Funnel Trap

Trap Making  Step by Step

Ladder Trap

These traps are very large multi-catch traps that only get used where crows or jackdaws are assembled in large numbers.  Typically this is an agricultural situation for example pig farms, laming fields and in some cases arable crops.

 

Both of these traps are classic examples of the ‘passive door’ at work.  They have restricted entrances that birds can enter through but are unable to fly out of.

The Funnel Trap works just how you would imagine and while it means there is only on entrance, it also has the advantage of only one exit so is harder to find.

 

 

 

The funnel is mounted in the centre of a flat cage top with mesh covering all the rest of the surface.

The ladder trap uses a long ‘ladder’ shaped frame suspended across the top of a cage - hence the name.  The gaps between the ‘rungs’ work just like the funnel allowing birds to drop in but not fly out.

The size of these holes is key as are the smaller holes used at each end.

Wire mesh ‘skirts’ are often added hanging down either side of the ladder.