Nature on your farm.

Rows Grower · 28-11-2020 12:10am

blue5000 wrote: »

Have a big one living behind the sun visor on the passenger side of the jeep.:eek:

That's my kinda jeep, that's the right job for when the ladies want to check their appearance in the visor mirror.

28-11-2020 10:48pm

We used to have goats visit every year but they haven't come since foot and mouth when most of them were culled.

I'd love to see them back again if only for briar management!

Has anyone heard of anyone attracting or buying feral goats? (I don't think any farmed ones will eat brush)

Base price · 28-11-2020 11:08pm

Deleted User wrote: »

We used to have goats visit every year but they haven't come since foot and mouth when most of them were culled.

I'd love to see them back again if only for briar management!

Has anyone heard of anyone attracting or buying feral goats? (I don't think any farmed ones will eat brush)

If you want to buy them you need a DAFM herd number.

SmartinMartin · 29-11-2020 4:54pm

Cheeky youngfella, right up to the house. He looks to have been in the rutting wars too, most of one antler broken off.

NcdJd · 29-11-2020 5:22pm

Love the big stoned wall smartinmartin.

Buzzard, hawk and holly. Plenty of berries on them this year.

Rows Grower · 29-11-2020 6:13pm

That stag is in fine condition.

SmartinMartin · 01-12-2020 3:27pm

Rows Grower wrote: »

That stag is in fine condition.

A lot of healthy ones around here. These in the next field about 10 minutes ago.

cosatron · 01-12-2020 3:46pm

how does one load a video on here. ive a great video of a fox.

Lime Tree Farm · 01-12-2020 5:24pm

upload the video onto youtube, then paste a copy of the link into your boards message.

gozunda · 07-12-2020 1:14pm

Natures tinsel and baubles...

Lady Haywire · 07-12-2020 2:51pm

Is this a Linnet?
Didn't have the correct lens on the camera to get a better zoom I'm afraid.
And the usual winter scene would be lost without Mr Robin

Lime Tree Farm · 07-12-2020 2:56pm

gozunda wrote: »

Natures tinsel and baubles...

Spindle bush, cerise and orange coloured berries.

http://www.wildflowersofireland.net/plant_detail.php?id_flower=527&wildflower=Spindle
The wood of the Spindle tree is extremely hard and, as one might guess, was used in the manufacturing of spindles for wool-spinning.

NcdJd · 07-12-2020 2:58pm

That's a Redpoll in the first picture Lady H.

Capercaillie · 07-12-2020 2:59pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Is this a Linnet?
Didn't have the correct lens on the camera to get a better zoom I'm afraid.
And the usual winter scene would be lost without Mr Robin

Top bird is a redpoll.

Lime Tree Farm · 07-12-2020 3:01pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

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Didn't have the correct lens on the camera to get a better zoom I'm afraid.
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The things you see when haven't got your gun. (joke).

Lady Haywire · 07-12-2020 3:07pm

Lol^^

Can't recall seeing a redpoll before, spent ages trying to get a picture of the long tailed tits but cripes, they don't sit still.

Lime Tree Farm · 07-12-2020 3:13pm

I invested in a telephoto lens this year, justified by Covid savings.

I thought of this fellow while trying to capture pictures of native Curlews during the Summer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Thpz4OEvk

Capercaillie · 08-12-2020 7:48am

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Lol^^

Can't recall seeing a redpoll before, spent ages trying to get a picture of the long tailed tits but cripes, they don't sit still.

If you puf up a nyger bir feeder you will attract loads of redpoll and goldfinch as well.

Lady Haywire · 08-12-2020 10:35am

Capercaillie wrote: »

If you puf up a nyger bir feeder you will attract loads of redpoll and goldfinch as well.

Always have loads of goldfinch & blue/coal/great tits at the peanuts & fat balls. Wonder why I never seen redpoll before, though where I seen that one was the far side of the lake to the house here.

ganmo · 08-12-2020 1:44pm

gozunda wrote: »

Natures tinsel and baubles...

Some toerags trimmed one of our holly bushes

Base price · 08-12-2020 11:59pm

Capercaillie wrote: »

If you puf up a nyger bir feeder you will attract loads of redpoll and goldfinch as well.

I've seen a few redpolls in our WBC in Aug/Sept but I never see them in the depts of Winter.

NcdJd · 09-12-2020 3:53pm

Have to get a name for this lad. Photos taken from the kitchen window so not great. Getting very relaxed around the place. Spotted something round the side of the house and went flew off investigating.

Lady Haywire · 09-12-2020 4:19pm

NcdJd wrote: »

Have to get a name for this lad.

Bob. Let's call him Bob.

NcdJd · 09-12-2020 4:48pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Bob. Let's call him Bob.

Bob the buzzard it is so. Wonder would he eat a steak and kidney pie. We had a long eared owl here one snowy night that came down and flew off with a pie I had left out for the fox. He was sitting on a post thought he was listening for mice underneath the snow..

Lime Tree Farm · 09-12-2020 4:50pm

NcdJd wrote: »

Have to get a name for this lad. Photos taken from the kitchen window so not great. Getting very relaxed around the place. Spotted something round the side of the house and went flew off investigating.

Buzzard ?

scroll through the pictures here, 6th to the right looks like a match.
https://birdwatchireland.ie/birds/buzzard/

NcdJd · 09-12-2020 4:53pm

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Buzzard ?

scroll through the pictures here, 6th to the right looks like a match.
https://birdwatchireland.ie/birds/buzzard/

It's a young buzzard alright Lime Tree. Very successful year for them around me. I've over 1000 pumpkins rotting away in the field here so maybe there's loads of rodents getting stuck into them and that's why he's always around

Lady Haywire · 09-12-2020 5:00pm

NcdJd wrote: »

It's a young buzzard alright Lime Tree. Very successful year for them around me. I've over 1000 pumpkins rotting away in the field here so maybe there's loads of rodents getting stuck into them and that's why he's always around

That makes me sad. I used my Halloween pumpkins to make soup & the best only had pumpkin, onion, garlic, stock, milk & curry powder to make a fine meal.

NcdJd · 09-12-2020 5:04pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

That makes me sad. I used my Halloween pumpkins to make soup & the best only had pumpkin, onion, garlic, stock, milk & curry powder to make a fine meal.

I got rid of nearly half of them in the end but unfortunately a load left. I wouldnt have the patience for doing anything other than growing them ha.

Lady Haywire · 09-12-2020 5:26pm

NcdJd wrote: »

I got rid of nearly half of them in the end but unfortunately a load left. I wouldnt have the patience for doing anything other than growing them ha.

I just chopped them up, roasted them, scooped the flesh off & boom, soup. Understand a load of them isn't ideal for making soup though

gozunda · 09-12-2020 8:01pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

I just chopped them up, roasted them, scooped the flesh off & boom, soup. Understand a load of them isn't ideal for making soup though

For a change try them with chilli when roasting instead of curry powder - then make your soup

Other thing is - once the skin is hardened - harvested pumpkins can be stored in a cooll but frost free shed and will keep for several months.

Base price · 25-12-2020 3:57pm

I heard a wood pigeon calling earlier. I never heard one this late in the year let alone on Christmas day.

kollegeknight · 25-12-2020 4:01pm

Barn owl had disappeared for a bit but flew over the OH the night before last. She was delighted, her first time spotting it.

A new neighbour had raptors- one set is a European hawk owl, they are supposed to be lethal. Hoping he will keep control of them

Base price · 29-12-2020 10:40pm

Saw a barn owl a few mins ago when I was forking up feed to the cattle. It flew out of the hay shed and looked eerie in the light of the full moon.

NcdJd · 29-12-2020 10:42pm

Base price wrote: »

Saw a barn owl a few mins ago when I was forking up feed to the cattle. It flew out of the hay shed and looked eerie in the light of the full moon.

Would it be staying there over the winter Base ?

Base price · 29-12-2020 10:46pm

NcdJd wrote: »

Would it be staying there over the winter Base ?

I reckon it was in hunting mice that are living in the bales of straw.

NcdJd · 29-12-2020 10:52pm

Base price wrote: »

I reckon it was in hunting mice that are living in the bales of straw.

Barn owl nest box Base, vermin control

Capercaillie · 30-12-2020 9:23am

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Base price wrote: »

Saw a barn owl a few mins ago when I was forking up feed to the cattle. It flew out of the hay shed and looked eerie in the light of the full moon.

Get a barn owl nest box put up in your shed ( if owl can fly in and out easily). If possible make sure rodenticide are not used. If rodenticide are used don't put nest box up.

Base price · 30-12-2020 1:13pm

Get a barn owl nest box put up in your shed ( if owl can fly in and out easily). If possible make sure rodenticide are not used. If rodenticide are used don't put nest box up.[/QUOTE]
I was thinking the same after I saw it last night. We don't use rodentcides here as we have a few cats in the yard that look after that end of things.

Capercaillie · 31-12-2020 8:17am

Base price wrote: »

Get a barn owl nest box put up in your shed ( if owl can fly in and out easily). If possible make sure rodenticide are not used. If rodenticide are used don't put nest box up.

I was thinking the same after I saw it last night. We don't use rodentcides here as we have a few cats in the yard that look after that end of things.[/QUOTE]

Get box ASAP! Have you WBC crop?

Base price · 31-12-2020 12:28pm

Capercaillie wrote: »

I was thinking the same after I saw it last night. We don't use rodentcides here as we have a few cats in the yard that look after that end of things.

Get box ASAP! Have you WBC crop?[/QUOTE]
Yes, two seperate areas 4 acres & 1 acre.

Where would I get one now with the shops closed. The shed is aligned North/South with each end open. Its a round roof hay shed with the ends closed down a few feet from the top, iykwim. Where would be the best place to situate one in the shed.
Edit - if anyone has plans on how to make one I could get a friend to do it. I looked online and there are lots of different designs. I wouldn't know which one would be the most suitable.

endainoz · 31-12-2020 1:07pm

https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/barn-owl-nestbox/barn-owl-nestboxes/

Plans here! Can be made from a standard sheet of ply. I still need to get mine made up.

endainoz · 02-01-2021 7:17pm

Report coming up shortly about barn owls on RTE news there.

Birdnuts · 02-01-2021 11:04pm

endainoz wrote: »

Report coming up shortly about barn owls on RTE news there.

A number of rescue Barn Owls have been picked up in the last few weeks - Ireland is at the edge of their natural range(they do best in warm dry climates) and they really do suffer in cold/wet winters:(

endainoz · 02-01-2021 11:35pm

Birdnuts wrote: »

A number of rescue Barn Owls have been picked up in the last few weeks - Ireland is at the edge of their natural range(they do best in warm dry climates) and they really do suffer in cold/wet winters:(

There will have to be owl boxes put up in every shed in the country so!

Base price · 03-01-2021 12:21am

I was talking to our friend about making a nest box and I emailed the link of the Barn Owl Trust to his wife - he is an older man and doesn't do the internet.
He was saying that it would be a great project for the Men's Shed that he is involved in but unfortunately they are not operating due to Covid. He said that when they are back up and running he will mention it to the rest of the lads.

Birdnuts · 03-01-2021 1:21am

endainoz wrote: »

There will have to be owl boxes put up in every shed in the country so!

The loss of traditional nest sites like old hollow trees and old farm buildings certainly has been an issue for them over the last few decades.

endainoz · 05-01-2021 5:12pm

Finally got the barn owl box up, the most difficult part was putting it up! Hope it'll attract some residents now!

Capercaillie · 05-01-2021 9:59pm

endainoz wrote: »

Finally got the barn owl box up, the most difficult part was putting it up! Hope it'll attract some residents now!

Tidy job!

SmartinMartin · 05-01-2021 10:09pm

Good job. Would it be better sited to the left, butted up against that vertical beam? That way there are 2 beams to attach to, and the platform would be level with the horizontal beam, giving more places to perch.

TooOldBoots · 05-01-2021 10:33pm

Wildlife are hungry with the frost. Number of bird especially those robins hovering about waiting for the cattle to get there ration

Nature on your farm.

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