Positive thread. Starting with Knife carrying content.

If farmers actually gave a shit they would not cut hay crops so early in the year.

Why do you think ground nesting birds are declining.

If you start cutting hay in May what do you expect.

The hare was collateral damage.

Not been in here for a while. Popped in saw “positive thread” and took a look. Second post. Negative.

Nothing changes. 

There is a STW POSITIVITY THREAD…… Somewhere…..

Not been in here for a while. Popped in saw “positive thread” and took a look. Second post. Negative.

Nothing changes.

 

Do farmers cut hay in June? That seems extremely early to me, hay meadows are usually cut once the flowers and grass seeds are ripe so they scatter ready for next year, and fledgling birds are well gone.

A quick check shows from May to September, depending on weather, soil conditions, crop type, etc. 

There are many reasons ground nesting birds are declining, along with many other birds; predation by other species, including hedgehogs, loss of habitat due to changing farming practices - look at the staggering drop in the native starling population, due to the way crops are harvested and stored, its crashed by over 90%, and the winter migration from Russia, Scandinavia and the Baltic states has also dropped dramatically due to climate changes meaning the birds no longer need to cross the North Sea; the Somerset Levels alone used to see at least a million birds every year, and they’d be raiding the local farmers fields for food, and the grain storage areas, but those food sources are drying up due to enclosed storage systems. 
There are farms right on the outskirts of Chippenham where skylarks are frequently seen and heard, and around villages not far away, and I can expect to see and hear them most times of the year; those fields are used for food and in particular beer production, and I can usually expect to see nine or ten hares when the fields are ready for planting or just after harvest, and I’ve been told by the gamekeeper, who has cameras set to catch flytippers and hare coursers, that there’s at least 135 hares in the area he covers, so harvesting doesn’t seem to be affecting their numbers in any way at all.

Silage os cut from May on a rolling basis i think. 

While there clearly are still lot's of questionable farming practices and plenty of shit farmers. You don't see a dead hares belly moving from the cab of the average tractor so that farmer clearly gave a shit enough to be aware and then to check what he had done.

But hey it's STW so, everybody is an evil, uncaring prick etc.