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| Author: | Colin Smale [ Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | +++Squirrels ---fledglings |
I just went to see if a certain woodland species has bred again, the place is deluged with grey squirrels, arguably UK's top predator/pest. No sign of feathered quarry and no wonder !! It really is time something drastic was done about this critter, what use is a bird reserve with no birds ?? |
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| Author: | Mark Martin [ Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:26 pm ] |
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I'm with you on this one Colin - unfortunately, despite the historic culling of the Grey by the millions it has been shown that this had no effect on the population increase whatsoever and has been deemed a great waste of money/resource - the Grey is one very successful, highly adaptable critter that appears to be here to stay whether we like it or not  I think that only Mother Nature, time and a freak mutant virus would possibly reverse this trend.
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| Author: | Colin Smale [ Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Feed em 'cake' |
It surely cannot be beyond the wit and wisdom of a switched on biologist to come up with some kind of a bait that will make em infertile, if we can go to the moon etc... |
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