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    Do Buzzards eat game birds?

    Thats not the full story though - many of these estates receive large amounts of tax-payers cash via various EU grants and subsidies just like any other large farmers/landowners many of whom also do their bit for wildlife(and more cash is likely to be directed by the EU in this area by the...
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    Do Buzzards eat game birds?

    Maybe you do, but your postings so far in this thread would suggest otherwise:smoke:
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    Do Buzzards eat game birds?

    Really - its your type that appear to view raptors as the source of all evil in the world:-O PS: I think if you accounted for the vast numbers of vermin in the form of rodents,rabbits, fox cubs, corvids etc. that raptors remove from the British countryside every year you'd be talking about tens...
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    Do Buzzards eat game birds?

    The averge according to the link is 1-2% - you maths is a bit wonky too given that you assume all the birds released will stay in the estate and/or be shot in a particular season!! PS: Do you beleive that a handfull of large shoots should decide conservation policy in the UK to the extent that...
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    Do Buzzards eat game birds?

    So whats the story?? Depends on their seize/age when released - obviously the later the better which is i assume the whole purpose of having release pens in the first place. As the link I provided earlier suggests - less then 5% of losses are due to raptors, so why is so much hysteria and...
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    Do Buzzards eat game birds?

    Indeed and since I do a bit of hunting myself the gamekeepers I know tell me only the occasional rogue sparrowhawk ever causes problems in this area and can dealt with by chicken wire and various scaring techniques. The only buzzard I have heard hanging around these pens was one that was...
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    Do Buzzards eat game birds?

    Isn' the purpose of release pens to protect these birds till semi-adult which is the procedure on most of the shooting estates I've been on??
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    Do Buzzards eat game birds?

    So what!! Going on the figures in my link above, more pheasants are probably killed by traffic!! - indeed a large cock cracked my windscreen a few years back:(. Guess I'll have to employ a taster for my next steak sandwich in case the chef is a part-time gamekeeper|8||
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    Do Buzzards eat game birds?

    From the Horses mouth(British Association of Shooting and Conservation) http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/A253112.pdf From the link above ", a study designed to assess levels of game bird predation by raptors in general were found to be on average of the order of 1-2%, and exceptionally...
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