Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:40 pm
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When I left the mob and went back to farming, every spring, it was pure joy to witness and hear the return home of migratory birds. It gives a lift of the promise of improving weather to come. I give them all the space they need and take particular interest where they were nesting so as not to disturb. Now I know, and I have a bee in my bonnet about it, that the Buzzard has in the past, taken my Lapwing, Curlew and Corncrake to name a few. I dedicated ten acres to the Corncrake alone - no longer heard or seen. There has been a dramatic reduction in the other ground nesters. The RSPB and SNH are quick to blame the farmer - too easy. “Shoo” away a blackback - they return as soon as you are out of sight. That’s why I lamb inside now.
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