Kyleakin Lofts

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Looks good Steven. Hope you have the same success in the new loft.

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You could try the gamekeepers, someone will have a link. I think what you will find is that anyone with an affinity for the land and for nature will be against the un-natural support of any species. Those who understand the land and nature have cared for it for centuries. As will always be the case there were times when certain species were targeted. Peregrines in particular during the wars, when pigeons were the heroic lifesavers of many. We are now in an age where the Peregrines have protection far beyond that which is required. They are now reaching vermin status along with sparrowhawks, etc, destroying the songbird populations and centuries worth of ways of life for many, notwithstanding the employment of many.

It must be that they never catch any Scottish pigeons because the SHU never receive any rings from any of these nest sites.

On your survey thread. Man-made sites in universities, Trent being one of them, churches, pylons

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I hope she does. She told me she would by PM while it was locked. Hopefully she is checking out the questions to come up with the answers. I very much doubt the University will let her publish the ring numbers though. She should have a view on artificial nest boxes.

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I understand that. Perhaps, this one may be different. We can only live in hope. I would hope that the person comes back on and gives a reply to Greenlands post regarding man-made un-natural nesting sites.

Excellent question and one I commented about when replying to the questionaire.

The perception will be that negative views would come from the population most negatively affected by BOP, which is ourselves, pigeon fanciers. Negative views allow balance. The person is not asking for methods of slaughter or any such type of thing and we all know that is against the law which is why none of us carry out such actions. We are still allowed negative points of view. What about the wild bird feeders? Their gardens can be decimated by sparrowhawks and for this reason, I no longer feed the wild birds openly. Feeding under hedgerows, etc allow some little protection for them. There are also feeders which allow them to enter inside to provide security whilst eating.

You require positive and negative to create a balance.