[Permission]

You'll probably get a lot more satisfaction out of that little job than all the others Moll. I got a call yesterday from a guy who had been given my number. "Can you come and ferret these paddocks, there's thousands of rabbits and the lady who owns the paddock is frightened of her horses coming a cropper in one of the holes they've made". I went to look at the job in hand last night. We must have seen six, if that. They all made for a small warren, so when I go back on saturday to sort it, if they head that way, they're dead meat. But thousands! "I was right wasn't I" the guy said as we left the fields. Yes mate. These small spots are great when you're just starting out, but can become a pain in the long run. It might be a case of passing it over to someone with either no permish or very little, perhaps a youngster.

[hair loss]

Is she scratching because of the ticks? Without seeing her, it's a little difficult to say. In the past I've always used Benzyl Benzoate for skin complaints associated with mange. The cream's available from your vet. This needs careful application, as the cream can and does block the skins pores. Wash it off after a few hours and reapply a couple of days later.

[Few Geese]

Canadas are still moulting up this way Stabs, they're grounded at the moment. Terrier chased about forty into the reser this morning. Although they can't fly, they flap and run along the ground. Very wary at the moment. After seeing this post, think I'll go for a walk with the gun. Now then, the TX or the shotty?

[Birds Nest]

Take care of them BT. They're getting scarcer each year.

[Birds Nest]

Smudge, a cuckoos egg is about the same size as a robins...maybe a tiny bit bigger. A gulls egg is the size of a feckin' ostriches in comparison! A female cuckoo first takes an egg out of the nest she's going to lay in, lays her egg and then either swallows the egg she's taken or crushes it in her throat and swallows the contents, coughing up the shell and spitting them out. I'd like to see her do it with a gulls egg!! The host needs to be an insect eater. The young cuckoo, when hatched, has to evict the eggs or chicks out of the nest (the urge to do this can last about 3-4 days). How the feck can a day old cuckoo chick heave a feckin' clutch of gulls eggs or chicks out of the nest? The gulls are semi nidifugous, in other words, their chicks leave the nest after a day or two. And there's more...much more but I think you get the jist. You were probably looking at an unusually marked egg or something like that.

[Birds Nest]

Cuckoos are bad for nickin nests too. Found a few black headed gull nests with the odd cuckoo egg in it. Lasy feckrs.

 

Hmm...how can I put this Smudge. NEVER, EVER IN A MILLION FECKIN' YEARS!

 

Nice photos BT. Found a flycatchers on an air vent this year, up the side of an old mill. Didn't need much finding really 'cos there seems to be one there almost every year or in the same area. Busy little birds.

[Bedouin salukis hunting tonight..]

Just noticed this is on tonight on the National Geographical channel, 7pm. "Hunting Hounds of Arabia". "How the Bedouin train their saluki hunting dogs to chase gazelle, and why they treat them like kings". First shown this morning at 8am and again this afternoon at 1pm. Might be worth a look. Don't know if it's been shown before.

[Cartridges]

BBs and close as well. Hulmax, 34grms always works for me. Been on many drives, bushing do's (birds only, no ground game etc) and the times a charlie has come through...I've always put the gun up to him (with 6s in) then blasphemed the fecker ! We always tend to catch up with him in the end. Those particular days are his. We have ours as well . Well said Baldie.

[Ferret Kits]

My two small albino jills presented me with 15 young 'uns between them. The hob responsable was a medium sized black eyed silver. They're nearly five weeks old now and almost weaned, so they'll be ready to go in a couple of weeks. Thanks to the local keeper, who's kindly donated the rabbits and woodpigeons, they are growing at a formidable rate. Eight jills and seven hobs. If you'd like to see a photo of the kits PM me your email addy and I'll send on a photo. A small fee would be appreciated (£6), which will be donated to the Coniston Foxhounds funds. More importantly, you'll take care of the feckers. If you get fed up with them, I'll have them back for feck all! :ph34r: North West area.

[A rat hunting man]

Ratkilla, is that one of the two guys that used to come on the tele a few years back, whos act included handling rats etc? Can't recall the name of the programme now but it had nutters on, you know, people eating glass, razor blades and one guy drank milk and forced it out of his eye or something like that . The other guy with the rats was local to me. Always wondered what happened to him. :ph34r:

[Liverpool star bans hunt]

He'll soon feck off when the gravy train runs dry...or the dole collar him!

[anyone know this?]

We probably ignored it because it "only" looks like a Great tit sitting tight. We've got one near to where I work nesting in a post box that's nailed to a tree for the anglers to put their returns in. The hen hisses like hell when you go near her. Last time I looked she was on 5, all nicely covered over with nesting material.

[anyone know this?]

Garden Warbler. Their eggs are slightly more heavily marked than a Blackcaps. Looks like a Willow tit going in the hole. Found six Meadow Pipits today whilst walking the moor :whistle: ....but no cuckoo eggs in any of them.