On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 10:07:48 -0700 (PDT), Jonathan wrote:

We live in south Warwickshire and in the past few years I have seen
very few rabbits. They used to be very common on the verges but this
year so far I have only seen three. Has anyone else notices a decline?

Since the winters of 09/10 and 10/11 the rabbit population up here
has taken quite a hit but they are making a come back now. Those two
winters were bad the rabbits were eating anything they could. Many of
our trees were ring barked 12" above the ground (depth of snow) for
12 to 18". Surprisingly this has killed the trees, the grown above
the ring barking isn't a vigourous as it should be but is still
happening, along with lots of shoots from below the ring barking.

Is it Myxomatosis coming back?

Might be, mxyi rabbits end up blind and very lethargic, if one doen't
run away as you approach it's mxyi.

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Cheers
Dave.