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  1. jerkin

    Ethical Question

    Watched Peregrines do the same in the UK.There is a video of Peregrines flying into quarries with live Pigeons and releasing them near the bottom so they have to out fly the young Falcons over some distance and hundreds of feet high before clearing the quarries walls
  2. jerkin

    Most comprehensive book on Peregrines?

    The Peregrine author is not Newton but is Derek Radcliff
  3. jerkin

    Barn Owl chicks stolen

    Crazy Barn Owls breed like Chickens in captivity you can normally get one for nowt or the cost of the paper work A10 and ring
  4. jerkin

    Hunting with Golden Eagles in Mongolia

    Interesting this one. In the Middle East the arab hunted for over 4000 years no problem until they became rich and had little concept of conservation and as we all know this has been disaster for the three main Quarry species and has put pressure on wild Falcon stocks.In Europe we to are wealthy...
  5. jerkin

    Petition to prevent Fox Hunting once more....

    Indeed it is and it will be politics that will give Raptors the best protection but sadly not under a Conservative govenment
  6. jerkin

    Petition to prevent Fox Hunting once more....

    Hunting Plus a large cash donation to the Labour party by the LACS
  7. jerkin

    Petition to prevent Fox Hunting once more....

    Don't know why people bother,the law will be changed to allow people to hunt legally again once the Conservatives have a large majority,and they will continue to hunt just like they do now Iv been out with hunts 3 or 4 times since the ban and no one gives a dam about the anti hunt laws the only...
  8. jerkin

    Buzzard & Goshawk ..?

    looks like a Goshawk to me
  9. jerkin

    Super falcons to deter gulls

    Gull Control with Falcons Wont work the Gulls will sus that the Super Falcons are not a threat just like 99% of Peregrines wont hunt Gull.If however the Falcons are trained and Entered at Gull and flowen at Hunting weight the Gulls will clear off but this would not be ethical as Gulls would be...
  10. jerkin

    shooting of birds of prey

    Large Gulls like Herring GBB AND LBB Gulls are a threat to young Grouse so will be controlled on Grouse Moors don't know of the legality of it but shooting Gulls following the plough makes no sense as the plough is bringing them in to exploit the short term glut in food the gulls wont stay are...
  11. jerkin

    Northumbrian Birding

    West Hartford Out with the Pointer at West Hartford Saturday 1st Feb about 11.00 got a good point and walked in to about 20ft from dog before sending him in to flush what I thought would be a pair of Partridge or a Pheasant but I was past my self when a Bittern got up then about 50 yards away I...
  12. jerkin

    Houbara Permits to be issued

    Bustard In short yes,but lets not forget we in the west learned conservation values over some 250 years the gulf states have hunted sustainable for thousands of years then thay became rich and had no concept of conservation but things are changing
  13. jerkin

    Northumbrian Birding

    Female Peregrine on Pylons Great North Park,Saturday morning
  14. jerkin

    does any BOP take adult mink? that you know of?

    Mink I think it all comes down to foot size and structure,large raptors like female goshawk and eagles have feet that can wrap around small pray with out killing or incapacitating instantly thus increasing the risk of life threatening injuries,smaller raptors like male goshawks or buzzards have...
  15. jerkin

    egg thefts

    Egg Collecting It amazes me why people cant understand the fascination with egg collecting,these individuals do all there own research often historical,they find the sites often before the conservationists, plan the raids to every detail and mostly get away with it,like some think from an...
  16. jerkin

    Urban peregrines

    Wish we had breeding Peregrines in Newcastle upon tyne,singles and the occasional pair but no breeding yet
  17. jerkin

    Northumbrian Birding

    West Hartford Three Shorteard Owls this morning,one looked rather small.
  18. jerkin

    Northumbrian Birding

    West Hartford Cramlington Two Shorteard Owls yesterday,also plenty of Sarrowhawks and KestrelsB (:
  19. jerkin

    Northumbrian Birding

    It depends on how you see the weather all this rain has got to take its toll on both birds and mammals,I run an English Pointer on lowland game and haven't found a single Partridge polt from last year.I'm not interested in numbers of Partridge as I'm not a bag filler and killing game is not my...
  20. jerkin

    Northumbrian Birding

    Preditory Corvids Hi Stewart,a mate of mine put a flock of Partridge up on Newcastle Town Moor one particular bad winter they were chased by a small flock of carrion crows and one of the Partridge was caught and rapidly eaten,my mate reckoned thay were starving,sure your Ravens could pose a...
  21. jerkin

    Wild Golden Eagle on sale on the Internet, please help

    Eagle For Sale :-O I don't think your suggesting a market for Illegally Taken Eagles exists in the UK
  22. jerkin

    Northumbrian Birding

    Raven Very early for a Raven,thought thay would all still be on the moors
  23. jerkin

    Buzzard Persecution Trial to be sponsored by DEFRA

    I also doubt any one will be interested in taken on buzzards as they have no potential as Falconry birds having being replaced by Redtails and Harris hawks
  24. jerkin

    RSPB stunned by Defra plan to 'imprison' buzzards (RSPB)

    It wont stop at Buzzards,this is just the start,how the keepers are going to love this, being able to go equipped to control buzzards and accidentally destroying the wrong nest,and we all no what species of Hawk that will be.the courts will be full of acquittal's
  25. jerkin

    Peregrine Falcon(all Black)

    Black Peregrine Hi,a few years ago I was checking a nest site near the northeast coast and saw the darkest Peregrine Iv ever seen,it had a full black head and black back with orange breast as apposed to white cream or Salmon pink,it resembled the Indian forest race of Peregrine often called a...
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