Rural Life
An explosive debate over crow bangers aired on RTÉ's Liveline this week, with a caller stating that "crow bangers spoil the summer".
Under the terms of the EU Birds Directive, all EU member states are bound to take measures to protect all wild birds and their habitats.
Sheep
A pack of grey crows carried out an unusually vicious attack, killing a lamb that was in the process of being born in a shed yesterday.
The population of crows in the countryside "has exploded three-fold", according to Eddie Ryan, a Fianna Fail councillor in Co. Limerick.
Tillage
Crow attacks on crops are more likely to occur at dusk when flocks are returning to their rookeries, when food is scarce.
A dead crow hanging from a shed on a farm triggers fear in other crows, a study in the journal of Animal Behaviour has found.
With crops across the country such as winter barley starting to mature, crows and other birds feeding on crops can become a problem.
