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Grey Squirrels

Sciurus carolinensis, common name eastern gray squirrel or grey squirrel in not an indigenous species. They are native to North America & were first released in 1876 at Henbury Park Chershire, there were subsequent releases & they soon adapted to…

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Magpies

Magpies ( Pica pica ) are birds of the Corvidae (crow) family. They are voracious predators of songbirds eggs & chicks.! They eat plant material, such as wild fruits, berries and grains, ( farmers grain stores are a favourite )…

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Rooks

The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is once again an agricultural pest. Their Food is predominantly earthworms and insect larvae, which the bird finds by probing the ground with its strong bill. It also eats cultivated cereal grain ( a problem to…

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Rabbits

The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) or coney was introduced ( for food ) by the Romans, they first brought rabbits to Britain but they were not established in the wild until the mid to late 12th Century.Whilst they have many…

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Pigeons

Wood Pigeon The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a large species in the dove and pigeon family. Most of its diet is vegetable, as well as eating round and fleshy leaves are taken from open fields or gardens and…

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Rats

The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) has given mankind no end of problems, it's a carrier of the flea that causes bubonic plague & spreads other diseases too. It is far more humane to shoot a rat than it is to…

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