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I eat yew berries, and have done for years. It is easy to spit out the seeds, so minimal risk of poisoning. Because of the sickly sweet taste of the berries you'd never want more than a handful anyway. As for avoiding poisonous stuff, that's sensible, but the reason why the British eat so few...

Hi, After working as a Ranger all over the place I decided to set up my own business doing similar stuff - environmental education, etc. However, I was realistic enough to realise that there wouldn't be enough work just doing that, so I decided to try wildlife consultancy stuff, and selling a...

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Hi, Here in North Wales the ramsons are in full flower in many places - try the unopened flower buds if you haven't missed them. As previously posted, don't dig them up, just collect the seed - but be prepared to be swamped (I put in 50 bulbs a couple of years ago, and reckon I must have...

Hi All, Interesting site!! I'm a wildlife consultant based in Wales, but doing various wildlifey things around the UK. Hope to find more time to get to know some of you. M.

Maybe so, I wouldn't know. I guess you'll be eating the European species then??

Of course, the other reason is that they are American invaders, and should be killed at every opportunity to save our (almost extinct) native red squirrel which they're wiping out!! It seems that most of our problem wildlife is American, but I don't fancy eating a mink!! Crayfish, on the other...

Personally, I prefer squirrels (grey of course) to rabbits, as they have a much nicer flavour, and there is a surprising amount of meat on them. I would not use killing traps, as they often don't kill, and do catch non-target species. I always use cage traps, but obviously, like other traps...