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    I'm after a digital camera that gives me an instant take as soon as I hit the shutter button. I need to take wildlife/pest control pictures involving birds and my non-DSLR digital has a big delay so I usually miss the subject and end up with an image full of sky. I was considering a DSLR such as the Nikon D40 but they are not cheap. My question is what type and price of camera will give me this instant reaction?
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    Sorry, I meant 400 years (they were here for that period before the Normans). Hence the charge why wait 400 years to introduce the rabbit as remains were certainly found dating back to the Norman occupation. It is known that rabbits were indigenous during the Third Glacial Phase 22,000 years ago from lagamorph fossils found in Swanscombe, Kent.
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    The reason some people query whether Romans introduced them is that the Romans were here 4000 years before any evidence of rabbite were found so the quetion is why did they wait so long to introduce them?
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    Facts are only facts if they're right. The Norman (French) introduction is very popular but I'm not sure it qualifies for "Fact". What is your source by the way?
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    After reading Rickardo's thread on the shooting of a fox after free-range chickens and Aaronpigeonplucker's post concerning the origin of the rabbit; What are the panel's views? (please give your reasons) There seems to me to be four theories; 1) They were always here and survived the various ice ages? 2) Norman introduction? 3) Roman introduction? 4) They were pushed out with the ice age and as it ended and retreated they returned accross the land bridge from France? There is some evidence for all of these theories but some of it is more compelling than ot
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    And what would you suggest then Matt?? Foxy Most properly trained professionals (MAFF, FC to name two) train their staff to dispatch them with a priest. Quick, clean and safe. Well I'm a professional and I use a .22 air pistol. I think your referrence to MAFF shows your views to be a little out dated Matt. To shoot or to club has always been a personal issue but to put a guy down who is committed to helping our indigenous red squirrel just because he doesn't use your old fashioned methods is a bit below the belt.
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    They may be rare on humans but thrive on pigs and wild mammals including foxes, badgers and hedgehogs.
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    Although they don't like human hosts they do transfer to predators of rabbits like foxes and cats so watch your dogs and ferrets.
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    That's a very good question OTC and one I have raised on PC forums before. As you say there are quite a few Polecats around these days. I assume the onus is on us to establish whether they are in our area? How are we expected to do that? Technically once the Polecat is established over the whole country then all spring trapping for rabbits in burrows will be illegal. Another example of how vague and unworkable legislation creates a minefield for pest control operatives and trappers.
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    The Bubonic Plague was spread by the Tropical rat flea on the Black rat and our Brown rat is host to the European rat flea. The main difference is that the Tropical rat flea easily transfers to the human host wheras the European rat flea mainly lives in the rat burrows and does not particularly like human blood so rarely transfers to us.
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    As Foxy09 says, it is illegal to set spring traps if Polecats are present as they are a protected species.
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    Are the units "muddy finger" friendly?
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    Alexi Sayle. Chubby good but no match for the main man. Bernard Manning of course is also a legend if a little un-PC these days although it I never saw him in quite the same light after those underpants
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    What gas can you use to dispatch Badgers Topper?
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    If it's always on that wall it could well be that you are hearing them coming in and out. They will be leaving the house daily for food and/or water (depending on whether rat or mouse). You need to check that wall carefully for pipes or cables going through the brickwork to see if there are any gaps between pipe and brick and check for any other gaps in the brickwork. Is this the wall that the sewers are on. In other words do your toilets/showers/baths etc. back on to this wall? Check where all the house walls meet the ground for rat holes.
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    It probably is bits of cement dropping down the cavity but if you've only just started hearing it, the bits are probably being dislodged by mice or rats. What time of day or night do you here them? Is it always in the same wall? Are there any entrance/exit points in that wall? (for instance pipes going through the external walls) Is it the same wall that that the sewer stack is on?
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    It could be mice or rats in the cavities. From there they could get access into lofts, floor/ceiling voids, airing cupboards, kitchen cupboards etc. via pipe and cable runs. Check all those places for droppings and chewing. No signs does not necessarily mean no rodents. I wouldn't bother with traps you need some mouse/rat poison in all those places. If you are semi-detached or terraced all properties will need treating or you will quickly get re-infested. Do you know a good pest controller? You may also need an electrician to check the wiring too. Are you a Who fan?
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    So Steviebhoy, if you could have your way and NE agreed with you and put the Buzzard on Schedule 2 of the W&CA, how would this cull work and who would carry it out using what methods?
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    Whole yellow maize but monkey nuts and peanuts are a useful extra attraction.
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    I'm sure gamekeepers are often under a lot of pressure to deliver but I don't believe that any raptors have a significant impact on pheasant numbers. I work in pest control and also have to abide by the laws. Many species of mammal and bird are protected, others are legitimate pests. Often the rules change and a species receives protection and other times the protection is relaxed and we are allowed to control. The only change I would personally make is to relax the protection on Badgers because I believe the evidence of their spread of BTB is undeniable (in my opinion - and several vets that
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    "Buzzards eat principally small rodents, but also take birds, reptiles, amphibians, larger insects and earthworms. Prey up to 500g is taken by active predation, anything heavier is usually carrion or seriously enfeebled individuals. Gamebirds are sometimes taken, though they make up only a tiny proportion of the total number of pheasants and red-legged partridges released for shooting. Carrion can form a significant part of buzzard diet, although the amount of carrion taken varies a lot from place to place. Buzzards use three main hunting techniques. They locate prey from a perch and
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    The first rule of being a hunter is know your quarry. You obviously have a lot to learn about the Buzzard's diet. Just to set the record straight I'm pro hunt, anti ArcePCA and have not much time for RSPB or other seudo environmental/wildlife organisations. I'm a pest controller and trapper but wildlife management is a balance. It's not alleged, it's real persecution born out of ignorance.
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    It's called pest control. Not all trapping is done for food.
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    Can't see why anyone would want or need to cull Buzzards. Sounds like the gamekeeper mentality as usual; "It's a predator so it has to die" They actually spend most of their time eating slugs, snails, worms, frogs, carrion and other small mammals which shouldn't be a reason for the gamekeepers to lose any sleep. Now Badgers is a whole different ball game, should have been "thinned out" long ago. Any pest that spreads a fatal disease to human food stock needs to be controlled.
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