Attracting Ducks to a new flight pond....
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Its funny how different areas are - well so different
Every pond i have dug - and i have dug a few - has duck on very soon afterwards - sometimes with only a cup full of water
Yes and I still look for feathers when feeding along the edges
Had ducks in crates and fed flt ponds
Looks a good pond
Get a few tubes on and never have to release again
stavross
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Last one I did had duck on it before there was any water in it, they were sat on the side looking at me as if to say “ so where’s the water, fat lad “
Last one I did had duck on it before there was any water in it, they were sat on the side looking at me as if to say “ so where’s the water, fat lad “
Liner ?
Bet that cost a few quid !
stavross
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£7500 without the fleece that went underneath, to be fair they are stinking rich
£7500 without the fleece that went underneath, to be fair they are stinking rich
WOW !
Lucky here - mostly on clay
stavross
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The reason it was done with a liner is the it was built on a bank side and it was the easiest way to make sure you have no leaks, it’s 32m/16m/2.5m at the deepest point, if the built up back wall was to spring a leak and
wash away, that’s a hell of a lot of water to wash down into next doors land 
The reason it was done with a liner is the it was built on a bank side and it was the easiest way to make sure you have no leaks, it’s 32m/16m/2.5m at the deepest point, if the built up back wall was to spring a leak and View attachment 325247View attachment 325248wash away, that’s a hell of a lot of water to wash down into next doors land
Cant beat a pond for wildlife
stavross
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I feel like I’ve hijacked this thread
The reason for the pond was because the lass who wanted it putting in just wanted somewhere for frogs
she’s from South Korea, don’t know how big the bloody frogs are over there 
I feel like I’ve hijacked this thread
The reason for the pond was because the lass who wanted it putting in just wanted somewhere for frogs
I think its great to see and read !
Proper conservation efforts
@Conor O'Gorman
stavross
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I’ve done quite a few, from one’s you could row a boat around to a small splash outside a house, one thing is for certain, water only brings good things
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I’ve done quite a few, from one’s you could row a boat around to a small splash out of a house, one thing is for certain, water only brings good things
Me too Stav - they laugh on the shoot now when i say - go down the ride by the pond - I think im up to about 25 or 30 hahahahahah
stavross
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I’d love to be able do a couple up the shoot and give a bit of variety, before I joined there was one but with forestry taking the timber lease the cutting and planting rotation doesn’t allow for one
The wild mallard just do not cross the North Sea in anything like the numbers they used to, I wildfowl on the east coast and NE are particularly focused on them as they have fallen in numbers so much they now issue us very restrictive shooting consents.
The majority of wild mallard shot on ponds will have bred pretty local. So with that in mind shooting a bag should not be the objective, a couple of couple for the pot should be enough, like most genuinely wild game.
The majority of wild mallard shot on ponds will have bred pretty local. So with that in mind shooting a bag should not be the objective, a couple of couple for the pot should be enough, like most genuinely wild game.
Yes - moderation in anything Mudman - especially wild
I let our beaters and the lads and ladies that help year round have a few shots -We have a good number of ponds and about 40 duck tubes - we always have numerous broods
I have not shot them myself for years as i really love seeing them about
We have perhaps 4/5 nights a year and maybe shoot 40/60 in total
BenBhoy
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Wouldn't your old girl let you dig on in her fields?
stavross
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Is that some sort of innuendo
No, I’ve mentioned it before, the beast field next to the farm would be ideal, the way the land lies I could run all the surface water into it ( no run off from the fields) and have the outlet into the tip drive, which is where it naturally goes, but sadly not
Involved with a shoot in West Lancashire that going back possibly beyond Victorian times. Owned by the Scarisbrick family. The Keeper showed us plans/maps and records of the Estate from all those years ago. In one covert called Raingauge( spelling) was marked out a plot that was called either Teal pond or Teal pit. A couple of us beaters went and had a reccy, worked out where it was and found a depression in the wood about as big as a tennis court. It was as dry as a bone, overgrown with brush and good size trees. Never had it been wet in fifty years. We took it on to open it up, which we did. Bloody hard work, if you need a horsefly magnet I'm your man. But in all honesty that season you would not believe the amount of Teal that flighted that pond/pit. It was also a covert which somebody decided it would be a good place to release their Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig that had outgrown their third floor flat. It was a main talking point within the beaters group that would say I'm sure a three seater sofas just nearly bowled me over. All true
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