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.308 would be my first choice with readily available ammo and the ability to raise or lower your bullet weight subject to target requirement and rezero. .270 win comes a close second, very flat shooting out to 200m but mine seems to like 130grn bullets the best. .243cal for smaller deer species...

I saw some figures banded about recently that we still import 81% of our timber, with home grown production set to fall from current levels over the next few years.

Damp overnight, pi55ing down since first light.

Mrs Treecreeper saw one yesterday, I've not seen any yet, spot on timing for hereabouts

Was drying nicely with the wind, 7mm in the last 90mins, undone any good.

It's only 2nd April, already 19mm in the gauge, steady driving drizzle all bleddy day.

Trying to be positive, more sunshine today than showers.

8mm early this morning, puts us at 151mm so far, brightened up now,

Mid Cornwall

Started raining last night about 18.00 hrs, steady all day 34mm so far today running total this month of 126mm.Heavy rain here now.

Mid Cornwall here earliest ever for us was 29th March, normally around the 6th/7th April, always reports of early ones around Marazion.

Peacocks

I think the traditional date for shooting branchers was around the 12th May there was such a thing as a rook rifle, a short chamber .22cal. Plant out the runner beans the day after so I was once told.

"A 'rook' nesting by its self will be a crow, lots of crows nesting together will be rooks,"

Mid Cornwall, av field size less than 5ac, 3or 4 cows to a field don't do much harm in a normal year. Just sitting out a very heavy shower, rain dancing off the tractor bonnet

14mm overnight, undone any good from the last couple of drying days,very mild this morning. 6 calves so far, running out of room now, I normally turn out as they calve.

Saw this thread this morning and just knew my licence had expired, checked and was a few days out. Online and £14.00 later plus a call to DVLA confirms as stated above that as long as there are no medical or driving bans current I am ok to drive. New one should be with me in three days.

27mm since seven this morning ffs.

219mls for feb, 16mls by lunchtime today heavy hail showers

16mls since first thing, 201 for the month and its still p###ing down, I think I'm going to cover the rain gauge now.