Last year we had a real battle against the pigeons, which
were eating our oilseed rape. This year the crop looks better, partly because
there was a plentiful supply of acorns until February, but it’s still a daily
job to check for damage and keep the pigeons away from the crop. The gas guns that bang at random times are moved to
the patches where the pigeons are feeding and the hawk eye scarers, scarecrows
and flapping plastic strips are strategically placed around the fields. Walking
the fields also disturbs the pigeons, sending them up in a soaring cloud to
wheel around in the sky as they decide where to land next and we also have a team of
pigeon shooters who help keep pigeon numbers down. The crops that were sown
this spring are now coming up and the fresh green shoots should be far more
tempting to pigeons than big tough oilseed rape leaves.
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