Time for action!

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

signed good luck mate

[Guest stb-]

O FORGOT A SIGHNED IT TOO   ;)

[lawrie]

signed. must say that the number of signatures is disapointing! come on guys, we all moan about BOP's.

[rasbull]

Cheers guys, have just sent a letter into the BHW and Racing Pigeon which hopefully will appear in the letters page. Will have missed this weeks deadline so fingers crossed it appears in next weeks.

[rasbull]

And still needing pictures etc!!! :-)

[Guest stb-]

And still needing pictures etc!!! :-)

 

copy mine of the site m8,  todays one  

[rasbull]

cheers STB :-) (what was the thread m8?)

[Guest stb-]

cheers STB :-) (what was the thread m8?)

 

THERES BEEN A MURDER THREAD

[frank-123]

signed

[maxwell]

signed. must say that the number of signatures is disapointing! come on guys, we all moan about BOP's.

 

Well nothing changed there so i see, if it don't effect them most people could not care less. Here is a pic for your article as you can see it was hit by a Falcon although supposedly protected by the Bali Bell this is a old photo which was taken in the late 80,s early 90's by the way.

 

[Guest Tooshy Boy]

SIGNED WITH YOU ALL THE WAY .

[rasbull]

Cheers Maxwell and cheers all who have signed but we need more, so get friends, family, children etc on the list to! More the merrier!  ;D ;D

[Taylorsloft]

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sapbsbs/signatures

 

289 signed this hardly a drop in the water the ipetions arent very good get duplicate signings  and need a paper petion with names and address on   700 signed ones via bhw were handed in with no response , needs to be done through unions and sent to each club via unions then clubs can give one to each member to get names on ectra , that would be the only way to get a bulk of signitures , other avenues is to start a song bird group ectra out linning how many birds are on the red list and the R.S.P.B  are the very ones putting them on  it as there only intrested in bops

 

signed

[Guest lenwadebob]

Signed

 

Here is a thought Richard. How about writing to the producers of Country File, the TV programme for Farmers. After all is it not the Farmers that the Government have ask to set aside land and maintain hedgerows, wetlands, moorlands and arable land in order to accommodate our native songbirds, (and other species) that frequent these places. JAT

[Red cooky]

C'mon guys get your names on this petition! 51 so far, and how many members on this site??  :-/ We gotta help ourselves, it takes 2 minutes and doesnt cost anything!

 

Done .

[Guest Mav]

Yes me too,

 

Signed, Sealed and nearly deliverd.

[fletch]

signed mate

[lightning fast]

singed and passed on to all my mail list..

[demolition man]

done

[Guest joe muzz]

 

  signed

[Shortcut Lofts]

Also signed and sent to some mail friends also. SL

[rasbull]

Cheers guys! This is a reply to the letter that I will be forwarding to all newspaper editors as a result of a letter in the Daily Mail. I will then at a later date and as a result of the response I get back from this letter, together with evidence of bird kills, attacks etc send another letter. I will also forward the petition when far more names have signed up to it. I ask if any of you have a facebook account to place the link to the site on your status and hopefully we can start raising awareness in areas we may not have ventured before. I am looking for 1,000 signatures on that petition before I send it off to MP's, Newspapers etc, so please get passing the word on and get everyone you know involved and on it. Cheers.

 

I was reading the letter published in your paper, Wednesday 17th March by Mr W.Cowell. I have to say I totally agree with what he stated in his letter regarding the decline in the British song bird population due to increased Bird of Prey levels. The last few weeks have seen various articles in newspapers regarding the effect Birds of Prey are having. From the article discussing the demise of songbirds from the sparrow hawk to 75 starlings found dead within a small area of each other in an urban area, believed to be from a hawk attack. In my own garden I used to see many species of birds - chaffinch, blue tits, great tits, bullfinch, wrens. I used to have blue tits nesting each year without fail. My garden has not changed over the years, but there have been no nesting birds for more years than I care to remember. This is such a shame and despite the many factors which could be blamed for this, the fact remains the most likely cause is increased predatory activity. I look out of my window and where I used to see 1 kestrel, I now see 4 or 5 all flying in close proximity of each other. I keep racing pigeons and many are finding it increasingly difficult to let their birds out for their freedom without fear of a sparrow hawk or peregeine hunting their beloved birds. Fanciers all over the country are reporting increased attacks to the stage where they are becoming so disillusioned they are quitting the sport.  One loft has reportedly had 29 birds killed this year alone!  The protection for Birds of Prey was put in place many, many years ago after persecution and rightly so. However, as the years have passed the balance has been re addressed and now the uncontrolled monitoring of allowing these birds to breed freely with no regulation is having a detrimental effect on the song birds, hunting and pigeon racing fraternities. It is of a result of such gross short-sightedness I have set up an online petition for people who share the same fears as myself, who may have witnessed attacks  or seen a dramatic decline in their own garden songbird population. The petition is calling for the protection these Bird of prey currently enjoy to be removed. I will be creating a website that will be designed at raising awareness of the plight of the song birds in this country. I would request photographic evidence of attacks etc. I will collate a dossier and when complete will submit to various newspapers, MPs and the RSPB. I am not so naïve as to believe this site will bring a change to the law, but with increased awareness of the current situation it may just be enough for the public to sit up and actually ask themselves where have all the song birds gone? The name of the sight is www.Rasbull-lofts.co.uk. but is going to take a while for the pages to be setup, in the meantime please feel free to submit any photos you may have and please sign the online petition. Together we can go a little way to saving the song birds of this country. If we don't, who else will? The RSPB? I doubt it!

 

Richard Shepherd

www.rasbull-lofts.co.uk

 

 

[pigeonpete]

signed it :-)

[rasbull]

Later tonight I will setup a group on Facebook aimed at highlighting our plight. I will post details of the link for those of you with Facebook accounts. Everyone is urged to join though whether you have an existing account or not. Please post as many pictures as you like. Anything that helps raise awareness has got to be worth a shot!

[Guest strapper]

Signed

 

Here is a thought Richard. How about writing to the producers of Country File, the TV programme for Farmers. After all is it not the Farmers that the Government have ask to set aside land and maintain hedgerows, wetlands, moorlands and arable land in order to accommodate our native songbirds, (and other species) that frequent these places. JAT

 

exellent idea bob m8

 

maybe they could call at several lofts for interviews?