Animal traps found in woods

[mountainm]

Found one of these in my local wood. It turned out to be covering a hole with a plastic cup in. then there was another 20 yards further down, and 5 more equally spaced.

So I guess it's for some sort of survey, newts maybe?

The one I disturbed I replaced as found.

M

 

[Adze]

I'd have thought invertebrate traps - why not leave a note in one?

 

[bikething]

I'd have thought invertebrate traps - why not leave a note in one?

Can invertebrates read?

but yeah - looks like some kind of survey..

 

[Adze]

Can invertebrates read?

Of course they can! Why else leave a note?

 

[bikething]

Of course they can! Why else leave a note?

well the slugs don't take any notice of the 'keep out' signs round my garden

 

[Adze]

Maybe they're foreign slugs? I don't profess to be an expert mind you... could be they're just naughty.

 

[JonathanD]

Yeah. It's an invertebrate study. I think you've put the lid back on upside down though

 

[mountainm]

That was for the photo... It went back t'other way up.

 

[JonathanD]

Cool, some smart **** left a rubber snake under one of my reptile refugia once. It was a big rattlesnake and scared the poop outta me.

 

[mountainm]

Cool, some smart **** left a rubber snake under one of my reptile refugia once. It was a big rattlesnake and scared the poop outta me.

Awesome, I may have to pop a rubber scorpion in one of these.

 

[santaman2000]

Can invertebrates read?

but yeah - looks like some kind of survey..

I hope so; if not, how would they fill out the survey?

 

[ged]

Awesome, I may have to pop a rubber scorpion in one of these.

I can let you have some real ones from my cellar.


http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/JOS/misc/t4116888.jpg

 

[nodd]

Thats a posh lid for a pitfall trap the ones I use are a square of plywood and a nail in each corner.

 

[JonathanD]

Same here.

 

[nodd]

One of my lectures said he set up a trial using white ceramic tiles thinking they would be easier to find, and some one went round breaking every one

 

[mountainm]

One of my lectures said he set up a trial using white ceramic tiles thinking they would be easier to find, and some one went round breaking every one

These were really obvious, glinting away in the sun. Appealed to the inner magpie. If you really want it to be ignored use a flattened beer can.

 

[JonathanD]

Bit of bark and four pebbles works well too. Problem is you can't find the things again.

 

[nodd]

yep even with a gps it can be fun and games I was asked once are you geocaching.

 

[JonathanD]

Hehehe. You get some strange looks when you are surveying, that's for sure. The official line herpetologists are told to give when surveying for snakes and confronted, is - I'm birdwatching! This is to stop people persecuting any snakes in that area. But for Godsakes, how many birdwatchers look intently at the ground by their feet all the time? None that I know of. They all look into the sky and up in trees.

 

[nodd]

lol I was taking soil sample got asked the standard what are you doing so tempting to say its for the new Multi storey car park. You should have seen the reserve managers face when I told him that I had said that ,it was just too tempting to wind him up.