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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike Price" data-source="post: 1750762" data-attributes="member: 79902">My point was and is that EO can do travel vast distances, there are always exceptions and no realistic determination of whether they could fly to England from say France can be judged from the figures you gave.It is highly possible that they could make it to England, just because no-one has proven it yet doesn't mean it  has never happened does it?Equally just because a bird makes has made it to the UK naturally does not make it a good thing and neither do wild birds 2-3 generations removed from Escaped/released birds make them a bad thing.The point is that the risk assessment was worded in a way that made it seem like that was exactly the point they were trying to make.The whole argument is pointless at this point as the RA is finished and is woefully inadequate and evenin my opinion misleading.</blockquote>