magpie call bird

[joe soapy]

Just found out that 2 inch mesh is tooo big just.
had one squeeze out

 

[wr.]

2 yesterday. 15 this year. Not so many about here now because there are about a dozen catching locally as I know of. I used to catch around the hundred per year in the early 2000's when I started. Stopped really counting when I got to 1100 a few years ago.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

If anyone has a call bird let me know in Ceredigion, as I have a larsen trap sitting in the shed

 

[Hooby Farmer]

There are few sights more heartbreaking than watching a skylark driven mad over broken eggs; or more pleasing than seeing a 'hoodie' on the receiving end of a 222-50.

If more farmers took 'corvid control' seriously the countryside would benefit enormously, and wild bird numbers would bounce back dramatically.

In a period of one week shooting 3 times we shot in excess of 500 crows and 150ish pigeons over 33acres my father was convinced they were going to ruin the crop. 43 of those were grey backs ive never seen those numbers before. We didnt see one single magpie though, their numbers have dropped around us. The guy that works for me is a very keen bird watcher/ major badger hugger he was down to see if it was leather jackets, or something else they were flighting in for but they were mostly full of grains and seeds.

 

[joe soapy]

Ha, my escapee must have fattened up last few days, he tried to get through mesh and failed this morning

 

[wr.]

Magpie and a crow available. Brecon area.

 

[wr.]

Anyone wanting a magpie? I'm near Brecon. Have had 2 this morning.