Irish Kite
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I know farmers that complain because there are 'too many Buzzards now'. ?
I don't understand such a mentality - would they prefer more rats,rabbits and corvids(a buzzards main prey)??|^|
I know farmers that complain because there are 'too many Buzzards now'. ?
I know farmers that complain because there are 'too many Buzzards now'. They may be called 'Common' Buzzards but in living memory, they were extinct in most Counties in England.
As to Red Kites being 'poor hunters', well ...
Just have a think, look again at the Thread title and consider that this is all being posted on an open forum.
How many selfish humans do you know?
As to red kites being poor hunters....................well..................well what ?? its common knowledge that red Kites are not the best Hunting BOP.
I could be wrong but why do we have lots of feeding stations for these birds ?? and why do they in lots of cases come down for food that people have left out for them. if you care to go on youtube you can watch these magnificent birds coming down into people's back gardens to take food.
What is the harm i this ?? we are doing them a favour and helping them survive......to many people on here once again have their heads up their own A***s................Look the facts are lots of people feed these birds no harm done.....yet once again we have the doogooders coming on a saying its wrong.
Well its not wrong its OK to do this.....and if someone wants to do the same thing in the middle of a farmers field let them get on with it...if people want to do it in their own backyard what is the difference....the birds are none of the wiser.
one of the best known naturalists this country has ever produced used to drag dead deer up the hill out the back where he lived for GE to feed on and mentioned this in his books........would any of you dare to tell this person his actions were wrong...NO OF COURSE NOT BECAUSE NONE OF YOU WOULD HAVE HAD THE BALLS TO.
How could any of you on here tell someone that they are wrong from behind your office desk............when they are living out in the wild and up close to the very species you claim you are trying to protect....................breeding season my arse..thats all you go on about....go and iron your shirts and your action slacks and come back when you have learnt a bit about real wildlife !!!
Isn't there a bit of over-reaction going on here? I think that the question of whether or not it is "fair" to attract raptors with roadkill is probably a reasonable one to debate but how does anyone think that such a question could benefit the bad guys? It's hard to imagine a dodgy gamekeeper sitting at home thinking "I wish, I wish, there was a way of attracting buzzards within reach of my gun", then doing a google search and leaping off the settee shouting "Roadkill - luring!!! Why didn't I think of that??"
Isn't there a bit of over-reaction going on here? I think that the question of whether or not it is "fair" to attract raptors with roadkill is probably a reasonable one to debate but how does anyone think that such a question could benefit the bad guys? It's hard to imagine a dodgy gamekeeper sitting at home thinking "I wish, I wish, there was a way of attracting buzzards within reach of my gun", then doing a google search and leaping off the settee shouting "Roadkill - luring!!! Why didn't I think of that??"
... which is raptor protection and doesn't involve being behind a desk or wearing an ironed shirt but 100's of hours monitoring and witnessing many instances of illegal persecution.
Hi jlees,
This year I am going to use liver...it smells quite strong and its cheap !!!!!!!:eek!::eek!::eek!:
Good Luck
David
And I've often wondered if playing dead would work. I look forward to hanging out with some more vultures sometime.
It is actually against the law to lure birds of prey. Firsty due to the diturbance caused, and secondly, it is also illegal to put down meat, especially rooadkill, as it will have been transported from another area, with risk of disease transfer from one site to another.
Film makers do this, as they have a licence to do so, all the necessary permissions, and strict safety regulations that they have to adhere to.
Reading up on the law before posting such a thread as this would surely have been far more sensible.
Who mentioned anything about roadkill ?? Secondly it is not against the law to photograph Common Buzzards...they are not on the protected list..you have the right to try and get photo of a Common Buzzard in exactly the same way you would have the rite to photograph a blackbird or blue tit. Show me a scrap of evidence which suggets that this activity would be illegall. I might save you the trouble at trawking through the CRWA and the WCA because these acts only refer to birds in the schedule 1 species. And the act states that you have to be intentionally or recklessly disturbing th birds. I hardly think Jlees request would have been any of the above !!!!!!!!!!!!
I would also like to say that where I live (Northern Ireland) there is very little raptor persecution, .
What a way to goCould be dangerous. You might fall asleep and wake up with no eyes.
What a way to go
The vultures here are protected species, but you'd never know it from the way people disrespect them.