Withymoor - Amblecote, Stourbridge..... (2 Viewers)

[Ste-gull]

Pestokill

Haha! I don't know if anyone else has had this ad shown on BF, but it made me laugh considering the site it's on and the topic in hand...

 

[rollingthunder]

"always better to be safe than sorry"

Do you mean reporting the 'Last17' or the shooting of them?

Laurie:t:

 

[keithr]

Whats the BIG thing with the bird I dare not mention.
While watching the Shrike the other week someone said something about shit flying round when someone only went to see it......cant see what the fuss is.
Keith

 

[Ste-gull]

"always better to be safe than sorry"

Do you mean reporting the 'Last17' or the shooting of them?

Laurie:t:

Haha...you'll never know

(I've got to stop using ellipses)

 

[rollingthunder]

Who watches the watchers Keith, and why is there only one monopolies commission?

Laurie:t:

 

[Ste-gull]

Whats the BIG thing with the bird I dare not mention.
While watching the Shrike the other week someone said something about shit flying round when someone only went to see it......cant see what the fuss is.
Keith

Exactly. It shouldn't cause controversy away from the ecological politics of the species. But keeping reports out of the public/recorded domain at least keeps the ones that we know of that bit more safe.

 

[rollingthunder]

What about if yr a birder and actually agree with the culling?

Laurie:t:

 

[rollingthunder]

Here's a couple of newspaper links - DEFRA might still be interested in the 'Last17' after all.....

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/08/ruddy-ducks-extermination

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7110463/500-a-duck-bill-for-cull-on-behalf-of-Spain.html

Department for Endless F#ckups and Ruddy Affairs

Lee is quoted in one of them, what if you do'nt agree with him - does that make you wrong? Enjoy them while you can.

Laurie:t:

 

[Ste-gull]

What about if yr a birder and actually agree with the culling?

Laurie:t:

Again, exactly. I don't think there's a definitive answer. But without knowing the conclusions of an investigation into the "dangers" of the remaining few at present (if such an investigation exists), I personally would prefer not to aid the cull which is based on the previously much greater numbers posing the threat that we all know about.

There's always going to be differing opinions and I'm not one who enjoys sitting on the fence, so that's my stance but I'm open to changing my position with guidance and evidence.

 

[Ste-gull]

Department for Endless F#ckups and Ruddy Affairs

LOL:-O

 

[rollingthunder]

Agreed SJ - i support the cull but the law of diminishing returns means that it's not worth hounding the remaining birds imho. Had a low tolerance been taken during the spp colonisation of the British Isles when numbers started being significant with Winter roosting then their would not be the furore that has been generated.

Prevention is always better than cure particularly as the 'scatter-gun' (literally) methods adopted by the DEFRA-licensed guns-for-hire has led to collateral damage of associated spp which is bad news all-round.

I have made enquiries to British Waterways with regard to an Oystercatcher that i had heard reported shot @ Gailey a couple of weeks ago - no reply as yet - and these are people that are supposed to know what they are doing.

Visiting a pool and looking at a bird has, to my knowledge, never killed any.

Anybody is entitled to their opinion and opinions are like @rseholes - everybody has one and is entitled to express it

Laurie:t:

 

[Ste-gull]

...Anybody is entitled to their opinion and opinions are like @rseholes - everybody has one and is entitled to express it

Laurie:t:

Couldn't have put it better.

 

[rollingthunder]

I like to keep things......succsphinct

You can tell it's a rainy day - no way cycling to Uffers..........

Laurie:t:

 

[keithr]

Oh right...THEY want them all dead..... used to love seeing them in the 70's....a lovely looking duck.
Is it their aim to wipe them off the face of the earth....just in case one does the impossible and naturally inter breeds.
Keith

 

[Ste-gull]

Oh dear, too far haha!
I've got my fingers crossed for Uffers on sat'.

 

[rollingthunder]

The last one left in the UK will be the logo (poster boy) for the WMBC......

Now about those Ring-their-Neck-Parakeets:eek!:

Laurie:t:

 

[Ste-gull]

Oooowwh but Laurie, I think they're pretty too! haha!

 

[geoffw1946]

The last one left in the UK will be the logo (poster boy) for the WMBC......

Now about those Ring-their-Neck-Parakeets:eek!:

Laurie:t:

You'll be famous now Laurie, the man that killed the last one in the midlands.

 

[rollingthunder]

They certainly are but the RNP's are occupying all the available cavities......Oooooh Matron

Geoff - the cull has obviously been bad for the individuals concerned but imo it should never have reached that stage.

If there had'nt been any 'plastics' then i might have been able to tick the 2 males that i saw on the Great Pool on Tresco that came in overnight with 2 or 3 Ring-Necked Ducks pointing to an origin further West:C

What's the water situation up @ Muddleton? Can i actually get my Narrowboat from the cut to the centre of the reserve yet?:-O

Laurie:t:

 

[Paul Allan Legge]

Did Ufmoor Wood this morning only me there. No sign , but then it's bigger than I thought. Birds of note, num Bullfinchs(mostly Females), Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Gt Spotted Woodpecker. Goldcrests. Could still be their,who knows.