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Killing Little Birds
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Why does everyone seem to think birds of prey are wonderful? with the increase of the killers there is a decline in small garden birds. I know this as my oh and I watch them every day, we don't have nearly as many finches robins and tits as we used to get in the garden. magpies, jackdaws and rooks also are out of control since gamekeepers and farmers are not shooting them. I suppose the only way they will be reduced is when they run out of food and eat each other. I think the only way to keep some of each type is to control the killers.
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Agree with the Magpie and Crow problem. Far too many of them. Put feral pigeons in that group as well. Our bird feeder is sometimes attacked by a Sparrow Hawk which targets the Tits and Siskins. As much as we hate to see it however, we do accept this as natural behaviour. The Kestrel takes the feral pigeons out of the air in a flash and a shower of feathers.
The ban on shooting corvids and pigeons doesn't come in to force until midnight today. An interim form of licence starts in 2 days and an overhauled general licence without the legal loopholes that have caused the current one to be scrapped will be introduced when it is ready. (According to Natural England).
Thank Chris Packham and his cronies for sticking their oars in.
Thank Chris Packham and his cronies for sticking their oars in.
Not wood pigeons or doves. They are pigeons that are derived from the domestic pigeons that have returned to the wild. Same things that roost in towns and cities.
// The domestic pigeon was originally bred from the wild rock dove, which naturally inhabits sea-cliffs and mountains. Rock, domestic, and feral pigeons are all the same species and will readily interbreed. Feral pigeons find the ledges of buildings to be a substitute for sea cliffs, have become adapted to urban life, and are abundant in towns and cities throughout much of the world. Due to their abilities to create large amounts of excrement and to carry disease, combined with crop and property damage, pigeons are largely considered a nuisance and an invasive species, with steps being taken in many municipalities to lower their numbers or completely eradicate them.//
// The domestic pigeon was originally bred from the wild rock dove, which naturally inhabits sea-cliffs and mountains. Rock, domestic, and feral pigeons are all the same species and will readily interbreed. Feral pigeons find the ledges of buildings to be a substitute for sea cliffs, have become adapted to urban life, and are abundant in towns and cities throughout much of the world. Due to their abilities to create large amounts of excrement and to carry disease, combined with crop and property damage, pigeons are largely considered a nuisance and an invasive species, with steps being taken in many municipalities to lower their numbers or completely eradicate them.//
Clarion - I accept that you are not an animal person and know little about their nature.
If you put a bell on a collar it may work but most likely the cat will 'accidentally' lose the collar or manage to silent it with mud/leaves etc.
Anytime that humans interfere with nature we just make things worse.
If you put a bell on a collar it may work but most likely the cat will 'accidentally' lose the collar or manage to silent it with mud/leaves etc.
Anytime that humans interfere with nature we just make things worse.
