silpig5 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 just spent a very satisfieing 4 hours cutting headlands and edges of cut fields to get weeds and grass down ready for some serious bunny bashing sessions . scored brownie points from land owner and i got the headlands cut right where i want them short to give me more time with my cz22lr never drove a tractor and flail before , but soon had the hand of it . uncovered lots of burrows that hid in the nettles and grass so hopefully more clean kills. happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu_young Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 just spent a very satisfieing 4 hours cutting headlands and edges of cut fields to get weeds and grass down ready for some serious bunny bashing sessions . scored brownie points from land owner and i got the headlands cut right where i want them short to give me more time with my cz22lr never drove a tractor and flail before , but soon had the hand of it . uncovered lots of burrows that hid in the nettles and grass so hopefully more clean kills. happy days a few hours off work can pay of in lots more hours off fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Aye and probably removed most of the winter cover for the birds into the bargain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Headlands and field margins are so important for holding game birds on the land and vital for winter food sources for small song birds. Serious bad management to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silpig5 Posted September 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Headlands and field margins are so important for holding game birds on the land and vital for winter food sources for small song birds. Serious bad management to do this. no game birds to hold , not for miles , and no bushes or trees was touched . only long grass headlands and weeds which spayer missed in the barley . 600 acres or beet still in . not a mindless cut just a clean up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 You will find that the long grass and " rubbish " is just as imporatnt for bird food as trees . There will be an abundance of insects there that the birds will need next spring and voles that provide food for owls and kestrels. Thats why farms on HLS have grants to leave them. The removal of such habitats is a major reason for the decline of English partridge. Their are probably no game birds because the fields are much to tidy and tidy farms are not a lot of good for wildlife. Leave your field margins rough and in time the game may return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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