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Chris We are all only being told half of the story here, A spokesman from the enviormental agency has all but admitted and said this is an intresting theory at best, and it needs further looking into, this is where my main concern lies, while this and many other suveys are pending the...

Martins are a carnivores they will eat anything that is weaker than themselves, greys are stronger and faster than the reds whose young will also suffer as will all small animals with young, this is not the answer, if we do nothing the onlyplace one will see a red is either stuffed or in a zoo...

The grey issue, no pun intended needs addressing today, lets not hope for a cure in less than 10 years time, it is too late now, unless the government take positive action to deal with the problem now its going to be too late, it does no good whatsoever of having further debates, field test...

Did you know that feeding birds via wire feeders is not actually helping the majority of certain species, I have studdied this for many years now, I may not be a scientist but I have done number counts for over twenty years now and it does work. We have noticed that the birds that come to...

Do not feed the greys or any squirel come to that, there is enough natural food for all, numbers are controlled by nature and what an area will allow, feeding only attracts any kind of squirel and will only bring them together, and you know what that means. Lets hope they do find a vaccine...

Here are a few ways to catch/get them to come out of the drey. Take a large 4lb hammer and bang like hell on the trunk of the tree. A fen trap inserted into a false bird box covered with nuts or corn, works every time. Wait until the young are a couple of weeks old and still in the...

Hi Geoff I have used only small amounts of antler before and lots of Ivory from old billiard balls for making parts for my musical instruments, I have found that soaking either for several weeks in water changing the water every few days for fresh helps to hydrate them, this makes them easier...

The roots and small braches are the best parts to use because they have the biggest surface area and are where the process begins, most trees have about the same bulk un derground as they do above it, You can tap the X flowum when the tree is starting to run in the spring to get the resin...

Been there got the T shirt long before it was outlawed, its a good quick and humane way to catch and despatch your pray if done correctly, landing a salmon via rod and reel can be a long drawn out streesfull event for the fish, which is more humane is in question today is the sport fair or...

Don't shoot what you cannot eat, or it will be just like the 1000's of tons of wasted fish thread posted on the forum. If we gave everyone one to eat there would be no more grey problem "Only Kidding":lmao: Davy.

Sparrows and many other town and country species are now in rapid decline in many areas, a friend of mine has done extensive research into this, to cut a long story short, what he and a few and a couple close reasearchers have come to an agreement on is, not only has a sparrows habitat...

What Chris says is fact, A cull will only prevent things happening for a while longer, grey's were a mistake to which many of our unprotected red's will eventually secumb too, rather like that of the native jungle inhabitants who got chickepox and measles from us when we first met them...

Nice one John Polotician, Ecconomist, Lawyer, Liar, there all the same just spelt diferently. My Grandfather once said to me, two of the biggest problems in today's or any society are, making someone work for nothing, and giving others something for nothing, all the larger corporations do...

Hi Chris This kind of thing has been going on since new rulling from Brussells came into being, its all down to money and figures at the cost to our enviornment, they cannot see what is really going on from where they are all sitting. Today's throw away society as is the case is going to...

Woodbine, Wayfaring tree. Davy.

A good guide and one I have used many alternatives from is Culpeppers complete herbal it has all the government and virtues, but be very careful or you might not wake up one morning. Tormentil was a life saver one day, I was out in the middle of nowhere and toothache came on, a search for the...

Hi Gordon Just a couple of tips for when you start your project Make sure you have enough depth of oil so when you can submerge the blade fully about a gallon is enough, then you won't get a load of flames and a better hardening. When you are tempering the blade finally, use the gas...

Hi Richard Our water supply on the farm has always been pretty good, and we have never had any problems with illnesses, we only started having it tested when we started a caravan site, the minisrty had to check it out because of the general public using our supply. Over the years our...

Hi Geuf There are many non desructive bacteriums that the body can cope with iff ingested in small numbers, a lot of this depends on the individual to as how much one is infected, what might make someone violently ill might only give another very mild sumtoms, some bacteria can survive the...

Some good advice on water filtering etc. Where ever you get water from its going to have a certain amount of bacteria in it, from a well stream, home made filtering device etc etc. Our farm,s supply comes straight out of the hillside and has been tested OK for the last 30years, the water...