Uk Peregrine Population Limit? (1 Viewer)

[London Birder]

Anthony sunbeam, how about you keep your syrup on ... if I wanted out of the thread then I'd be out of it .. ok?

 

[Anthony Morton]

All persons are entitled to express an opinion, regardless of their level of knowledge on birds. There have been occasions on this thread that you have appeared to demonstrate a remarkable lack of knowledge regarding wild birds, so I would not take someone else to task over it.

That's a bit rich coming from someone who's usually at the front of the queue to jump down the throats of anyone who does not share your views - even by the standards of a habitual long-range sniper like you!

As with LB, you could always exercise your right not to join in!

 

[Anthony Morton]

Anthony sunbeam, how about you keep your syrup on ... if I wanted out of the thread then I'd be out of it .. ok?

And by the same token, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander!

 

[London Birder]

you have a point Anthony, maybe you should just be left to waffle on by yourself, that is until the next question pops into your head ... mind you, it's fun to read.

 

[Anthony Morton]

Im not confusing anything with anything, why do you never give a straight answer, and stop relying on the sympathy vote as if you are some shrinking violet who everyone is picking on.Yeah i know i can't, but a Perry can :t:

ME - a shrinking violet? Blimey, I've been called lots of things but that's a first! :t:

 

[Anthony Morton]

My response would be that i phoned the number on the ring but the operator said it didnt exist. (o)<

Oh yes, very droll but I wonder how many will understand it?

 

[Anthony Morton]

You are so right the Peregrines are a wonderful sight and i couldn't dispute that but to a lot of ordinary people on BF like me, there is no such thing as a Flying Rat.There are plenty of human rats though and on any other than this thread, you may find that the Flying Rats as you call them are cared for and respected as Feral Pigeons.

To those of us that enjoy birds and wild-life in general,that is.

Hi Mary,

Very well put - that says it all. If I had seen your post earlier I needn't have bothered to reply to the same one.

Regards,

Anthony :t:

 

[Anthony Morton]

Could you tell us when the rings were issued?

Pete,

Only that they were both issued in 2003 and to which club from the information I have. However the RPRA will be able to identify the registered owner of the birds from its records.

Were the birds concerned "actively racing" or were they in effect feral?

Pete

Can't say I'm afraid, although no doubt the owners would know this from their own loft records. However, it will probably be either 'lost off the loft', 'lost training' or 'lost racing' - but there are also a few other less likely possibilities.

Anthony

 

[Anthony Morton]

you have a point Andrew, maybe you should just be left to waffle on by yourself, that is until the next question pops into your head ... mind you, it's fun to read.

Good idea. :clap:

I know, let's sing a song while we're waiting for my next question to come into my mind. What shall we have? I know, how about...


THEY ALL LAUGHED AT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WHEN HE SAID THE WORLD WAS ROUND


Oh, get in there, Morton!

Must dash, I've got a sitting of partridge eggs and can't trust the present Mrs Morton to turn them. TTFN. :t:

 

[CBB]

Anthony. Oh Dear!!!!!!!! I think you are deluding yourself. Self-propaganda is no propaganda. (o)<


PS. Take care of your eggs though.

 

[Jos Stratford]

As with LB, you could always exercise your right not to join in!

Ah, you've lumped me with London Birder - a compliment indeed, many thanks Anthony. I'd rank him as one of the most genuine helpful birders on the forum, so do feel honoured to be classed alongside :king:

 

[London Birder]

the 20 is in the post Jos ... ;-)

 

[Jos Stratford]

the 20 is in the post Jos ... ;-)

ta mate, sterling preferred to euro

 

[London Birder]

no worries :t:

if you ever need Lunceon Vouchers you know where I am.

 

[AndyS]

Don't blame the pigeons for exploiting the mess that you townies chuck about all over the place. If you were to clean your act up the urban-dwelling pigeons would have to look elsewhere for a living!

:storm:

In which case, don't blame the raptors for picking off the rich feedings that sky rat fanciers chuck about all over the place |;| If you were etc...

The food chain is the food chain, and culling or artificially breeding certain elements of the food chain directly affects others on the chain. Survival of the fittest and all that..

Pip pip old chap...

 

[colonelboris]

ok, so the conclusions so far appear to be:
* Peregrines will eat what they can get
* Feral pigeons only make a up a certain percentage of prey (out of town) and racing pigeons only make up a proportion of that percentage.
* Some breeders accept a certain loss as part of the hobby, others don't.
* P***** F***** will keep throwing their birds at peregrines, but continue to be upset if they get picked off.
* If people stop raptor persecution (for whatever reason), then 2,000 pairs would be a low number of peregrines.

The upshot seems to be that the original question doesn't seem to be very relevent to as AM keeps changing tack after each answer is given.
Apart from the answer to the original question, what else is it you want to know or say?

 

[nirofo]

.... which shows that I've got a good memory. Now where would you like the royalties sent to?

:scribe:

A donation of £100 to the RSPB Raptor Protection Fund would seem appropriate.

Thank you.

nirofo.

 

[nirofo]

Quote: Anthony Morton, post 356.

"Now you really are really confusing matters. You seem to be relying on your assumption that there are more pigeons that only exercise around their home loft than pigeons involved in racing. I've already said that this is wrong IMO. Do you have a source to prove otherwise?"

If you read the posts correctly you'll see that's the question I've been asking you, what is the ratio of racers to, if you prefer the term non racing homers? If you don't know, say so, don't waffle!

nirofo.

 

[Collster]

this is almost farcical...

only almost Des? He reads things into peoples postings that no else can read, denys established opinion and then blows off about flying vermin

 

[Collster]

Oh yes, very droll but I wonder how many will understand it?

As long as you get it Anthony, if no one else gets it it can be our private joke