No Pigeons about...??

[Catamong]

Garyb and I had a run around at the weekend to see what was about, there's been very little Spring drilling in our area this year, and even the chewed up Rape patches had very few birds feeding on them, so we decided against going out on Sunday.

 

I noticed late on Sunday that the Beech trees near my house were full of birds feeding on the buds, and they're still there now, so if you've got a lot of Beech trees in your area, this is where they'll be.

 

I took this piccy of one group about 10 minutes ago.

 

 

Cat.

[Ozzy Fudd]

has anyone explained to pigeons that the flight ban has been lifted?

[garyb]

Yup... still very few round 'ere

 

Saw "some" dropping into that rape we looked at by Dans earlier today...

 

Need rain, as rain = drilled peas

[magman]

Could it not be there paired up now so the flocks has dispersed and there here there and everywhere

[wattsowatts]

Must have been 50 to 60 brids sitting in Beech Trees on one of my permissions this evening, not a bird anywhere else.

 

With no spring drillings on any of my permissions I might be in for lean times for several months!!!!!

[Cranfield]

There are still good groups in my area, mostly on clover, but some in the tractor tracks on the rape.

I shot two this morning while walking round a rape field and their crops were full of hawthorn buds.

Strangely enough they seem to be leaving the chitting peas alone this year, which is a nuisance because one of my Farms has acres and acres of peas.

[Cookiemonsterandmerlin.]

Same here shot this evening had a job to move them out of a large wood but lofting a few birds worked.

 

Regards OTH

[big simmo999]

Same up here - birds came into the newly drilled - but they havn't shown any interest once they are through

[henry d]

They have been at the buds here too, however we are in the middle of sowing here too, so plenty of choices.

[Popgun]

There on clover and tree buds here next thing here is game cover sowing first week of June then rape stubble.

[Billy.]

Yup... still very few round 'ere

 

Saw "some" dropping into that rape we looked at by Dans earlier today...

 

Need rain, as rain = drilled peas :blink:

 

Charlie was up at the farm this morning for a 6am start and he shot nothing by 9am... Bit annoying as we had only just built a hide on the field

[anser2]

After a shortage of pigeons most of the winter plenty in my part of N Norfolk and for the past few weeks they have been hitting the rape hard , but the pheasants have started to lay so thats it for pigeon shooting for me until after the harvest.

[besty57]

i went out earrly this morning .lovely day for a walk.but not a pigeon to be seen.i lasted till 1ish then gave up

[cloudwalker]

I managed 50 on Rape last Saturday. No big flocks though all singles or pairs of birds. During the winter there were 1000's of Pigeon on this field.

 

I think they have all paired up now and have dispersed. I will give it another go this weekend and then give it a rest until the harvest.

[Imperfection]

They're still about here in the east,but not in bulked up numbers anymore.I had to stick my decoys in the tractor tracks because the rape is getting too high and also put some on sticks to get them more visible.

[here iam]

Find the short stuff

[KillStone]

i found the birds round me yesterday i shot 130 in 5 hours starting at 2pm-late drilled barley been left for 10days. some of the fastest pigeon shooting i have ever had!!

[proTOM1]

A few in the trees round me eating buds but plenty else where now starting to get on the peas .due to the lack of rain there all on green stuff like rape and even young beat had 2 guys shoot the same beat field over the last 2 weeks with 72 and 57 shot ,had a look late this afternoon and there was well over 300 on again :o

[UKPoacher]

They were on clover up until last weekend, but yesterday there was nothing on the rape, clover or in the air. I shot two that had empty crops. We have one field of stunted rape. It was sprayed about 10 days ago and I reckon in a day or so that will be a hot spot for a couple of weeks.

[rodney]

I've seen 50+ sitting on a hawthorne hedge on my permission with a large bare strip along the top. Tasty ah!

[cloudwalker]

I managed 50 on Rape last Saturday. No big flocks though all singles or pairs of birds. During the winter there were 1000's of Pigeon on this field.

 

I think they have all paired up now and have dispersed. I will give it another go this weekend and then give it a rest until the harvest.

 

Same spot as last week, not a pigeon in sight after a hour.

 

Moved to another field of Rape which had also produced some good bags in the past few weeks. Found some low stuff. 5 hours later and shot 6 Pigeon.

 

That's me done until the harvest!!