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Your countryside HAVE YOUR SAY ON RURAL ISSUES

CONSTANT SCARES

We all know why farmers use crop scarers, however, I find it hard to believe there is not another way to keep birds away from crops. I live east of Bury St Edmunds and the constant noise of crop scarers from dawn to dusk is awful. They don’t go off at the same time, so it’s constant: boom, boom, boom.

My poor dog does not enjoy her walks and I’ve had enough myself, so

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