Foxglove

This bury is almost impossible to purse-net, given that it is blocked with fallen branches, dead elder and a half-buried wire fence, along with some enthusiastic young nettles with plenty of stinging power.

What about the stop-nets? It would be a struggle to get these across such a place, but we will see how the rabbits run, if indeed they run at all.

For rabbits to bolt cleanly, they must have a destination, and the woods are three hundred yards away, as is the next bury. I wager that these rabbits will hop from one hole to another, sneaking under the deadwood and between the nettles.

Once this was a hedge and fence, but now it is a long length of rough ground, pocked with rabbit workings along its entire length, which is the best part of three hundred yards.

Yes, shooting is the best way to work this bury.

For full feature see West Sussex Gazette March 19