JDog Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 The farmer has sprayed off several parts of this particular field as it is infested with black grass. Some of the sprayed off areas have been mown. The ears are full and the grains would be easy pickings for pigeons but so far not a single bird has paid this field any attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Look an ideal strip for a decoying situation , you say the ears are full of grain but have they reached the milky stage yet , or is it a couple of weeks early ? . Twice I have had good bags when the wheat was cut when it was still green , the first time was several years ago when the gas company put a large gas pipe from Bacton all the way down the East coast , anything in the way was cut or ploughed up , a win win situation , it created good shooting and the farmers were well compensated . The second time was when we had a large folk festival on the estate , Eastern Haze it was called , and there was a big Winter Wheat field only two weeks away from being cut , as the organisers were paying , the farm cut it with the mowers and left it , them the fire officer said it was a fire hazard so they had to bale it up and pull the headlands up as a fire break in case there was a fire , rumour was they got paid for the loss of the crop and for any extra man hours involved in getting it passed by the fire officers. Both of the above fields happened in early to mid July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clodhopper Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 I have recently seen birds where crops have been flattened around around muck heaps. They may have of course been eating spilt goodies from the muck heap but I rather suspect it was seed from the crops (both wheat and rape). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 you posted about this blackgrass /....a couple of seasons ago............it certainly is invasive stuff....is he getting ontop of it...?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, ditchman said: you posted about this blackgrass /....a couple of seasons ago............it certainly is invasive stuff....is he getting ontop of it...?? Black grass is everywhere now it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 hello, while on the bus yesterday i noticed a lot of areas on wheat sprayed off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) all around here is a no go area for black grass.........it doesnt exsist ......it is talked about in hushed tones , as if it is like the black death....... if i remember rightly you had a horse fly eperdemic as well ........ Edited June 24, 2018 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 On 23 June 2018 at 22:28, JDog said: Black grass is everywhere now it seems. Certainly is in this part of Kent. Parts of several fields have been sprayed off on one farm locally. No pigeon activity seen as yet. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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