Richard Klim
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OK. Thanks, Pete. So it's not just an old wives' tale. Not that I'm suggesting that Ads is an old wife...From The Naturalized Animals of Britain and Ireland (Christopher Lever, 2009)...
OK. Thanks, Pete. So it's not just an old wives' tale. Not that I'm suggesting that Ads is an old wife...From The Naturalized Animals of Britain and Ireland (Christopher Lever, 2009)...
we should all stay the ~****out of trying to protect anything. we are always doing it and messing everything up animals/ people its as if these creatures wouldnt know what to do without us.. (everything just ticked along nicely till we tried to "help") we like killing things! thats most of the human race for ya i think all the people who want to kill things are b*****ds...unless its for food ofcourse..were spending loads trying to save the panda .and it doesnt want to mate .....like chris packham said we shouldnt bother
Come on, Arnie, the suspense is killing me|=)|
(Pete asked me these questions a few years, but unfortunately I didn't save the answers; so I'm afraid I can't help)
Ah I remembered I'd done summit similar with someone once, I should have known
OK. Thanks, Pete. So it's not just an old wives' tale. Not that I'm suggesting that Ads is an old wife...
But then using your own logic, is not the world population of Mandarin in more danger than Tawny Owl, Goldeneye or Stock Dove? I'm sure I read somewhere that the numbers in Britain are almost equal to the remaining world pop so surely our 'non-native' birds are more important - talking on a global scale
Nitpicking, but invasive is more Collared Dove and Cattle Egret, introduced is the contention. Where would we draw the line though? Little Owl, Canada Goose, Greylag and Barnacle Geese, Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge etc are all introduced. To justify wiping out Mandarins and not those, there'd have to be some evidense that they will cause damage, and that the numbers are low enough compared to the others that there will be a successful 'eradication'. I'd imagine Ring-necked Parakeets more of a problem than Mandarin to be honest. As far as I've noticed mandarins terriorial behaviour is more on the water, or males chasing a female in flight. They'll take advantage of an empty nest hole, but not neccessarily compete for it. maybe they're just filling in a niche left as Stock Doves decline due to other reasons
It now appears that the current UK action isn't paralleled by current action in France and Spain; I would guess they had to give up because their bean-counters used the earlier UK inaction as justification for withdrawing funding.
MJB
Have you tried using an English keyboard, Arnie?
don't see any need to automatically get rid of any non native species if they aren't causing a problem but I'd always be inclined to err on the side of caution and get rid of any where its thought there may be a problem; prevention is better than cure especially if it's too late for a cure.
I know this thread is about the Ruddy Duck, but are we as enthusiastic I wonder (and as we ought to be) at removing the invasive plants that are causing habitat havoc or if I'm feeling a little bit devilish, is it because Japanese Knotweed or Himalayan Balsam and the like are less fun to shoot?
Have you tried using an English keyboard, Arnie?