Earning his Spurs - Pitchcare
Earning his Spurs - Pitchcare
Earning his Spurs - Pitchcare
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SPORTS TURF CONTRACTORS<br />
CONSTRUCTION<br />
Sports Fields and Golf Courses<br />
DRAINAGE<br />
Sand Slitting, Gravel Banding<br />
RENOVATION<br />
Verti Draining, Hollow Coring, Scarifying,<br />
Koro Field Topmaker, Topdressing,<br />
Overseeding, Sand Spreading<br />
Mobile: 07768 122577<br />
Tel: 01772 780545<br />
danvicturfcare@btconnect.com<br />
• Sports Pitch Construction<br />
• Earthworks • Maintenance<br />
• Drainage&Irrigation<br />
• Custom Grown Turf<br />
• Install n Playball Turf Tiles<br />
01400 251605<br />
www.fine-turf.co.uk<br />
info@fine-turf.co.uk<br />
FTS<br />
Quarry Hall Farm, Spring Bottom Lane<br />
Bletchingley, Surrey RH1 4QZ<br />
T: 01883 340 969<br />
F: 01883 346 533<br />
E: info@earthboundservices.co.uk<br />
W: www.earthboundservices.co.uk<br />
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To advertise in t<strong>his</strong> section contact<br />
Classifieds<br />
Peter Britton on 01747 855335<br />
email: peter@pitchcare.com<br />
Sportsturf Services Limited<br />
Sportsground & Amenity Contractors<br />
Drainage, Construction, Renovation<br />
& Maintenance<br />
Cricket Pitch Specialists<br />
Unit 39, Centerprise House,<br />
New Greenham Park, Newbury<br />
Berkshire, RG19 6HW<br />
Tel. 0845 519 2729<br />
Fax. 0700 349 6494<br />
Mobile. 07768 696291<br />
web.www.fts-sportsturf.co.uk<br />
email.info@fts-sportsturf.co.uk<br />
SPORTSTURF<br />
iain watson<br />
GREENKEEPING<br />
Renovation, construction<br />
and spraying<br />
Tel: 01772 335162<br />
Mobile: 07894 727361<br />
Email: IWGreenkeeping@aol.com<br />
www.iwgreenkeeping.co.uk<br />
ANY SPORT - ANY SURFACE<br />
CONSTRUCTION - MAINTENANCE<br />
www.sgcgroup.co.uk<br />
SeniorGolfConstruction<br />
RapidTurf<br />
SeniorSportsMaintenance<br />
SeniorSportsConstruction<br />
Tel: 0161 343 1044<br />
Natural and synthetic<br />
pitch construction<br />
Tel: 01256 880488<br />
Email: info@kestrelcontractors.co.uk<br />
www.kestrelcontractors.co.uk<br />
Help us to help you!<br />
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advertising please<br />
mention that you<br />
‘saw it in <strong>Pitchcare</strong>’<br />
Earthbound Services specialise in the highest<br />
quality sports pitch construction, renovation<br />
and maintenance. A professional and friendly<br />
service based in the South East of England.<br />
Fox Control<br />
21ST CENTURY<br />
FOXES<br />
Andy Beddoes offers<br />
some advice on<br />
controlling the<br />
opportunist fox<br />
The sly old fox is an animal of<br />
folk songs, legends and<br />
children’s books; they are<br />
often portrayed as the ‘bad guys’ -<br />
remember the fox brothers in<br />
Pinocchio? - but are also the<br />
heroes of certain stories, Disney’s<br />
Robin Hood and Roald Dahl’s<br />
Fantastic Mr Fox spring to mind.<br />
It is t<strong>his</strong> indecision about their<br />
character that splits the nation,<br />
with some calling for total wipeout<br />
and others for conservation. In<br />
truth, the fox is an opportunist,<br />
more than capabale of catching its<br />
own supper, but equally happy to<br />
decimate the contents of a<br />
chicken shed or a rabbit hutch!<br />
There are twelve true species of<br />
fox worldwide, but the one that<br />
concerns us here is the European<br />
or Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), the<br />
most common of them all. The<br />
males are known as reynards or<br />
dogs and the females, vixens, the<br />
latter often used in reference to a<br />
sexy woman as, indeed, is the<br />
term foxy!<br />
Foxes are canines, closely<br />
related to domestic dogs. They are<br />
generally nocturnal but, if left<br />
undisturbed, will happily forage for<br />
SPORTS TURF CONTRACTORS<br />
Sportsfield Construction<br />
Drainage Schemes<br />
Renovations & Improvements<br />
Cricket Specialists<br />
Tel: 01529 455757 Fax: 01529 455775<br />
e-mail: steve@stevenpask.co.uk<br />
www.stevenpask.co.uk<br />
food during the day.<br />
Their diet is extremely broad,<br />
and includes invertebrates, small<br />
mammals and birds. They will also<br />
take fruit, carrion and items<br />
scavenged from dustbins, bird<br />
tables and compost heaps. Eggs<br />
and fledgling birds are high on<br />
their shopping list. They will also<br />
readily take earthworms, but a<br />
long term diet of worms will wear<br />
down their teeth making feeding<br />
difficult. T<strong>his</strong> is when a fox can<br />
become bold and troublesome in<br />
urban areas, turning its attention<br />
to pets such as cats, guinea pigs,<br />
rabbits etc.<br />
One study of foxes recorded 34<br />
different mammal species, 14<br />
species of bird, 15 families of<br />
insects and 21 species of plants in<br />
their diet.<br />
The average litter size is 4-6.<br />
The vixen generally feeds the cubs<br />
on her own although, in some<br />
cases, the dog fox will stay close to<br />
the den (or earth) and help rear<br />
the litter.<br />
SPEEDCUT<br />
CONTRACTORS LTD<br />
A professional service<br />
for all Sportsturf:<br />
• Drainage<br />
• Construction<br />
• Renovation<br />
Oxford 01865 331479<br />
www.speedcutcontractors.co.uk
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