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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Amarillo" data-source="post: 1219960" data-attributes="member: 19553">As far as I know both organisations want to see the birds monitored first and support a cull only if shown to be having an impact. Yes I realise that sentimentality of members is an issue for the RSPB and that may influence them. However, I'm only assuming here, but don't you think they would be calling for immediate action if say Harpy Eagles became established here? The RSPB quotes the likelihood of future natural colonisation in its policy statement, and there is little doubt in my mind that this as well as the EO being part of the wider European ecosystem and having possibly been native in the past has a bearing on their policy.I understand the difference between possibility and probability. It seems you don't understand degrees of probability if you consider EO's in Britain as having a similar probability to Ivory Bills in the New Forest!</blockquote>