Yeoman Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) While ploughing a 10 acre field i noticed quite a number of Bussards appear some on the furrows ,some on the hedges and some on the headlands. After i'd ploughed out and started to plough the headlands i stopped to have a count up and could not believe my eyes TWENTY FOUR 24. Surely this is not natural to have such a large amount of birds of prey in such a small area and feeding on worms too ! Daughter has just pointed out the correct spelling for BUZZARDS Edited March 11, 2011 by Yeoman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I had lived, worked, fished and shot in the Border country side all my life and it was not until I was in my mid thirties that I saw a buzzard. Now they are everywhere, a menace to anyone rearing game, release pens and cages are ready made restaurants for these birds and I think they can well scare and scatter poults right off your shoot. I have seen 14 in the air at once over a small river valley. What can you do about them, nothing! Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I watched 7 of them spiralling over the farm that backs onto my workplace earlier in the week. Fantastic birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 And Red Kites too. Once they were something special to see but now they're common as rats. They must put pressure on all the other wildlife in such large numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark@mbb Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I watched the lapwings next on the fields behind my house last years and a dozen buzzards walk around the fields looking for lapwing chicks all summer not a one survived the need controlling i even saw one fly across the M60 in eccles manchester the other day Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Thankfully, nobody gives a **** what you think, and they're protected :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark@mbb Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 They may be on paper :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I love watching the numerous Buzzards in the sky as they're so graceful,but more often than not they get mobbed by crows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegleg31 Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 whats a bussard? :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 and they're protected :lol: Unfortunately Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 i even saw one fly across the M60 in eccles manchester the other day Mark The sheer audacity of it!! No wonder you want them 'controlled' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 whats a bussard? :yp: A dyslexic Buzzard borne to umarried parents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shropshire_Lad Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Not too long ago I remember seeing my first around here, ok it was about 15 years ago lol. Last year the farmer on our rough shoot spread Chicken muck on three fields, we counted 59 Buzzards on the three fields! atvb Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 It's getting as crowded here as it is in France with them. When I crosses france by road last month, from the champagne region all the way north to the coast, every field along the peage roads had a buzzard sat a few metres from the autoroute on a fence post, almost as common as rooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Harry Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 They are scavengers and will be looking for worms in the freshly turned soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I started reading, and thought, what the hecks a bussard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemicky Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I watched the lapwings next on the fields behind my house last years and a dozen buzzards walk around the fields looking for lapwing chicks all summer not a one survived the need controlling i even saw one fly across the M60 in eccles manchester the other day Mark Mark M62 J11 Birchwood about a mile towards Manchester, there's normally a couple of Buzzards sat on the fence either side , they are quite common now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 They may be on paper :yp: Why is there always one who feels that they can shoot a protected bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock11 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 We have anything up to a couple of dozen round here - they seem to be more keen on scavenging than taking live birds, although I know that they go for poults and small rabbits s well. I chased one that took off with something in its talons [i was on a Gator] to try and see what it had. Anyway, it dropped it and it was the remains of a long dead pigeon, probably not picked up after a roost shoot. As soon as I went off, the buzzard swooped down and retrieved its snack. We had two red kites around a couple of years ago, both with transmitters on - was told that one had come from Wales and the other from the north of England but after a while they moved about 15 miles south from us and we have not seen them here since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Nature has a way of balancing things out and if there wasn't enough food around for them they wouldn't be there. As for taking pouts; well yes. But again, if the buzzards don't get them, the sparrowhawks, tawny owls, etc, etc will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Its all down to the bloody Nature Britten or whatever it is could they keep on reintroducing things and they think aren't we clever never for one moment giving a thought to people who have to put up the the bloody things. There is a lovely old Mansion just up the road from me its been getting vandalised as its been left empty for a few years I was walking the dog up there the other day and sow a chap in with a clip board so I went and asked him what was happening to the place he said that they have wonted to start work on it for the past two years but its got bats in it so they had to wate for them to be relocated they hope to start work soon good init. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Its all down to the bloody Nature Britten or whatever it is could they keep on reintroducing things and they think aren't we clever never for one moment giving a thought to people who have to put up the the bloody things. I think you'll find that Buzzards are native to this country. Unlike Pheasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I think you'll find that Buzzards are native to this country. Unlike Pheasant. So were Red Kites but the current ones have been imported from Spain for a breeding program which is a bit too successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I think you'll find that Buzzards are native to this country. Unlike Pheasant. And red-legged partridge, rabbits, carp, grey squirrels, wels catfish, zander & rainbow trout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliebrown Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 And red-legged partridge, rabbits, carp, grey squirrels, wels catfish, zander & rainbow trout. And Rabbits. Romans brought them over I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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