old rooster Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Had a walk round the farm today with the dog, more in an attempt to keep the pigeons moving than anything else as they are mullering what is left of the rape. Didn't get a shot but it was almost surreal to hear and see skylarks in the air while the dog was romping through 4 foot snow drifts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulus Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 same here skylarks, plovers even a curlew yet the redwings are still here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynny Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Mad ain't it, the rape is usually at least a foot high by now also, but it is bout 6 inches at the mo, Atb Flynny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulus Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Mad ain't it, the rape is usually at least a foot high by now also, but it is bout 6 inches at the mo, Atb Flynny its not even an inch here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 same here skylarks, plovers even a curlew yet the redwings are still here seeing a lot of woodcock still here as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Good thread. I flushed three woodcock on Tuesday evening, saw Fieldfares and heard Skylarks today, still snow on the ground. What odds against a swallow next week? The usual date for the first swallow is 6th April. Will they still come when temperatures are 6 degrees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzypigeon Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Still got two fields of sugarbeet to be harvested on mine, flushed a woodcock from it the other day, the first I've ever seen around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 I've never seen so many partridges on this farm as there are now, earlier in the week I was pigeon shooting from a hide and about a dozen kept coming out of the hedge to feed when there was a quiet spell. Only about 50 yards from my hide, they were even walking amongst the decoys at one point. Poor old lambs are having a hard time of it in this cold, hope they don't lose too many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darno Posted March 29, 2013 Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 About 30 plover flew overhead yesterday as I walked round the farmyard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted March 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2013 To cap it all I had a wander up to the garden pond with 'erself this morning and there are several big clumps of frog spawn in there. It is the right time of year but it does look odd with ice on the pond and snow all around it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted March 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Place is going crazy! First time we've ever had partridges in the garden but saw them pecking about under the hedge at the end of the paddock yesterday. Chucked a bucket of wheat down for them this afternoon, wonder how many we will end up with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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