My father told me he had the best young bird season ever when he fed his young birds with beans right out of the field,the farmers combine wasn't working right so my father asked him if he could pick over the field for the beans so there's your answer
I understand where Jamie's coming from,Hannah ,Rankin Donaldson and a few more if they moved down that neck of the woods I have no doubt they would have won nationals
And rightly so they should be banned,oh i forgot you were a big time gamekeeper Peter,and what would you catch if you put them on a fence post Peter,could that be a barn owl,tawny owl are you wanting rid of all the birds of prey????????
Regarding the use of poison as some of the pigeon men said you have to watch where you put it as regarding to other wildlife,the reason i brought this up was i was visiting a local fancier who was overrun with rats he was using the poison blocks and just throwing them under the loft and i said you will need to make sure the little birds can't get to it,his words were fcku them,i know there is plenty of good fanciers who care for wildlife and some who dont