Rabbiting this year has got off to a very slow start, I think the two main reasons for this, one being it is so warm the undergrowth has not died back, which means there is so much ground cover the rabbits have no need to seek refuge in their burrows. Also due to the protection order on badgers their numbers are increasing dramatically and they are taking over lots of rabbit burrows on the land I have permission on. Even when there are Badgers and rabbits in the same burrow it is illegal to disturb them.

With both of the above problems it means many of the burrows which were good producers in years past now can not be ferreted, with the climate change which is upon us at the moment also means rabbits are breeding all year round, and fleas are staying active for longer periods, which in turn will bring about more cases of the dreaded myxomatosis