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  2. Smithy?

    in Earthdogs & Working Terriers

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    Joe hefferman told me smithy and rags where brought from a lad that didn’t know there breeding , Ken brought one and joe the other , Ken stayed at joes and after some whiskey Ken brought the other of joe  and took them both home 

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  20. Buzzards

    in Gamekeeping, Conservation & Shoot Management

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    I am a falconer and I also shoot and have done so for nearly 35 yrs.

    Lets start with the Spar! If you look at the size of the Spar it is tiny!

    The largest prey item I have seen a female spar take in the wild is a feral pigeon in the town. You can discount the male spar or musket due to his diminutive size as he usually hunts song birds!

    It is not possible for these little raptors to overcome larger prey on their own unless assisted by an Austringer!

    Next on the list is the Tawny Owl! Tawny's can be aggressive and Yes these will take poults and can be a real nuisance at a pen when the poults are small but he will only take them up to a certain size.

    Then it's the turn of The Buzzard, again these birds will only take poults up to a certain size. This is because despite their large appearance they have have relatively small feet in comparison to their size. They can and do take Rabbits but again these are usually small in size.

    The only bird that rightly deserves the top spot is the Goshawk, supreme woodland specialist that does not need any help from man with what it does best, and that is catch and kill fur and feather in any terrain. As for as deterrents! Use old feed bags tied to the wire of the pen with baler twine and provide plenty of cover for the poults. Please look at things logically!

    Anything with the word "Hawk" in it seems to strike fear in shooting folk. The birds hunt to survive and react to a concentration of prey items! This simplist way to combat the problem would be to put down an excess of birds but this is obviously not practical!

     

    I hope this helps?

    hen sparrow hawks will also take fully grown french and english partridges which are bigger than ferral pigeons

  25. dead cubs

    in Earthdogs & Working Terriers

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    bullx i am a keeper and relie on wild birds(english partridge), controlling foxes is my job not sport and this shoot is partime keepered and we always get bother at nesting time from foxes off of this land so we come on there this year to control them this is what i found!

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