I was going on the fact that an analysis of the droppings of the Yorkshire eagle owls showed them to be eating 99% rabbit. I suppose actually given that they are reasonably common in places like Norway, they must be able to eat things other than rabbit. Once they have eaten Yorkshire out of rabbits (some hope), then I suppose they would move on to something else. Yorkshire terriers would be good.

Buzzards and red kites are extending their range into our area, though so far I've only seen the latter in the immediate vicinity. Perhaps I don't need to hope for lynxes and eagle owls to deal with our local rabbit plague after all, though they'd be more fun.