What you've never seen

[J Darcy 5,871]

Paid, i can tell you the exact field to see a CWD in if you like, but i dont know how far from you it will be. i see you mentioned Coypu...is there any left in the UK??? I thought they have been eradicated.... would love to hunt one of those....

[Paid 935]

Ah you could be right about Coypu

 

As defra say

 

"This population was eradicated in a campaign organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. To prevent further populations establishing copyu may now only be kept under strict licenced conditions. "

 

Shame really, though i suppose some might have made it.

[billybunter 72]

Ah you could be right about Coypu

 

As defra say

 

"This population was eradicated in a campaign organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. To prevent further populations establishing copyu may now only be kept under strict licenced conditions. "

 

Shame really, though i suppose some might have made it.

 

 

if any coypu did avoid the gun and trap you will find them on the

river waveney between bungay and beccles suffolk/norfolk border

shot and trapped plenty of them in the early 80s with a friend who

worked for the corpu control i think this department ceased in the

late 80s there must be a few about still as they were very common

but also very destructive to river banks crops and anything green

all the best bb

[J Darcy 5,871]

i dont mind travelling to work one. How big are their holes and how deep do they run under the ground?

[byron 1,169]

Ah you could be right about Coypu

 

As defra say

 

"This population was eradicated in a campaign organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. To prevent further populations establishing copyu may now only be kept under strict licenced conditions. "

 

Shame really, though i suppose some might have made it.

 

 

if any coypu did avoid the gun and trap you will find them on the

river waveney between bungay and beccles suffolk/norfolk border

shot and trapped plenty of them in the early 80s with a friend who

worked for the corpu control i think this department ceased in the

late 80s there must be a few about still as they were very common

but also very destructive to river banks crops and anything green

all the best bb

billyboy do you no the keeper at rushford[thetford].met a lad there, at me mates who worked for coypu control few years ago?

[billybunter 72]

Ah you could be right about Coypu

 

As defra say

 

"This population was eradicated in a campaign organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. To prevent further populations establishing copyu may now only be kept under strict licenced conditions. "

 

Shame really, though i suppose some might have made it.

 

 

if any coypu did avoid the gun and trap you will find them on the

river waveney between bungay and beccles suffolk/norfolk border

shot and trapped plenty of them in the early 80s with a friend who

worked for the corpu control i think this department ceased in the

late 80s there must be a few about still as they were very common

but also very destructive to river banks crops and anything green

all the best bb

billyboy do you no the keeper at rushford[thetford].met a lad there, at me mates who worked for coypu control few years ago?

 

 

no byron i didnt know the keeper at rushford i lived about 40 miles

east of thetford from 82 to 86 then moved back to hertfordshire

[big mistake]

all the best bb

[billybunter 72]

i dont mind travelling to work one. How big are their holes and how deep do they run under the ground?

 

 

never worked them with a terrier but seem to remember pictures on

here from someone i think in holland who worked them with terriers

the dog looked fairly well bashed from the huge teeth

burrows are often made in ditches or soak dykes that lie behind

many of the raised banks of the rivers and broads and sometimes

extend for 5 metres or more into yhe bank but usually a few foot deep

the burrow entrance is usually at river level and there may be more than

one exit the first leading onto land and the others leading back into the

water the coypu is about 1 metre from nose to tale and adult males

weigh about 15lb and females a couple of lbs less but had males to

nearly 20lb in large cage traps baited with either carrott turnip/swede

i was reading a article that said in 1961/62 40.000 coypu were trapped

and shot and that didnt even put a dent in the population so you can

imagin how many there were in east anglia alone becauce that was

were they started breeding them for there fur in 1929

all the best bb

[juckler123 707]

would love to see a capercallie if you want to see a hobby theres a pair that nest in dovedale on bunster plenty of lizards in heather in and around sherwood forest and nightjars. adders and grass snakes in lincoln seen lynx around favisham amazon parrots to one pair nesting as well as green ring necks one of the best kept secrets in my area has got to be honey buzzards and nesting ospreys on welbeck estates notts

Edited January 11, 2007 by juckler123

[lampinglurcher 36]

seen a peregrine hit a pigeon right outside my house. plenty of badgers round me, quite alot of fox, a good number of deer but not CWD. a few years ago i did a few days work picking strawberries to arn me some summer pocket money and in the polytunnels i saw a couple of lizards, sand lizards i presume. oh by the way lads, any sightings of reptiles is great, but do not admit to picking up slow worms, grass snakes etc as its illegal. at the moment i work looking after reptiles etc and see quite a number come in, terrapins, slowys, adders and some others get brought to me to take a look at. onwe of the strangest things i ever saw was a roe deer running in front of my landy through a field, stupid thing tries to jump between the bars of a gate, hit the gate and broke its neck . daft animal made for some good eating though.

[craig 0]

I used to work on fish farms and seen ospreys lifting fish a few times, but i've never seen them nesting or feeding young

[ferreterno1 0]

ive never seen a badger or a hare believe it or not

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Seen most animals including otter, scottish wildcat ,all 6 species of deer , badgers , red squirrels , adders but would like to see a wild boar , never had the privilege of spotting a porker. Also would love to spot a pine marten