Any wildlife boffins

[Returnofrros]

On here?

[hmac]

On here?

This is a question where context might be useful!

[Deeranged]

On here?

I enjoyed a fairly wild life in my twenties.

No regrets.

[BCram]

If you mean anti beavers wolves rewilding Jim Crumley etc I am not a boffin but I am not in favour of any of it.

[Returnofrros]

I have a small orchard, 15 trees, cherry and Apple.

5 years from tiny wee things and something has gnawed through two of them and either ate or dragged away the trees (trees about 12 to 15 foot high) whatever's gnawed it is at least 3 and a half foot high on its hind legs.

I live by a burn, trees were about 6 foot from burn.

Got deer but they never come across that part of the water, got mink but I've never seen them at a tree.......someone suggested an otter.....but I'm not convinced they are taking the Micheal.

Any serious suggestions?

I've heard ahh the beaver jokes so if possible resist.

[Deeranged]

Is there a lodge nearby? No, not that kind of lodge. Sounds like beavers and from reports there are a few in the dighty.

You need to get metal mesh, cheap enough from B&Q, wrap it into a cylinder about a foot diameter and stake it round your trees - will slow the wee buggers down until you get your shotgun out if nothing else.

[BCram]

Absolutely classic beaver behaviour. Jim Crumley had a moan about the Scottish authorities sanctioning the removal of beavers and taking them down to England. He wants them running around eating any tree they fancy and knackering riverside farmland. He's entitled to his point of view just apity he gets to upset my breakfast morning routine by getting them printed by DCT. Still, I don't complain because they also let Jim Spence have apop at still and Jenny Hjull speeds up my digestive system too!

[Returnofrros]

Putting wire round now, and pinning it.

I thought they were thick enough now so nothing cud get at them and nothing went near them for as I say 5 years.

Mink wiped out the ducks a few years back but guy set a trap and got them.

I know otter are protected, probably beaver as well but I didn't think I'd get them here.

[Deeranged]

Putting wire round now, and pinning it.

I thought they were thick enough now so nothing cud get at them and nothing went near them for as I say 5 years.

Mink wiped out the ducks a few years back but guy set a trap and got them.

I know otter are protected, probably beaver as well but I didn't think I'd get them here.

Protected species unfortunately.

Probably cannae even petrol bomb thir hooses.

[islaydarkblue]

Putting wire round now, and pinning it.

I thought they were thick enough now so nothing cud get at them and nothing went near them for as I say 5 years.

Mink wiped out the ducks a few years back but guy set a trap and got them.

I know otter are protected, probably beaver as well but I didn't think I'd get them here.

I am not an expert on his subject.
However I suggest that rig up some sort of electric fence around your trees similar to electric fencing around greens on golf courses where sheep and cattle are allowed to roam.
Prior to 1973 Machrihanish golf course used to have electric fences around the greens apart from the 1st, 17th and 18th greens as these holes were owned by the Machrihanish golf club.