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Net gains in a sea of grapes...<br />
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Pictured: Simon Priestman inspects the nets in his Dorset vineyard.<br />
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A British vineyard has been forced to cover its grapes with netting after greedy wildlife kept stealing their crop.<br />
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Little Waddon Vineyard in Dorset has been targeted by a brazen family of deer, gluttonous badgers and thieving magpies and woodpeckers.<br />
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To stop the thefts staff have spent a week covering the 4,000 vines with 6,500 yards of netting.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS

Net gains in a sea of grapes...

Pictured: Simon Priestman inspects the nets in his Dorset vineyard.

A British vineyard has been forced to cover its grapes with netting after greedy wildlife kept stealing their crop.

Little Waddon Vineyard in Dorset has been targeted by a brazen family of deer, gluttonous badgers and thieving magpies and woodpeckers.

To stop the thefts staff have spent a week covering the 4,000 vines with 6,500 yards of netting.