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  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,
  16. John B (not the sloop)

    nothing changes

    This does worry me. The RSPB's last campaign on raptor persecution didn't exactly get overwhelming support from its own membership. Just 10% of the membership signing the e-petition would make all the difference. It grieves me to say it but I sometimes wonder if the majority of the RSPB's...
  17. John B (not the sloop)

    Red Kite "attacks" dog!!

    An unfortunate but predictable consequence of selectively breeding dogs about the size of rats........:-O
  18. John B (not the sloop)

    A Cure For Sparrows

    In the interests of avoiding any misunderstandings with our American friends, Sparrowhawks have not eaten most of the British House Sparrow population. We still have plenty and they're increasing in some parts of the UK.
  19. John B (not the sloop)

    e-petition proposing vicarious liability for landowners

    Did it a while back. 9000 is ridiculous - Even 10% of the RSPB's membership signing-up would do. |!|
  20. John B (not the sloop)

    The government has finally seen through the wind-farm scam – but why did it take them

    In a word - turbulence. Too many gusts and eddies from wind trying to get around buildings. No nice even laminar flow that you get on a hilltop. The stupid things would keep stopping and starting so would generate hardly enough power to charge-up one mobile phone a week.
  21. John B (not the sloop)

    Sparrowhawks responsible for House Sparrow decline says scientist

    I don't know and, to be frank, you probably shouldn't. Predator/prey relationships are a vital part of a healthy functional eco-system. It may not look pretty but it's just nature. The more switched-on sparrows will live to pass on their genes another day. The less capable ones may not. It's...
  22. John B (not the sloop)

    raptors keep coming

    With respect, may I suggest that folks be a bit more circumspect |:x| about discussing the nesting locations of Schedule 1 species. It isn't just conservation minded birders that read these fora.
  23. John B (not the sloop)

    Cormorant Cull Petition

    I'd say two situations give rise to a possible need for culling. An introduced species is posing a clear and present danger to indigenous species, or Absence of predators has led to a species becoming so populous that it is threatening habitat, wider biodiversity or its own wellbeing because of...
  24. John B (not the sloop)

    fabulous goshawks

    It's almost worth visiting for the landscape views alone. We get Hobbies along the river corridor later on in the season too, and even the odd passage Osprey....|:D|
  25. John B (not the sloop)

    Red Kite taking a goldfish?

    I've watched Black Kites fishing a few times but never knew that Mr Milvus indulged too. Now watch out for the Daily Fail headline "Introduced Kites threat to inland fisheries"! |8||
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