Thanks Mike. It's a start. As I read it, I'm already thiking in the right direction. That's good to know.
I think we will make a 1,5 x 1m construction. Using wood framing, and a metall fence net as base for the turf. We wil start with four 10l plastic tanks for floating, one in each corner. Probably we will need more floating elements. The problem is how to make the float atractive to te Divers. I don't know much about what kind of vegetation they prefer. If only I knew of an old nest place of theirs. Then I could simply duplicate the vegetation there. But I don't. So I'll simply have to think like a diver :-) But that's not a problem, I'm MaritimTim you know :-) I think they need some kind of shelter too. Perhaps an old tree root is a good idea. -- MaritimTim 2009/5/11 mike wilson <[email protected]>: > > ---- "Tim Øsleby" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thnaks. > I have no idea about total amount of time spent. But last week it was > about eight hours. > > Soon I'll return to the Red-throated Diver again. > > This year I'm concidering to build a breeding fleet for them. A > floating construction with moor turf. > The poor couple have hachted in the same water for fifteen years. In > vain. Probably because of Minks. If I build a fleet, it will be ready > for them next year. The odds of sucsess are rather slim I'm afrid, but > I think it's worth a try. I have heard about similar sucsessfull > projects with other divers in Denmark. Sure could use some information > about how they did it, but havent found any. > > Hm. Does anybody know if Jens is around? He might know something, or > know about somebody who knows. > > http://handbooks.btcv.org.uk/handbooks/content/section/2467 > > Regarding mink, I think the only answer is active control. You can sit in > your hide with a high-power air rifle alongside the other arsenal.... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
