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Recent content by John B (not the sloop)

  1. John B (not the sloop)

    new petition re driven grouse shooting

    Counter petition alert! Stand by your beds! :eek!: The following is on the UK.GOV petitions website: Protect grouse Moors and grouse shooting Grouse moors and grouse shooting are an integral part of moorland management both for the grouse and other native wildlife such and lapwing and stone...
  2. John B (not the sloop)

    Friends of Red Kites - in the North East of England

    This happens in continental Europe - http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/features/antidoto.htm
  3. John B (not the sloop)

    Eradicating Grey Squirrels - the natural way. Monbiot article

    Oh dear... Pine Martens chow down on pheasant poults..... Somewhere in excess of 20,000,000 of those wretched non-native Sunday dinner birds are turfed out into the British countryside every year to compete with (and sometimes consume) the indigenous wildlife. Some get shot, many end up as car...
  4. John B (not the sloop)

    Red Kites Fishing

    Continental Black Kites are always at it. I once got so distracted watching these "Osprey wannabes" fishing from a swimming lake in the Auvergne that I took a refreshing dip with my remote control car key widget in my shorts pocket. Fortunately it proved as water resistant as the Kites...
  5. John B (not the sloop)

    peregrine decoy: will it scare birds away?

    I doubt it if will do anything. I've seen a Peregrine and a Wood Pigeon perched in the same tree at Symonds Yat Rock more or less side by side within a metre of each other.
  6. John B (not the sloop)

    Urban peregrines

    In a city the size of Glasgow with all it's tall buildings, many of antiquity, I'd be highly surprised if there was only one pair of nesting Peregrines in the vicinity. Twenty years ago I'd have fallen about laughing if someone told me that most of the larger towns around me had resident...
  7. John B (not the sloop)

    Eagles picking on baby/sibling?

    And in good seasons when plenty of prey is being delivered to the nest the bigger eaglet feels less compelled to get rid of its competitors. The smaller sibling may, therefore, get to fledge successfully rather than get recycled.
  8. John B (not the sloop)

    Drones to protect wildlife

    I'm wondering if these should be patrolling the skies over the English uplands keeping an eye on the Hen Harriers http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/07/wwf-wildlife-drones-illegal-trade and with the state of the breeding Hen Harrier population about three of these devices per pair...
  9. John B (not the sloop)

    Crayfish and Beer: an Otmoor Idyll

    You've sold it to me anyway......|:D|
  10. John B (not the sloop)

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    So that's Sparrowhawks might be responsible for House Sparrow decline says an amateur scientist. It's not quite up there with cold fusion or Higgs Boson is it.....? |=o|
  11. John B (not the sloop)

    Buzzard Persecution Trial to be sponsored by DEFRA

    It's not a very well worded petition I'm afraid Jez. "The government withdraws its plans to spend £375,000 researching a buzzard cull". Benyon will simply say "My department has never researched a Buzzard cull, and has no plans to". Then it's game over for the petition. I've signed several...
  12. John B (not the sloop)

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    It might represent better value for £375k worth of taxpayers' money finding that out. That's what I told my MP anyway......
  13. John B (not the sloop)

    Golden Eagle with a lamb

    Daily Fail reycling an ancient photo. They must be getting desperate... |=o|
  14. John B (not the sloop)

    Bad news from Ireland!

    Join me in my total boycott of all Irish agricultural products... |=@|
  15. John B (not the sloop)

    bird of prey - Porthgwarra

    It is indeed a Sparrowhawk, and a male I'd suggest,
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