7daysinaweek Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 What an interesting thread. It would appear to me that you are living the dream that most of us will never personally experience, in a good way that is. As Old'un alludes, your enthusiam brings huge benefits to wildlife and I am loving the pictures. Fantastic stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 Yes, I concur, a very interesting thread, many of us will be extremely jealous of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 1 hour ago, jall25 said: Also love planting hedgerows do you add fruit trees to your hedge rows......apples ...peartrees..plums...crabapple ?..all good fodder for autumn feeding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 (edited) As others have said cracking thread, all done with the right intentions will look forward to future developments........ Im doing similar things but to a much lesser degree Edited April 28 by islandgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted April 28 Author Report Share Posted April 28 39 minutes ago, 7daysinaweek said: What an interesting thread. It would appear to me that you are living the dream that most of us will never personally experience, in a good way that is. As Old'un alludes, your enthusiam brings huge benefits to wildlife and I am loving the pictures. Fantastic stuff! Thank you 9 minutes ago, ditchman said: do you add fruit trees to your hedge rows......apples ...peartrees..plums...crabapple ?..all good fodder for autumn feeding Hi Ditchy Yes it a right old mix Crab apple Guelder Rose Hazel Lime Oak Hornbeam Rowan Wild Cherry Wild rose Wild Privet Field maple Alder Aspen Blackthorne Bird Cherry Hawthorne I also make shelter belts between the hedges - with a small ditch or bank for nesting I also have the hedges laid on rotation and then i make dead hedges each year We also plant circa 25 acres of wild bird plots I made a small orchard - only perhaps 20 trees - with plum - pear - apple - gage - But the real old varities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted April 28 Author Report Share Posted April 28 10 minutes ago, islandgun said: A others have said cracking thread, all done with the right intentions will look forward to future developments........ Im doing similar things but to a much lesser degree Its gets addictive - the more you do the more you want to do This last few years i have been having a massive push on predator control - not just the usual foxes or crows - but rats The only thing i have not got on top of is the stoats if im being honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 3 minutes ago, jall25 said: Its gets addictive - the more you do the more you want to do This last few years i have been having a massive push on predator control - not just the usual foxes or crows - but rats The only thing i have not got on top of is the stoats if im being honest I cant do much about predators, we only have hoodie's ravens and otters, do you find crows get into the duck tubes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted April 28 Author Report Share Posted April 28 4 minutes ago, islandgun said: I cant do much about predators, we only have hoodie's ravens and otters, do you find crows get into the duck tubes No - nothing has raided any of the duck tubes at all in the 5 years or so we have been doing them What i do now as well is once the first broods have come from them - refurb them rather than wait until next year and we can have more than 1 brood in each every year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 6 minutes ago, jall25 said: No - nothing has raided any of the duck tubes at all in the 5 years or so we have been doing them What i do now as well is once the first broods have come from them - refurb them rather than wait until next year and we can have more than 1 brood in each every year Great stuff will put a couple up this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted April 28 Author Report Share Posted April 28 7 minutes ago, islandgun said: Great stuff will put a couple up this week Great ! To help them last we put "roofs" on them this year - which was some felt over the wire I also used old sheep fencing this refurb time rather that chicken wire - as it makes them far more rigid and resilient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 40 minutes ago, jall25 said: Thank you Hi Ditchy Yes it a right old mix Crab apple Guelder Rose Hazel Lime Oak Hornbeam Rowan Wild Cherry Wild rose Wild Privet Field maple Alder Aspen Blackthorne Bird Cherry Hawthorne I also make shelter belts between the hedges - with a small ditch or bank for nesting I also have the hedges laid on rotation and then i make dead hedges each year We also plant circa 25 acres of wild bird plots I made a small orchard - only perhaps 20 trees - with plum - pear - apple - gage - But the real old varities bloody excellent..............if the wild boar ever find your orchard in the autumn ...you are going to have alot of sweet fat pigs .........all in all your plot is going to be very healthy....if it has food it will look after itself............good planning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted April 28 Author Report Share Posted April 28 25 minutes ago, ditchman said: bloody excellent..............if the wild boar ever find your orchard in the autumn ...you are going to have alot of sweet fat pigs .........all in all your plot is going to be very healthy....if it has food it will look after itself............good planning Yes ditchy - i say to them all if i can sort it - its not rocket science ! Water Food Shelter Nesting Habitat Predator Control Human engagement - keeping the walkers and bikers where they should be! Its all took some determination and a few cross words over the years but everyone in the locality is now on board and can see the benefits of its all The first job we did you see was ruffle a load of feathers when i put the logging track in the woodland and then clearfelled over 7,000 tonnes of timber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 28 Report Share Posted April 28 32 minutes ago, jall25 said: Yes ditchy - i say to them all if i can sort it - its not rocket science ! Water Food Shelter Nesting Habitat Predator Control Human engagement - keeping the walkers and bikers where they should be! Its all took some determination and a few cross words over the years but everyone in the locality is now on board and can see the benefits of its all The first job we did you see was ruffle a load of feathers when i put the logging track in the woodland and then clearfelled over 7,000 tonnes of timber it seems the country side is going to rat**** ...copicers are no more....charcoal burners virtually gone.........for hundreds of years this country has not been natural...its been managed....the trouble is "new folk"...cant /wont see it..........all they see is woodland choked up and dead and they think that is natural...... do some chacoal burning with your management....a steel tube kiln and top ..a shovel and away you go.... more power to your elbow boi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted April 28 Author Report Share Posted April 28 2 hours ago, ditchman said: it seems the country side is going to rat**** ...copicers are no more....charcoal burners virtually gone.........for hundreds of years this country has not been natural...its been managed....the trouble is "new folk"...cant /wont see it..........all they see is woodland choked up and dead and they think that is natural...... do some chacoal burning with your management....a steel tube kiln and top ..a shovel and away you go.... more power to your elbow boi We did do for years ditchy - we had 2 kilns on site Now we just coppice and give the shoot lads the wood as thank yous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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