BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="PaulD" data-source="post: 1434971" data-attributes="member: 11840">Sorry but Spoonbills bred in Britain until the 17th century (BWP etc) so it doesn't support your theory.If you can't see any difference between species like Little Egret that fly unaided across the waters separating us from the continent and ones like Monk Parakeet that come here in a cage and are then released then I'm very surprised because I'll bet most people can.Your argument is a bit like saying that speeding is a crime, but we'll never be able to stop it 100%, so we might as well give up trying to prevent any crime.</blockquote>