A few pictures of the Red Kites at Far Pastures and Winlaton today.
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Paul
Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind a Midlands imposter coming in to visit you all.
I own a few acres of land in Worcestershire and it makes sense (for insurance and support) to be a member of the NFU. Members get a monthly magazine called Countryside.
Whilst my conservation credentials are not ultra-green I'm an awful lot greener than your average farmer!
In the may edition of Countryside, there's a letter (see attached .pdf) that has really got my blood boiling. It's my intention to fire a rebuttal across this guys bows via the letters page next month. I am already planning to mention the Red Kites aren't a "new species" and the fact that illegal poisoning, either indirect or targeting raptors and scavengers like the Kite, are repeatedly reported from almost every country in the EU including Great Britain where at least 60 of the reintroduced birds have been found dead and intoxicated by a variety of pesticides and especially rodenticides - presumably spread by irresponsible land owners.
I then intend to move on and remind the readers that the most significant predators of Lapwing chicks (apart from mowing by farmers and trampling by livestock) are Corvids (particularly Carrion Crows but also Magpies and Jackdaws) other bird species including Grey Heron and Gulls and mammals such as Red Fox, Brown Rat, Stoats and Weasels and the domestic cat.
Can anyone supply me with any more ammunition to shut this pillock and his like-minded friends up, please?
Addendum: For some strange reason I can't add the attachment, either in .pdf or .jpeg format. Let me reboot and see if that helps...
Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind a Midlands imposter coming in to visit you all.
I own a few acres of land in Worcestershire and it makes sense (for insurance and support) to be a member of the NFU. Members get a monthly magazine called Countryside.
Whilst my conservation credentials are not ultra-green I'm an awful lot greener than your average farmer!
In the may edition of Countryside, there's a letter (see attached .pdf) that has really got my blood boiling. It's my intention to fire a rebuttal across this guys bows via the letters page next month. I am already planning to mention the Red Kites aren't a "new species" and the fact that illegal poisoning, either indirect or targeting raptors and scavengers like the Kite, are repeatedly reported from almost every country in the EU including Great Britain where at least 60 of the reintroduced birds have been found dead and intoxicated by a variety of pesticides and especially rodenticides - presumably spread by irresponsible land owners.
I then intend to move on and remind the readers that the most significant predators of Lapwing chicks (apart from mowing by farmers and trampling by livestock) are Corvids (particularly Carrion Crows but also Magpies and Jackdaws) other bird species including Grey Heron and Gulls and mammals such as Red Fox, Brown Rat, Stoats and Weasels and the domestic cat.
Can anyone supply me with any more ammunition to shut this pillock and his like-minded friends up, please?
Addendum: For some strange reason I can't add the attachment, either in .pdf or .jpeg format. Let me reboot and see if that helps...