Trapping Sparrows and the like.

[Tim Laycock]

Trapping Sparrows :?:

What do think folks.
What is the best method to employ?

A box proped up with a stick on a string is very time consuming :lol:

[LanczSpringer]

I might be wrong here but I am sure that sparrows are now protected along with starlings under the general license?

Its crazy i know theres loads of the little blighters but I think the RSPB or someone like that has done a study of the numbers and has found them to be in decline?

As i said I may be wrong though!

I used to use the box and stick method when I was little, caught loads of em! ;-)

[BrianM]

yep its illegal now,, starlings and sparrows have been removed from the general license

[Darren]

is that all sparrows or house sparrow or tree sparrow?

[North East Harris Hawker]

crows mate! easy with the right trap and plenty of meat on then for your bird, im gonna make me one of those big traps this year and catch a stack..to feed my birds...once someone shows me some plans

[ColdZero]

yes they are now protected, but why the hell would you want to kill sparrows anyway? :shock: I don't understand the people who shoot song birds either (don't know anyone personally). Do sparrows do any harm, or are you just looking for some extra hawk protein?

[Tim Laycock]

Any Kind will do!

are you just looking for some extra hawk protein?
Hit the nail on the head ColdZero, Pucker natural food for raising a spar :D

Sparrows protected :shock: Are they gonna haul this bird trading/trapping overlord in? Or just execute me on the spot :mrgreen: pmsl :lol:

[Sean]

Didnt they withdraw there plans to portect teh starling and house sparrow?

[Tim Laycock]

Didnt they withdraw there plans to portect teh starling and house sparrow?
I hope so!!!
What do we have to do?
Get a sparrow and starling licence in addition to the game licence and blackbird or skylark licence already required.

What a crock of **** :roll:

[Sean]

and the proposal also was going to protect pigeon shooting

[LanczSpringer]

Nah the pigeons (and corvids) have been removed due to complaints

I think there was an uproar as it stated that you had to be assured that all humane / non lethal means to scare the pigeons and corvids off your land (where they must be causing a nuisance) must be used before lethal methods are employed!

[Tim Laycock]

We will need a licence to feed DOCs before long :roll: