Browning GTS Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 We have just come back from a week away on the Sandringham est, and noticed quite a few dead pigeons in the forest. Never seem to find them around here, just wondered does anyone know of disease going around that area ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Mad doo disease maybe. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Most likely eaten too many acorns and been poisoned. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakin stevens Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Ive found loads round our way always at drilling time and at the same time every year for many years. Alot of the fields have been treated with slug pellets at this time of the season round our way, ive picked a few this week with pellets in the crop and a clear liquid running out the birds beak, my mate has been banging them down for a week with his quad bike for all the local farms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 There is a disease that kills in large numbers, the name escapes me at the moment. Also if the pigeon eat too many acorns the toxins kill the pigeon. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 There is a disease that kills in large numbers, the name escapes me at the moment. . webber it's called a shotgun :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Slug pellets get the blame around the Waveney Valley area in North Suffolk. We used to blame the seed dressing on the drilled wheat but views have changed - now it is the pellets. Has happened every autumn for the last twenty plus - at least. We never eat them just to be sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSoanes Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Been finding a fair few dead Hares on the fields in the last week or so, we have put this down to slug pellets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berettaman Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Either way its just more pests dead so thats got to be a plus to us ,yeah ? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Why is it a plus to us ? Pigeons are our sport and the last thing any serious pigeon shooter wants is his quarry being posioned and made unfit to eat. And what about the other game that may be effected , pheasants eat the same food as pigeons not to mention other wildlife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted October 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Yes there were a lot of acorns about so hopefully it could of been that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornet 6 Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Pigeons are our sport They better not be your sport, that would be illegal. Pigeons are shot on the general licnence, for crop protection. Neil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piebob Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 When I first joined PW I asked the same question about the dead pigeons I had seen. A couple of theories seemed the most plausible - acorn poisoning, but more likely Trichomoniasis which seems to appear every late summer / autumn time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Been finding a fair few dead Hares on the fields in the last week or so, we have put this down to slug pellets. Probably spraying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 As already mentioned > Trichomoniasis I think the same disease is killing off greenfinches at an alarming rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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