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gardening-girl



Joined: 25 Feb 2009
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Location: Somerset.
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 4:50 pm    Post subject: Larsen Traps. Reply with quote
    

We are having a real problem with rooks going into the hen house,through the pop hole, and stealing eggs.Lots of eggs.
Someone mentioned using a Larsen Trap to catch the b*****s.
Are these legal?
Any other ideas to solve the problem?(Apart from shooting them).

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

try a mirror

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 5:07 pm    Post subject: Re: Larsen Traps. Reply with quote
    

gardening-girl wrote:
Are these legal?


https://www.basc.org.uk/en/codes-of-practice/trapping-pest-birds.cfm

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I have left Ma a message.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

corvids are clever ,i like em but

mirror
the proper distress cry on a gizmo
gun

Cathryn



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 5:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Are you sure they are rooks? It's not their usual diet.

gardening-girl



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yes Catherine,Barrie saw one coming out.
They are also taking duck eggs from another chap on the plot.We are finding egg shells all over the track.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

umm they will teach the children where dinner can be found

non lethal war is a polite start

chez



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

They are taking eggs from me, too. And last year I lost quite a lot of youngsters to them before I worked out what was going on.

dpack



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mirror means more to a raider than a local

graannie was clever before she was ruthless

perlogalism



Joined: 27 Nov 2009
Posts: 440
Location: Near Welshpool
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 12 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We had major problems with Magpies last year. Have invested in a Larsen trap a couple of months ago and not had one attack since!

They know you know

Colin & Jan



Joined: 03 Mar 2006
Posts: 203
Location: Dover, Kent
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 12 7:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm up to 12 magpies and 4 carrion crows to date. 6 of the magpies and 3 of the crows have gone to other people for their traps.

Make sure the call bird in the trap is well fed and watered so that it feels well and subsequently calls loudly. They can become a real Judas if well looked after.

All of the corvid species will take eggs and chicks although I would rate the rook at the bottom of the 'pecking order'. Once they find a nest or source they will not stop until that source has gone.

In my opinion, control at this time a year is a must for wildlife management. My father who generally doesn't give much for this type of thing was incandescent with rage last year when the magpies systematically picked off the young blue tits a they were hatching from one of his boxes. We now have a larsen trap in his garden each spring.

SteveP



Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Posts: 155
Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 12 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

My way to keep jackdaws and rooks away is to shoot one and hang it off the ground by one wing. After the initial racket from the over-flying birds they wont land near it. It is surprising how long it works (months) if the fox doesn't take the carcass.

Doesn't seem to work for magpies though.

woodsprite



Joined: 20 Mar 2006
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Location: North Herefordshire
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 12 8:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

SteveP wrote:
My way to keep jackdaws and rooks away is to shoot one and hang it off the ground by one wing. After the initial racket from the over-flying birds they wont land near it. It is surprising how long it works (months) if the fox doesn't take the carcass.

Doesn't seem to work for magpies though.


That's the country way. My gran did it, my dad did it and I did it. I've never had a problem.

gardening-girl



Joined: 25 Feb 2009
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Location: Somerset.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 12 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Larsen trap now sourced,B is sitting silently ready to have a pop.

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