On 18/12/2012 13:47, Baz wrote:
"Ragnar" wrote in
:

I was talking to a farmer last week who said pheasant and partridge
numbers are way down lately because of the spread of buzzards in
recent years. R.

Buzzards! Never seen a buzzard in UK. Only in NZ, and I was only a kid.

You're not looking very hard. It might be where you live but they are
becoming common.
--
Phil Cook