do u still

[f mac 40]

just havin a read through this forum never kept finches , i remember in the late 60s when i was just a boy the birdy guys would set big nets to catch finches ect ,they would keep them,sell em to pet shops,or take them to the farmers market , does this practice still go on or is it a banned practice i still walk the dogs in the area although the finch guys are long gone it seems the finches are long gone too , never see them in the numbers that used to be around although if u go to the right places there still plenty around .

[Lab 10,979]

just havin a read through this forum never kept finches , i remember in the late 60s when i was just a boy the birdy guys would set big nets to catch finches ect ,they would keep them,sell em to pet shops,or take them to the farmers market , does this practice still go on or is it a banned practice i still walk the dogs in the area although the finch guys are long gone it seems the finches are long gone too , never see them in the numbers that used to be around although if u go to the right places there still plenty around .

Banned............

[AL BUNDY 45]

just havin a read through this forum never kept finches , i remember in the late 60s when i was just a boy the birdy guys would set big nets to catch finches ect ,they would keep them,sell em to pet shops,or take them to the farmers market , does this practice still go on or is it a banned practice i still walk the dogs in the area although the finch guys are long gone it seems the finches are long gone too , never see them in the numbers that used to be around although if u go to the right places there still plenty around .

never used nets but had plenty british finches.where abouts you from, done a lot places on clyde valley.

[francolin 449]

all young lads had finches back then,also all had birds egg collections,and most had a kestrel called kes,but like stated there was more birds around in some areas makes you think banning somethings dont always work for the better,young lads learn from the old bird limers,netters,it was a better pastime than some persue these days.

[mackem 26,264]

Used to have a mist-net as a kid,got it from K.P.S Nets or Youngs of Misterton??Just been working in spain and saw several places that sold clap nets,mist nets,and spring bird-traps.

[f mac 40]

just havin a read through this forum never kept finches , i remember in the late 60s when i was just a boy the birdy guys would set big nets to catch finches ect ,they would keep them,sell em to pet shops,or take them to the farmers market , does this practice still go on or is it a banned practice i still walk the dogs in the area although the finch guys are long gone it seems the finches are long gone too , never see them in the numbers that used to be around although if u go to the right places there still plenty around .

never used nets but had plenty british finches.where abouts you from, done a lot places on clyde valley.

dumbarton mate way down the estuary

[f mac 40]

all young lads had finches back then,also all had birds egg collections,and most had a kestrel called kes,but like stated there was more birds around in some areas makes you think banning somethings dont always work for the better,young lads learn from the old bird limers,netters,it was a better pastime than some persue these days.

yep spent many days collecting eggs but only ever took 1 from a nest , used to go up the hills for the peweeps eggs great eating (lapwings) but they dont nest the same areas either one thing i sussed from early is out in fields u only find finches where ther are hedgrows ,fencing seems to have shiffted them on

[f mac 40]

Used to have a mist-net as a kid,got it from K.P.S Nets or Youngs of Misterton??Just been working in spain and saw several places that sold clap nets,mist nets,and spring bird-traps.

all i remember was me and a few mates walking up to the net to be met by an angry old guy who wanted to boot our arse lol ,learned a lot from him over the years none of it legal ,gill nets , ferrets , snares , none of my family were into anything like that so am here today on this forum because of old jock

[Waz 4,252]

Used to have a mist-net as a kid,got it from K.P.S Nets or Youngs of Misterton??Just been working in spain and saw several places that sold clap nets,mist nets,and spring bird-traps.

all i remember was me and a few mates walking up to the net to be met by an angry old guy who wanted to boot our arse lol ,learned a lot from him over the years none of it legal ,gill nets , ferrets , snares , none of my family were into anything like that so am here today on this forum because of old jock

 

Raise your glass to ol Jock and his ilk.

[para1 11]

Very surprised that no one has said that all this trapping and netting is illegal.

Get caught with this equipment in your shed and you could be in serious bother.

Yep those where the days alright.P1

[francolin 449]

Very surprised that no one has said that all this trapping and netting is illegal.

Get caught with this equipment in your shed and you could be in serious bother.

Yep those where the days alright.P1

traps ect can be used to catch up birds in there flights,birdroom,with no disruption to the birds,that might be why some folk have em .

[Penda 3,341]

My grandad originally came from carlow in kilkenny an he was mad for bird liming and catching linnets,goldfinches,he would also have the knack of getting sky larks he,d spend hours in the fields watching them when the parents would land from flying they would never land on the nest they drop so many yards away and walk the rest to trick predators as alot of ground nesting birds do. Then he would spring out the grass and the cock or hen lark would strike from the nest revealing where it was if there were chicks in the nest he would put a purse net over the young so the parents could feed them but they couldnt leave the nest then he keep checking now and again until the bird was big enough to be taken away,never met my grandad but i really wish i did he was a proper country man,poacher,dog,birdman etc book of knowledge he did pass alot on to my dad but it would of been great to see him and learn my self from him.

[Attack Fell Terrier 864]

My grandad originally came from carlow in kilkenny an he was mad for bird liming and catching linnets,goldfinches,he would also have the knack of getting sky larks he,d spend hours in the fields watching them when the parents would land from flying they would never land on the nest they drop so many yards away and walk the rest to trick predators as alot of ground nesting birds do. Then he would spring out the grass and the cock or hen lark would strike from the nest revealing where it was if there were chicks in the nest he would put a purse net over the young so the parents could feed them but they couldnt leave the nest then he keep checking now and again until the bird was big enough to be taken away,never met my grandad but i really wish i did he was a proper country man,poacher,dog,birdman etc book of knowledge he did pass alot on to my dad but it would of been great to see him and learn my self from him.

 

It's sad to say but all that knowledge and culture that has developed over god knows how many years is going to be lost soon enough. It seems that the government are happy for the kids to swap all this for Drinking on street corners, indulging in under age sex and becoming parents before they even become adults themselves.

 

Pretty sad really.