Thursday, May 7, 2009

A nice sunny day for a walk.

I decided to head to our largest shoot today as i haven't been for a while, just to see how things were going and to look at the rabbit runs for sign`s of activity. True to form they had been out for their morning run and feed and as i approached the bank of warrens they bolted to the safety of their burrows. The sun was very warm and i went walking up to the woods at the top of the field where the pigeons roost once they have destroyed the rape.





Looking into the woods from the field you can see how the bluebells have bloomed under the protection of the tree canopy


As i was scanning the trees for the roosting pigeons i noticed a flock of about 20 sitting under the leaves of a beach tree some 40 feet up. One of the pigeons was very unlucky..all his mates flew off and he was sat there wondering what we going on. Seconds later he was on the floor...wondering no more. I hit it in the head and it hit quite a few branched on its way to the ground.




Down by the brook i found some of my favorite wild greens....Ramsons...wild garlic...



I think these give a nice flavour to rabbit and pigeon and now they are in full bloom i will be picking some for the freezer.

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