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A bank of top soil that we sowed wild flowers on last year.
Do they come back every year now or will you have to sow again ?
They're 10 a penny in these parts (English/welsh border). Father's neighbour counted 20 on the ground behind the plough a couple of years ago. Between them and the black and white vermin, ground nesting birds are having a tough time.Many people seeing Buzzards?
Apparently there was a breeding programme and a good few have been released into the wild. We had one circling us wen we were at silage bales last saturday. He was attacking the crows. Spoke to someone in a shooting club about them and he says that they have the young pheasant population decimated.
In saying that, he was a magnificant bird to watch. He had no fear of machines and was determined to fill his belly with whatever he could pick from the silage ground.
They're 10 a penny in these parts (English/welsh border). Father's neighbour counted 20 on the ground behind the plough a couple of years ago. Between them and the black and white vermin, ground nesting birds are having a tough time.
We have red kites taking a foothold nowadays, that feeding station in Wales near Rhayader wouldn't be 40 miles from us.
He's not going to make you happy. They don't hunt crows, it's more likely the crow was bothering the buzzard to drive it away. We have lots of buzzards but the crows still out number them by some margin..... If he stuck to hunting crows, I'd be happy.
The gunmen crack me up, they lose the plot over anyone or anything that hurts the pheasant population that they've worked so hard to rear... until Nov 1st of course.Many people seeing Buzzards?
Apparently there was a breeding programme and a good few have been released into the wild. We had one circling us wen we were at silage bales last saturday. He was attacking the crows. Spoke to someone in a shooting club about them and he says that they have the young pheasant population decimated.
In saying that, he was a magnificant bird to watch. He had no fear of machines and was determined to fill his belly with whatever he could pick from the silage ground.
He's not going to make you happy. They don't hunt crows, it's more likely the crow was bothering the buzzard to drive it away. We have lots of buzzards but the crows still out number them by some margin.
My father is in his 60s and has never seen a buzzard around here before. They just aren't native to this area. ThisThe gunmen crack me up, they lose the plot over anyone or anything that hurts the pheasant population that they've worked so hard to rear... until Nov 1st of course.
Few buzzards around here too, lads said they would take lambs and cause all sorts of harm. No problem so far.
If we left nature alone long enough all these ecosystems would return to balance. Predator takes over for a bit, reduces the prey population then as prey diminishes so hunger and competition reduces predator numbers.
Live and let live where possible
My father is in his 60s and has never seen a buzzard around here before. They just aren't native to this area. This
Buzards won't take a lamb. You'll find them eating a dead un maybe. But the crows are more likely too have killed it first by taking the eyes or tongue.The gunmen crack me up, they lose the plot over anyone or anything that hurts the pheasant population that they've worked so hard to rear... until Nov 1st of course.
Few buzzards around here too, lads said they would take lambs and cause all sorts of harm. No problem so far.
If we left nature alone long enough all these ecosystems would return to balance. Predator takes over for a bit, reduces the prey population then as prey diminishes so hunger and competition reduces predator numbers.
Live and let live where possible
Was it between Spink and the Swan because that is a wild bit of ground . I think it was @Ugo Schtiglitz told me that there is a lot of insects in that area . It is one cold spot in winter with snow and frost .On the road between Abbeyleix and The Swan in County Laois yesterday, slowed down to avoid what at first I believed to be a young pheasant but when I got closer turned out to be a corncrake.
First one I've ever seen. Only heard them near the Shannon previously. Nice to see such a rare bird. Hopefully a sign of a comeback by them.
I go that way fairly often in the summer @Bog Man, and I've always noticed the windscreen gets the worst pasting with bug guts on that stretch. I put it down to high ditches and less intensive farming. With no insult to anyone from up that way. Its not like the razor hedges and chem blasted ground out my way.Was it between Spink and the Swan because that is a wild bit of ground . I think it was @Ugo Schtiglitz told me that there is a lot of insects in that area . It is one cold spot in winter with snow and frost .