mel b 3,572 Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 6 hours ago, mackem said: My son sent me an advert a few weeks back 55 acres of woodland,price was equivalent to £10500. A piece of land like that , would be a dream come true mack . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,522 Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 3 hours ago, mel b said: A piece of land like that , would be a dream come true mack . I am having serious thoughts about buying some land over there mel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 11,180 Posted June 1 Author Report Share Posted June 1 5 hours ago, mackem said: I am having serious thoughts about buying some land over there mel. Canada? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,522 Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 29 minutes ago, low plains drifter said: Canada? Yes mate low population+Huge landmass=Cheap as chips land prices. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b 3,572 Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 6 hours ago, mackem said: I am having serious thoughts about buying some land over there mel. I'd love it mack . The only thing is living in the middle of nowhere as you get older. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 11,180 Posted June 1 Author Report Share Posted June 1 2 hours ago, mackem said: Yes mate low population+Huge landmass=Cheap as chips land prices. Buy land they don't make it anymore 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 11,180 Posted June 9 Author Report Share Posted June 9 Letting some light in 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b 3,572 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 On squirrel patrol this weekend again. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 11,180 Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 29 minutes ago, mel b said: On squirrel patrol this weekend again. Do you see any reds down there Mel? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 29,522 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 4 minutes ago, low plains drifter said: Do you see any reds down there Mel? Used too see them all the time as a kid up in Durham and Northumberland,never once saw a grey local back then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mel b 3,572 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 37 minutes ago, low plains drifter said: Do you see any reds down there Mel? I know that they're being released in the area , but I've never seen one. That's the main reason that I clear as many greys as possible. I took 25 greys from my feeders in jan/Feb, and didn't see any more until I spotted more on the trail cam a couple of weeks ago. I had three last Saturday, and two more have turned up on the cam this week. Hopefully I'll get lucky, and clear them up tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 I live 3 miles away from one of the UK's biggest red squirrel reserves in Formby. Now you'd like to think, with the red on a knife edge, that around that reserve, they'd keep the greys as tight as possible. Not so... On the farmland around me, they put down 10,000 trees 15 years ago. And last year planted 90,000 more. We are overrun with grey squirrels here, yet when speaking to both The Forrestry Commission, and The National Trust, who both have cownership, neither gave a feck about the grey numbers here already, and how they will increase, or the red population under threat up the road.. The red squirrel is doomed in the UK. Maybe like the black rat, they could exist only in tiny isolated pockets somewhere. But enjoy them where you find them, because very soon, they will be a thing of the past... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 11,180 Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 23 hours ago, mackem said: Used too see them all the time as a kid up in Durham and Northumberland,never once saw a grey local back then. The greys are all over these days, there was one seen in a back garden recently in a built up area of Tyneside well away from farmland or woods 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 11,180 Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 23 hours ago, mel b said: I know that they're being released in the area , but I've never seen one. That's the main reason that I clear as many greys as possible. I took 25 greys from my feeders in jan/Feb, and didn't see any more until I spotted more on the trail cam a couple of weeks ago. I had three last Saturday, and two more have turned up on the cam this week. Hopefully I'll get lucky, and clear them up tomorrow. There's quite a bit of work going on in Northumberland to protect the reds, I've only seen one in here back end of 2023 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,781 Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 21 hours ago, Bosun11 said: I live 3 miles away from one of the UK's biggest red squirrel reserves in Formby. Now you'd like to think, with the red on a knife edge, that around that reserve, they'd keep the greys as tight as possible. Not so... On the farmland around me, they put down 10,000 trees 15 years ago. And last year planted 90,000 more. We are overrun with grey squirrels here, yet when speaking to both The Forrestry Commission, and The National Trust, who both have cownership, neither gave a feck about the grey numbers here already, and how they will increase, or the red population under threat up the road.. The red squirrel is doomed in the UK. Maybe like the black rat, they could exist only in tiny isolated pockets somewhere. But enjoy them where you find them, because very soon, they will be a thing of the past... Sad to say it mate but I agree with you. Used to see reds regularly around the estate at work and out on the moss but there's greys everywhere now like a plague. I've seen them out in the middle of big fields with no trees or hedges around. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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