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Saturday 21 July: a nice surprise
I went to Brookfield Farm yesterday afternoon with the idea of luring some corvids into range using my little owl decoy. So I set up my hide inside a hedgerow in a favourite spot of mine and as I was...
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Late May & June outings at Brookfield Farm
This year must have been the rainiest summer since records begun. After a nice spring, it has rained almost every day. A lot of rain. But as the animals must find food whatever the weather, I must keep...
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A couple of hours spent decoying
The shot pigeons deployed as decoyes Rather than the usual mooch around, this time I thought I’d do a little decoying at Brookfield farm and see what would happen. So I set up a quick screen and...
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No sweat Sunday
The view in front of me After two weeks of not having been at Robin’s, I thought I’d spend a couple of hours there and see how the rabbits were doing. It was a beautiful evening, warm in colour, a blue...
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Another great evening at Robin’s
Monday 20th August: another great evening at Robin’s. As I was approaching the gate I noticed a big buck sunbathing on the field down the hill. Saved for later, I thought. I made my way to the usual...
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More hiding
I wanted to spend a whole day out trying to bag as much as possible. So I went to Robin’s early in the morning for a spot of rabbits, but in two hours I only managed to stalk and kill a young magpie....
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2012 Results
Here’s my tally for the year just gone. C. Doves: 2 Crows: 1 Jackdaws: 14 Jays: 9 Magpies: 16 Rabbits: 53 Squirrels: 34 Woodpigeons: 80 Total: 210 This new 2013 should be even more fruitful as I’m now...
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A difficult start of the year
With the new year’s weather being so bad, I only managed to go out a couple of times deeking pigeons on rape fields, sadly without much success. The main reason for my failure was that I could not set...
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A bad day turned good
Last Sunday I decided to visit a permission I’ve had for a while but where I had never been before, with large fields of rape surrounding a narrow stretch of young woodland, providing good cover to...
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First outing with the TTR2
For a change, Tuesday 19th of Feb was a lovely sunny day, warm and bright, a real anticipation of the spring to come, hopefully. Having only played with the TTR at home before and being in the need of...
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