thomasclark1985
Well-known member
Hi,
Yesterday I was at Kingsmill Lake on the Tamar River, Plymouth, UK. And recently a Glossy Ibis has turned up in a farmers field opposite the bird hide, and has been there for at least a few weeks in the same small patch. After watching it for a while all of a sudden shotgun fire was going off and everything in the farmers fields flew up (including the ibis) and everything on the marsh flew up as well (which was hundreds of birds inc. blackwits, curlews, dunlins, avocets, shanks, snipe, and many other wildfowl species).
The shooting was taking place in the field next to the Ibis and no further than 200m from it and a few hundred metres from a wildlife trust reserve and a marsh where hundreds of waders/ducks winter. Is this sort of disturbance allowed???? I know it’s private land but surely there must be some laws about disturbing wild birds constantly with shotgun fire so they are put up in the air every few minutes.
Any advice on whether this is allowed would be great, or if it’s not allowed - what to do, would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Yesterday I was at Kingsmill Lake on the Tamar River, Plymouth, UK. And recently a Glossy Ibis has turned up in a farmers field opposite the bird hide, and has been there for at least a few weeks in the same small patch. After watching it for a while all of a sudden shotgun fire was going off and everything in the farmers fields flew up (including the ibis) and everything on the marsh flew up as well (which was hundreds of birds inc. blackwits, curlews, dunlins, avocets, shanks, snipe, and many other wildfowl species).
The shooting was taking place in the field next to the Ibis and no further than 200m from it and a few hundred metres from a wildlife trust reserve and a marsh where hundreds of waders/ducks winter. Is this sort of disturbance allowed???? I know it’s private land but surely there must be some laws about disturbing wild birds constantly with shotgun fire so they are put up in the air every few minutes.
Any advice on whether this is allowed would be great, or if it’s not allowed - what to do, would be much appreciated.
Thanks