FLATTOP 4,976 Posted June 18 Report Share Posted June 18 Was up in Suffolk the weekend and the caravan site I was on was heaving with rabbits not at all shy either just walking about in daylight, also see a hell of a lot of roadkill Munties. 1 Quote Link to post
The drover 986 Posted June 18 Report Share Posted June 18 On 07/05/2025 at 21:02, The drover said: RHVD 11 . WILL BE HORRENDOUS HERE TOMORROW Pleasantly surprised. Found about 30 dead above ground on them couple of days. But it's bounced back well . Nearly back to the same number as it was . Plenty of bunnies 1 Quote Link to post
Aled 561 Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 There was a single young one which we saw whilst walking the dog every evening, last week i saw it on the road heard us coming and ran in to a wall...yep mixy! However yesterday morning and this morning in another area, again whilst walking the dog i saw 2, i hope they are male and female!! Cheers Aled 1 Quote Link to post
Samrog 471 Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 round me middle cheshire area theres either quite a few in their little area or none at all where they always were. Perhaps certain colonies adapted better to the diseases. when i see rabbits now and im just as pleased as when i see a hare because theyve really struggled very locally! 1 Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 Locally to me they exist in little pockets, most of which I have no interest in decreasing the numbers. It's been a long time since I seen a local rabbit with mixy. I hope that I do, because that would be an indication numbers are on the rise, and they deal with that better than RHVD Quote Link to post
The drover 986 Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 3 hours ago, Samrog said: round me middle cheshire area theres either quite a few in their little area or none at all where they always were. Perhaps certain colonies adapted better to the diseases. when i see rabbits now and im just as pleased as when i see a hare because theyve really struggled very locally! When the hard frost comes i go ferreting . Not for the pot , but to replenish areas . Been doing it for 15 year . Myxi once and rhvd 4/5 times . But the virus blows through quickly now and doesn't seem to wipe 95% out the way it did . It's jmo that the varied blood strains I'm introducing is creating an old mongrel rabbit more capable of fighting back . But as bosun says , they don't seem to branch out . Imo , that's due to the insane amount of predators now . No lapwing nor curlews will attain to that . Be nice if folk would drop a few instead of always necking every one they catch 8 Quote Link to post
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