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  1. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    Interesting article!...seems survival of the fittest..is the order of the day. Introduced RN.Parakeets driving out other hole nesters..(Starlings spring to mind?), Introduced Greys driving out the Reds! Introduced Mink devastating Water Vole populations. Introduced Red-legged Partridge...
  2. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    On the grand scale of historical/and current introductions, deliberate and accidental, the latter (still continuing), with the importation of trees, shrubs, plants (vegetables/fruit) etc...all playing host to a variety of potential and actual environmentally damaging organisms..."Dutch Elm"...
  3. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    My post that initiated your response was at best..tongue in cheek, and I believe, that there may well be a case to answer, regarding game birds. However fugl's comment regarding Little Owl might have some mileage?
  4. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    Pheasants, Red-Legged Partridge...and lest I forget Chickens!...;)
  5. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    Some places?..in Northern Italy and elsewhere, is hardly a ringing ''endorsement'' of mainland Europe..and can only have been within a very ''small'' time frame, as compared to the UK where they have been domiciled for circa 137 years. Long enough to upset the ''pure'' balance to the extreme...
  6. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    Locally yes!...Nationally No. I have no objection to the introduction of a species that once was, as I have no objection to anything that might be of benefit? be it aesthete or practical..but I would draw a distinction between those organisms that for what ever reason have been introduced, be...
  7. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    .....Was the ''bird'' a Cooper's Hawk ;)
  8. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    Mainland Europe doesn't ''host'' the Grey Squirrel...
  9. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    They are already on the periphery...hopefully just a matter of time. Cheers
  10. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    Cooper's Hawk has evolved with Sharp-shinned Hawk (US equivalent to European Sparrow Hawk).
  11. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    I would also advocate the re-introduction of New York House Sparrows and Starlings back to London, as they seem to be positively thriving. Perhaps they have evolved a resistance to whatever has brought about their respective demise in the Capital. This would seem more worthwhile than Red Kites...
  12. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    They are resident between Mexico and (Vancouver..same latitude as Lands End). Perhaps the mild Winters of Devon/Cornwall might be to their liking..and could represent the Northernmost part of their European range...Can you pull strings and put me in charge of the IP? ;) The consensual moral...
  13. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    Anna's Hummingbird is resident between the West side of the Canadian border down to the Mexican border.
  14. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    If we take the above mentioned Cooper's Hawk, why would that target...say Thrushes, more so, than our existing Sparrowhawk? It's intermediate in size between our two existing Accips, and as such would take larger prey items than Accipter nisus. For example we have Introduced the grey squirrel...
  15. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    Who's to say...that a measured approach to any new introductions, would be any worse, than that which has taken place over the last millennia?
  16. KenM

    What additions would you introduce to our avifauna....?

    Yesterday, I raised my head to a squawking ''half squadron'' of RN Parakeets and a sole Magpie, joining forces in driving off a flyover female Sprawk. I thought this although natural (both species potential prey items)..a little incongruous...the pairing of the ''native'' with the introduced...
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