This is getting ridiculous

[Humble Village Farmer]

He expects farmers to stop work, which is the harvest of food, because some idiot sees a bird flying above. There is no two sides to that. It is patently ridiculous. As was the event that spawned this topic. There is no two sides. One lot are absolute unmitigated spoilt brats with nothing better to do and no truck whatsoever should be given to them.

So which lot are you in?

 

[JP1]

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

You missed off anyone who has ever been on the telly

 

[melted welly]

We very often mark and drill round nesting birds, happens most years and we don’t need joe public to come and tell us how to do it!

We have a thriving population of ouster catchers and lapwings and many other birds.

Do you not find the crows grow wise to it and recognise the markers as a nest? Lapwings have a habit of nesting in the straw after overwintered carrots, we mark the nests and go round with cultivations but more often than not the crows get them.
Should maybe mark them with a dead crow on a rope

 

[Phil P]

Do you not find the crows grow wise to it and recognise the markers as a nest? Lapwings have a habit of nesting in the straw after overwintered carrots, we mark the nests and go round with cultivations but more often than not the crows get them.
Should maybe mark them with a dead crow on a rope

We usually remove the markers while rolling as there only other machine in the field after that is the sprayer/spreader so won’t interfere with the nests.

 

[yellow belly]

In my village the opposite is nearer the facts

may be in metropolitan liberal elite areas the above is truer

with clarkson and the Yorkshire farm programs so popular the standing of farmers is much higher than many farmers believe from the media coverage

we should all understand that the media and the press criticise and denigrate every thing and any one with no exceptions
when you get out and meet non farmers and talk to them on a one to one always hold farmers with high regard
we need to keep promoting our good work on a one to one

 

[Jackov Altraids]

Good to hear @yellow belly

One lot are absolute unmitigated spoilt brats with nothing better to do and no truck whatsoever should be given to them.

I believe other people use the description "customers".

 

[Phil P]

In fact, we get all kinds of birds in our fields, just spotted this in a beet field across the road

 

[betternextyear]

In fact, we get all kinds of birds in our fields, just spotted this in a beet field across the road

You have rainforest near your farm?

 

[Phil P]

You have rainforest near your farm?

Feels like it some years

 

[wanton dwarf]

Now shows the great divide between the town and countryside.
A new homeowner to the area asked me the other day when did I plant OSR in a pasture field adjacent to his holiday home?
Explained to him it was dandelions in flower

People like that should be sent to a mental asylum ... oh oops they got rid of those too !

FFS, (insert rant here ..)

We very often mark and drill round nesting birds, happens most years and we don’t need joe public to come and tell us how to do it!

We have a thriving population of ouster catchers and lapwings and many other birds.

Badgers would sort that out within seconds around here, either that or the footpathers.

 

[wanton dwarf]

In fact, we get all kinds of birds in our fields, just spotted this in a beet field across the road

One of the townies has some of those near us. Blinkin things call all day, I can hear them from 1/2 km away. God knows what his neighbours think.

Often see foxes going back and forth from his property taking chickens or some such to feed the pups.

 

[Phil P]

People like that should be sent to a mental asylum ... oh oops they got rid of those too !

FFS, sterilise the fudgers.



Badgers would sort that out within seconds around here, either that or the footpathers.

We don’t get ANY nesting birds in the fields with footpaths around or near them there’s to many dog walkers treat them like a park. Had one guy running his dog all over the some spring barley a few weeks back, asked him politely to keep his dog on the path. Got a load of abuse from him and he proceeded to throw stones at the sprayer! Fortunately he was a crap shot!

 

[wanton dwarf]

We don’t get ANY nesting birds in the fields with footpaths around or near them there’s to many dog walkers treat them like a park. Had one guy running his dog all over the some spring barley a few weeks back, asked him politely to keep his dog on the path. Got a load of abuse from him and he proceeded to throw stones at the sprayer! Fortunately he was a crap shot!

I wouldn't stand for that, I'd be over pronto throwing the chap in the ditch. Head first in the deepest bit of mud I could find. I might let him up for air every so often to check if he has changed his mind.

 

[Phil P]

I wouldn't stand for that, I'd be over pronto throwing the chap in the ditch. Head first in the deepest bit of mud I could find. I might let him up for air every so often to check if he has changed his mind.

Had to be careful as I had the rifle in the sprayer and didn’t want it to end badly

 

[wanton dwarf]

Had to be careful as I had the rifle in the sprayer and didn’t want it to end badly

Well yes .. cant be fractious when holding a license .. thankfully I gave up mine a few years ago so I have free reign to ad lib on controlling extremists.

 

[Radio]

Badgers eat pretty much all the ground nesting birds around here only the other day I saw a pheasant nest eaten by brock.

Remember a reply on here ,years ago of someone saying the public believes that badgers only eat organic lettuce from Waitrose !

 

[Vader]

Every time you take a tractor in to a field some damage is done to the wildlife, even if you perchance just run it over.
I was at an anti GM meeting where sugar beet was being discussed and 90% of the audience were highly committed farmer bashers.
I got to my feet and said I grew sugar beet , boos came from all around. But I said, I hoe my beet, a cheer went up, hooray.
I then quickly deflated them by saying that, I am certain all those skylarks whose nests I destroyed every year would surely prefer a nice non poisonous spray of roundup

Agree there. Ppl thought when I was organic, then better for ground nesting birds.
I pointed out the 12m weed rake i use will destroy every nest...

 

[Dead Rabbits]

All I read: Time wasters interfere with land owner activities.

I don’t really see why there is any more to it. It ain’t public ground. Secure and stable property ownership rights are pretty essential to Making an economy work.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Public turn up to stop a bloke topping some grass. Then turn up next week with 5000 dogs to disturb the nests/birds they were trying to save.