yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
We have increased numbers here compared to the 1980/1990s when every field had insecticide in the autumn and winter cropping with a full cultivation system non seen most years in a dry autumn there would be no cover till November
Now with notill spring cropping cover crops and undisturbed winter stubbles and no insecticide there is cover all year round except wheat after beans there are grey partridge on some blocks where predictors are controlled particularly one 450 acre farm that has livestock and muck 3 large covys last year
Foot paths deter them as do released red legs
In Dryer summers always see more wild game
Last autumn the large blocks of cultivated dry land did not help wild life
Notilled land had cover with plenty of wildlife
Now with notill spring cropping cover crops and undisturbed winter stubbles and no insecticide there is cover all year round except wheat after beans there are grey partridge on some blocks where predictors are controlled particularly one 450 acre farm that has livestock and muck 3 large covys last year
Foot paths deter them as do released red legs
In Dryer summers always see more wild game
Last autumn the large blocks of cultivated dry land did not help wild life
Notilled land had cover with plenty of wildlife