aga man Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 thirty first of august , yet today i have seen a moor hen with young, only a few days old. last week on holiday in north yorkshire i saw a red legged partrige with her you in toe poult size with there wing feathers, and here in east yorkshire the woodpigeons are still showing courtship activity. are the wild ducks ready for september the first? i don't think the partridges are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon pete Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 thirty first of august , yet today i have seen a moor hen with young, only a few days old. last week on holiday in north yorkshire i saw a red legged partrige with her you in toe poult size with there wing feathers, and here in east yorkshire the woodpigeons are still showing courtship activity. are the wild ducks ready for september the first? i don't think the partridges are. my m8 i shoot with said he seen pigeons nesting in January ! i think everything is having to lots of young ,my brother said to me the way thing are going we will have more wet summers and dryer winters ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 It's a blue moon tonight too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon pete Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 well my m8 said about the blue moon today on the way to the farm ,he said there's 2 full moons in one month ,i said no ,its all because of the religion has changed the times ,we still only have 1 full moon every 28 days ,its just because the times are all messed up ,this is why we have a leap year ,and all day we were losing things ,it was like the twilight zone ,first my crow caller went missing ,looked everywhere twice ? then we lost a cradle ,then we couldn't hit the pigeons lol only had 5 !! seemed to have loads of phone calls then i found my caller and then the cradle ,b******y blue moon lol i was glad to be home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobidog Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 It is normal for pigeons to be breeding around now, you tend to see a lot of young newly fledged birds around October, however I have also seen moorhen chicks of a couple of days old just a week ago along with mallard chicks of under a week old which seems very strange..I also saw about 2 weeks ago 3 wild broods of pheasants under a week old, although not very successful with no more than 5 chicks each, one brood of 3 chicks seemed to be no more than two days old! It must be because of the heavy rainfall birds are hacing to breed again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted September 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 there's a lot of young pigeons around now. possibly a second brood of young which is the norm 2 broods a year. pigeons are still mating and probably laying eggs so possibly a third brood on the way.no wonder some people have shot young pigeons in march/april in recent years. the concerning thing though is ducks, partridges and even pheasants are either breeding late or havin a second clutch. this week whilst riding on the combine for bolting rabbits a hen pheasant with young probably a week old came out. i would expect these chicks to be large poult size by now.maybe it's global warming or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Maybe it is the abysmal summer and the game which has attempted a second or even third sitting have at last encountered some weather that will give the chicks at least some chance of survival. never known such a poor summer summer for wild game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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