Longbower Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Ok , I have three enormous fields of cut Barley, bailed and free from machinery, No Pigeons? I drive a private school mini bus , through the country side of Cheshire , many many fields have been cut , and are in stubble. No Pigeons. Crows and Seagulls in abundance , but no pigeons ! Have you lot shot them all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko3275 Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Tried but missed so not me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggy74 Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 same in sussex 😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko3275 Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) I’m hoping they are all near me this Saturday on some bean fields Edited September 16, 2020 by Jacko3275 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 same story in the south west very low numbers fields that are usually good for birds empty this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 same here very poor this year,they are just not about,never had it so bad, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balotelli Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Isn't that pretty well what I was saying under the Fenland Pigeon topic - no pigeons in Leicestershire and was "shot down". My inexperienced eyes couldn't see them whilst others claiming daily bags of 20-50. Additionally I needed more permissions to find them and need to be travelling about all the time. Well Balotelli might just have got it right. There's none about in my neck of the woods and a lot of other places too by the sound of it. Maybe East Anglia might have them. If so, you're lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 There are birds about in the vale of Belvoir where I live but not massive numbers like I saw in March. My permissions are mostly still covered in maize for biofuel and it’s 6ft high with the odd stubble field with a few birds on them and hedgerows but no sign of flocks feeding. Will have to see what happens when the maize is cut. At the moment I am restricted to hanging about by the river seeing if a duck comes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapid .25 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 One particular permission of mine is brilliant year after year for crows but very few pigeon however this year for the first time since I've been shooting it ( aprox 40 yrs) there are actually quite a few descent size flocks of pigeon coming in to feed. You just never know 😁😁 3 minutes ago, rapid .25 said: One particular permission of mine is brilliant year after year for crows but very few pigeon however this year for the first time since I've been shooting it ( aprox 40 yrs) there are actually quite a few descent size flocks of pigeon coming in to feed. You just never know 😁😁 And the crop hasn't been altered either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 13 hours ago, Balotelli said: Isn't that pretty well what I was saying under the Fenland Pigeon topic - no pigeons in Leicestershire and was "shot down". My inexperienced eyes couldn't see them whilst others claiming daily bags of 20-50. Additionally I needed more permissions to find them and need to be travelling about all the time. Well Balotelli might just have got it right. There's none about in my neck of the woods and a lot of other places too by the sound of it. Maybe East Anglia might have them. If so, you're lucky. You can say "there are no pigeons in Leicestershire," but that is simply not the case. You obviously haven't checked all the fields etc in Leicestershire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baikel man Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Lots of late crops here in the north west got 8 the other day on stubble but not that many about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balotelli Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, motty said: You can say "there are no pigeons in Leicestershire," but that is simply not the case. You obviously haven't checked all the fields etc in Leicestershire. Might be different in Norfolk. But all the posts above are saying the same thing - no pigeons and that includes Leicestershire. I do quite a lot of driving and I can assure you that field after field of all the main pigeon attractants are barren. Believe me. Edited September 17, 2020 by Balotelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 15 minutes ago, Balotelli said: Might be different in Norfolk. But all the posts above are saying the same thing - no pigeons and that includes Leicestershire. I do quite a lot of driving and I can assure you that field after field of all the main pigeon attractants are barren. Believe me. Posts from a very small sample of people means very little. I have seen plenty in areas where I shoot. Even if I didn't see any, I would be sure that there would be many big congregations of pigeons in other parts of my county. There is absolutely no way that you know what the pigeon situation is in the whole of Leicestershire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Perhaps the clue is in the name " Wood Pigeon". over the past few weekends I have looked for birds on the stubbles and with a very few exceptions seen nothing. Of the two hundred plus shot last weekend a quick straw poll when I was laying them out concluded that they had been feeding on Clover, turnip tops, peas, beans, acorns,wheat and barley. Now the city woodies are still feeding on acorns in my garden and the parks , elderberrys on the canal, bread on bird tables. If they decide to feed out of roost first light, sit in trees via the heat of the day and feed at dusk you may not see them but they are still there. During my working life I did average some years 48K miles a year and saw mimimal feeding birds off the motorways with a very few exceptions. I commuted Brum to Oxford for two years dawn and dusk and only found one consistent feeding farm which I shoot now. The feeding table is vast at this time of the year and the birds choose one farm and not others for some reason. Its like flightlines we had a theory that they follow the lay lines as on some farm we have shot over thirty years rows of trees have been removed and the birds still follow the old edge of the field?? I still unable to post or reply via my steam driven iPad so you will not see much content from me in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinj Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 8 minutes ago, pigeon controller said: I still unable to post or reply via my steam driven iPad so you will not see much content from me in the future. I had a similar problem on my PC, I had to change from Internet Explorer to a modern search engine (MS Edge in my case) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 21 minutes ago, martinj said: I had a similar problem on my PC, I had to change from Internet Explorer to a modern search engine (MS Edge in my case) No my PC is fine its just my five year old iPad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearwater Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Pigeons all over the place near me in very small numbers as think they are full as so much food to hand and not having to fly far from where they are roosting so like us all become lazy when it's warm and everything is nice n easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 On 16/09/2020 at 20:08, Longbower said: Ok , I have three enormous fields of cut Barley, bailed and free from machinery, No Pigeons? I drive a private school mini bus , through the country side of Cheshire , many many fields have been cut , and are in stubble. No Pigeons. Crows and Seagulls in abundance , but no pigeons ! Have you lot shot them all? they will be somewhere trust me maybe off your route or a few miles this way or that way but they will be in the area On 17/09/2020 at 14:23, Balotelli said: Might be different in Norfolk. But all the posts above are saying the same thing - no pigeons and that includes Leicestershire. I do quite a lot of driving and I can assure you that field after field of all the main pigeon attractants are barren. Believe me. as motty says just because people are not seeing them on a certain patch doesn't mean they are not there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 I saw five young birds on Wednesday in Cheshire but out of range unfortunately.🤨 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie1965 Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 Spraying off maize stubbles this morning, only harvested yesterday. There were about 100 birds down when I started but sat here now, can’t see a single bird but they are out there. Heads up if you have maize on your permissions as they have started harvesting for digesters but the opportunity to shoot will be very short as this will be cultivated and drilled next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 19, 2020 Report Share Posted September 19, 2020 i have 2 farms with maize not cut yet,will see what comes in. so far no pigeons about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellors Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 On 19/09/2020 at 16:45, mossy835 said: i have 2 farms with maize not cut yet,will see what comes in. so far no pigeons about. Be better when it's ripped up. Just now, mellors said: Be better when it's ripped up. Plenty getting on the drilling now the stubbles are going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko3275 Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, mellors said: Be better when it's ripped up. Plenty getting on the drilling now the stubbles are going. Only thing I’ve seen in them numbers this weekend is seagulls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingy Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 gstkking@aol.com hi members, very few pigeon on the fields at the moment. trees and bushes full of food this year[even acorns about] that and the warm weather pigeon staying in the trees. lets see if they get on the rape this winter[next spring] nearly all of it didnt grow in my county this year beetle ate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balotelli Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 For some time I have been saying there are few pigeons in Leicestershire. Either they have all died from pigeon-pox or they have emigrated. What is the situation in Norfolk, normally a haven for pigeons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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