Crows and magpies

[digger2]

Were an absolute nightmare this morning. Must have been about 25-30 of them all fighting in the trees above my school, no chance of getting my boys concentration, in the end i had to ride up the field to try to move them on but by this time he was convinced there was something very scarey up there.

What a pain.

Any ideas how to get rid

 

[piebaldsparkle]

Shotgun!!

 

[Binkybex]

No idea!

on the subject of magpies though, my mum has one that comes and taps on all the windows of her house at 6.00am every morning! Why dear god why???

 

[MizElz]

Our landlords use one of these:

Larsen trap

They work!

 

[JM07]

shoot them
trap and drown them
poison them

 

[lachlanandmarcus]

here is the licence link you will need if you intend to control magpies or any other wild bird.

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/conservation/wildlife-management-licensing/genlicences.htm

 

[minerva]

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here is the licence link you will need if you intend to control magpies or any other wild bird.

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/conservation/wildlife-management-licensing/genlicences.htm

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I dont see the one for

"Licence to kill or take certain birds to preserve my sodding sanity, and stop my horse thinking dragons live in the outdoor school"

 

[lachlanandmarcus]

he hee hee PMSL!!!

can you send Defra a email requesting that, Id love to see it!

 

[Donkeymad]

Shoot 'em trap 'em but please DON'T poison them. They will become fodder for other birds and wildlife and they in turn could be poisoned.

 

[birchave0]

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Our landlords use one of these:

Larsen trap

They work!

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be very careful if using one of these, one of our neighbours ended up in court and being fined £1000 for miss use.

The RSPCA got involved and accused him of neglecting the bait bird, they said it did not have enough food or water.

A very expensive way to control carrion if you do not following the rules.

I second a shotgun

A nice 20 bore will do the trick!