Jaime74
Active member
I live in a farm in Albacete (South eastern Spain) in a house n the middle of nowhere, surrounded by vineyards and wheat fields.
There are many red partridges and there use to be some rabbits and foxes. I always tried to improve the rabbit population, although I knew that wouldn´t be good for my wheat. But it just didn´t work, no matter what I tried (I even reforested land to provide them hiding places)
But one day, about a year and half ago, I started seeing a very large owl, almost every night on my way home. And then it became harder to see those foxes, that were so easy to see months before.
Now, I don´t see any fox at all, but I have plenty of rabbits. It seems to me that the large owl has killed or thrown away the foxes, out of his hunting area, and now the rabbits, without the pressure of the foxes are increasing their population.
It is amazing what an owl can do.
There are many red partridges and there use to be some rabbits and foxes. I always tried to improve the rabbit population, although I knew that wouldn´t be good for my wheat. But it just didn´t work, no matter what I tried (I even reforested land to provide them hiding places)
But one day, about a year and half ago, I started seeing a very large owl, almost every night on my way home. And then it became harder to see those foxes, that were so easy to see months before.
Now, I don´t see any fox at all, but I have plenty of rabbits. It seems to me that the large owl has killed or thrown away the foxes, out of his hunting area, and now the rabbits, without the pressure of the foxes are increasing their population.
It is amazing what an owl can do.
