Anybody else pissed off about this sort of thing?:C
https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/...rouse_moor.aspx?s_id=1068442639&applefix=true
The time is rapidly approaching where people, like the moronic perpetrators of the above, will take direct action against these people - Why? Because the Law doesn’t take wildlife crime seriously that’s why.....
You can ring as many RSPB/Wildlife hotlines as you like but until people are jailed, Estates named, shamed, fines and owners jailed for vicarious liablity sweet FA is going to happen:C
Every week, in the usual locations, Golden Eagles go missing, Hen Harriers disappear or die in agony and God knows how many Peregrines are disturbed, Goshawk nest blown out with shotguns and pot-shots taken at anything with a hooked beak and talons. What happens from time to time is a patsy gamekeeper gets fined, wrists slapped (instead of being broken) sacked and then re-employed when the dust settles:C
Elements of the Judiciary, Police and participating landowners are all part of a cosy cartel all quite happy with their equilibrium which is being rippled by ‘Townies’ and the odd birding celebrity. They even have those Paper Tigers from English Nature offering to give licenses to cull Ravens and relocate Raptors:-O
You couldn’t make this SH1T up i kid you not.
They laugh at this sort of thng when they are down the pub with their thick-as-thieves, or is it pigsh1t, mates. Wildlife and particularly birds are under serious threat in this country mainly due to farming and habitat degradation. That’s fine if you live on or by undeveloped coast or Cley is your local patch but that is not the real World - try birding around here on foot or by bike.
If you, like me, do not wish to have to visit a managed nature reserve to see a few different bird species then things have to change at a more basic local level.
Yesterday i liaised with local contractors where we live (sink-estate Stourbridge) to not mow several meadow patches until September. They were inclined banks so they agreed - a few more weeks of nectar production and a useful addition to the seed bank.
Whilst this is not in the headline-grabbing league of the horrific death of the Hen Harrier it is subtly symptomatic of the treatment of wildlife and habitats. If proof is needed just go to scruffier countries like Spain, Portugal or Morocco where it is a joy to see and find your own stuff:t:
In fact anywhere but most of inland UK!
Rant over, good birding -
Laurie -