The Tree Fairy and The Squirrel
Tree Rats and Fairy Dust
Well here we go on a whistle stop tour of the last month, oh boy has it been a crazy month in so many areas, I literally dont have the time to write the full story.
One of my fellow clubmen helped install some live catch traps and a squirrel feeder, the traps were filled with peanuts and the feeder with wheat, this is what the gamekeeper uses for his pheasants and partridge so is good bait to use to get the tree rats where we want to shoot them, ie on the feeder, I will say this month shot squirrel count is quite impressive, I did remark its quite picturesque here I was expecting a Fairy or two to make an appearance by the trickling stream on this lovely sunny afternoon, we have shot a lot of rabbits here too with the Air Arms S510 Ultimate Sporter, all from my truck which is good as I cant really walk anywhere now day due to an industrial accident and my spine is buggered.
We have also been helping an old lady on the estate too, she has a lovely big garden and like to sit out and watch the song birds on her bird feeders, alas feed the birds and you will get squirrels and rats, watch the video below this will show you best how we have been doing.
I did attend a Red Squirrel Protection and Grey Squirrel Management course in Berkshire, this was class room based and very disabled friendly, I met a lot of nice folk, very knowledgeable folk too, I saw the oldest granary in the UK dating back to the 1700s, this was raised up mon Straddle Stones a fascinating story about how these stones were invented by our ancestors, google them and have a read absolutely fascinating.
So until next time Ave Good Un Muckers One and All.
The Tree Fairy and The Squirrel
By The Ole Hedge Creeper
www.theolehedgecreeper.co.uk