heard of it, but never seen it. Lovely place to stick a trail cam👍

Get some ply, and spend an evening making up some tunnels, the correct dimensions to suit the traps you are using. Set them tight against walls, pens, sheds etc, and move them as little as possible. It's important to keep your traps set 24/7. Taking them up each morning will certainly result in a negative effect with your catching success.

I've had them in cage traps. They make all sorts of sounds, and they give off a very musky smell. Not stinking like a mink, but a much more pleasant smell.

I've seen photo's of weasels actually caught in mole traps. Amazing little animal.

It's that bite to the spinal chord that leaves the rabbit incapacitated. The dying of fright, is just an old wives tale.

Rabbits wouldn't be targeted by Weasel, as much as Stoats, and certainly not full grown rabbits. They mainly go for mice, rats, voles etc. Those little teeth are sharp, and a rabbits skin ain't that tough. All it takes is a small hole, in the right place, and the rabbit is done for.

Where drains meet the main river system, and around bridges, is where I like to set mink traps.

This post is spot on 👍

Two much food around to get good results in baited traps. I think tunnels set up in key locations, might be your best bet trap wise. When using unbaited tunnels, I look out for runs, tight against structure like shed walls etc. Another important thing I feel, is to use some blocking, around the tunnel entrances. Some on the sides and top of the tunnel, leaving the tunnel entrances, as the easiest route from A to B. This takes a little more time and effort, but certainly yields better results.

I always thought, those calls that squirrels made, were warning calls. Would such a call attract squirrels, or do the opposite?

Spot on, and rhe more you live, the more you see. Nature is never always just, black or white.

Yes, some areas will have healthy populations. I've seen where a field or two could be black with rabbits, and then nothing for miles around. Other area's seem to have no sign of disease at all, and other areas haven't seen a rabbit in ten years or more.

I am nearly sure I read somewhere, that there are some in the Forest of Dean. No joke!

I'm sure you must have heard of RHDV? It's been around a good few years now. Decimating rabbit populations all over Europe.

https://www.jbsnets.co.uk/

Must be twelve/thirteen years, since we noticed numbers dropping here.

Maybe RHD has found its way to your permission.

The Packham brigade, don't really care about the damage pest species do to other wildlife. They only care about pursuing agenda's, and stopping people from doing things that they don't agree with.

How well does the moderator cut out the noise level? I've never used or seen one being used in the flesh.

I wouldn't know a whole lot about moles, for there are none here, but seemingly the putangue are excellent, and easy enough set in runs.

Get mouse and rat traps down in the garage. Have you bird feeders? Are the neighbours yards clean? They are getting food from somewhere. Have you something to dispatch rats in cage?