fight back rspb

[ChrisMaidment08]

anyone who wishes to contribute to a fund to fight our corner against rspb to purchase trailer to attend shows ganme faire markets      with birds on show and photos of damage to our birds leaflets explaining true agenda rspb please do so

[pjc]

Chris the RPRA have a trailer taken to shows, gamefairs etc with birds but not enough emphasis on the damage we suffer!

[bewted]

Chris the RPRA have a trailer taken to shows, gamefairs etc with birds but not enough emphasis on the damage we suffer!

 

i think the rpra trailer is just a token gesture !!!

[Guest chrisss]

 

i think the rpra trailer is just a token gesture !!!

 

very much like the rpra at this time!!!!!

[ChrisMaidment08]

rpra trailer is purely pa nothing else only to get members

[PIGEON_MAN]

anyone who wishes to contribute to a fund to fight our corner against rspb to purchase trailer to attend shows ganme faire markets      with birds on show and photos of damage to our birds leaflets explaining true agenda rspb please do so

 

Good idea but who is going to be the people who go round to the shows,game fairs etc,surely a better idea would be to use the trailer the RPRA allready as,i,m sure they would loan it out if it was shown the people using it was doing a good job.

[ChrisMaidment08]

 

Good idea but who is going to be the people who go round to the shows,game fairs etc,surely a better idea would be to use the trailer the RPRA allready as,i,m sure they would loan it out if it was shown the people using it was doing a good job.

the trailer will be for anyone to use a team can be set up on here to notufy of shows and control were it goes   as to rpra you phone them  on mon tell them we have had enough and we want to fight back with photos leaflets then tell us the reply i will tell you in advance nooooooooooooo we are not here to be drawn into polictical situation

 

[Blue Chequer Pied]

Great idea but we should also highlight the plight of garden birds in conjunction to racing pigeons this way it will appeal to a much wider audience. Mrs Miggins may not be overly bothered about racing pigeons but may be miffed that she has not seen a thrush in her garden for years or that house sparrows in her part of London are a thing of the past. On the other hand Joe Bloggs may have fond memories of his dad's/grandad's pigeons and may take up the cause.  I am all for it as long as it is tailored to a wider audience as some people unfortunately assosiate all pigeons with the pigeons that sit on their town hall.

 

Paul.

[jimmy_84]

i think this is great idea as we need more recognition fromother sport's hobby's and more so the general public more so we need to make the public aware that a pigeon is not a dirty flying rat as they see them now due to the ferrals they need to see what our bird's do and give to us i have made my neighbour's aware of this and most look forward to me letting my birds out now and are amazed by my roller's and there opinion has changed totaly to a pigeon

[ChrisMaidment08]

as most peaples view does when shown

[jimmy_84]

this is only to true we need to amke the public see our birds as we see them

[jimmy_84]

this is only to true we need to amke the public see our birds as we see them

 

and should not the RSPB be also on our side not just the side of the raptors

[Guest chrisss]

 

and should not the RSPB be also on our side not just the side of the raptors

 

hawks make "good news" for the rspb along with lots of donations

[Roland]

Great idea but we should also highlight the plight of garden birds in conjunction to racing pigeons this way it will appeal to a much wider audience. Mrs Miggins may not be overly bothered about racing pigeons but may be miffed that she has not seen a thrush in her garden for years or that house sparrows in her part of London are a thing of the past. On the other hand Joe Bloggs may have fond memories of his dad's/grandad's pigeons and may take up the cause.  I am all for it as long as it is tailored to a wider audience as some people unfortunately assosiate all pigeons with the pigeons that sit on their town hall.

 

Paul.

 

You know, these are fundementally great idea's... Wish we had a PR Firm like the RSPB etc. and got other concerns involved. No good just showing tha damage of 'Pigeons' Sure it is to us... But Joe Public needs another slant I fear. Garden birds, Game Birds, Pere taking Ducks  etc. etc.

then a combined force witha professional approach may well pay dividends. In fact it would no doubt get the message across....

PSPB Slogan

Dear little ole lady... Please. please support us via leave a few bob to our noble causes, Like protecting the garden Robin, the finches, ducks etc. so our BOP have plenty to chase and eat'!

P.s. just think of the good you could do by leaving your money to us in your will'!

 

[jimmy_84]

 

hawks make "good news" for the rspb along with lots of donations

 

yes this maybe the case but if they also spent more time to protect our great birds they may recieve more support and donation's

[jimmy_84]

i have a very good friendship with my children's head teacher at school and i have been in and done small talks in school with my bird and my son has taken them in and shown them twice and the children really enjoyed it we have also had our bunnies in and the dog and when we had a pony they had him at the summer fair unfortunatly we had to rehome the pony due to loosing our grazing land to developer's and could not afford to keep him on a livery yard but i have had fun at school' with the children handling the birds and watching them fly circle's the off to the house

[invalidusername]

i have a very good friendship with my children's head teacher at school and i have been in and done small talks in school with my bird and my son has taken them in and shown them twice and the children really enjoyed it we have also had our bunnies in and the dog and when we had a pony they had him at the summer fair unfortunatly we had to rehome the pony due to loosing our grazing land to developer's and could not afford to keep him on a livery yard but i have had fun at school' with the children handling the birds and watching them fly circle's the off to the house

 

jimmy, this is excellent.  Little children are fascinated by birds they can touch, watch circle, and then home.  If children can get the opportunity to appreciate pigeons like this, they may not all become fanciers, but hopefully, they'll appreciate them.  Essentially, they'll probably never forget the experience.  By bringing pigeons into school, and igniting childrens' interest, there's so much schools can base pigeon homing/racing on.  Maths (how long does it take a pigeon flying at x miles an hour to fly x miles), Geography (if a pigeon flies due north from Bristol for 90 miles, where would he end up), Biology (how many eggs does a pigeon lay, how long is the hatching process, and how long is it before they can fly).  All this and lots more!!  ;-D ;-D  

 

Crikey, I'm on a roll ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-)

 

[jimmy_84]

 

jimmy, this is excellent.  Little children are fascinated by birds they can touch, watch circle, and then home.  If children can get the opportunity to appreciate pigeons like this, they may not all become fanciers, but hopefully, they'll appreciate them.  Essentially, they'll probably never forget the experience.  By bringing pigeons into school, and igniting childrens' interest, there's so much schools can base pigeon homing/racing on.  Maths (how long does it take a pigeon flying at x miles an hour to fly x miles), Geography (if a pigeon flies due north from Bristol for 90 miles, where would he end up), Biology (how many eggs does a pigeon lay, how long is the hatching process, and how long is it before they can fly).  All this and lots more!!  ;-D ;-D  

 

Crikey, I'm on a roll ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-)

 

go on that man what a great idea i will put this to the head of our school when they return after summer never thought about incorpirating it into lessons was jsut about show and tell

[Bluedoo]

Extract from http://www.save-songbirds.co.uk/

 

 

"The RSPB has been singularly successful in attracting over one million members. However, it cannot claim that its actions have in any way proved effective in preventing the decline in the songbird populations. It has been succesful in re-introducing some raptor species, but certainly does not find it convenient to tell its members that these predatory birds will add to the killing of literally millions of songbirds every year."

 

This is one of the charities, if not the only one, we should be supporting from the likes of Blackpool.  

 

[invalidusername]

 

go on that man what a great idea i will put this to the head of our school when they return after summer never thought about incorpirating it into lessons was jsut about show and tell

 

Jimmy - I'm surprised they haven't thought of it themselves!  They just need to think outside the box, and whilst pigeons aren't on the curriculum, with a little imagination, they can use them to really interest kids in loads of subjects.

 

 

[jimmy_84]

 

Jimmy - I'm surprised they haven't thought of it themselves!  They just need to think outside the box, and whilst pigeons aren't on the curriculum, with a little imagination, they can use them to really interest kids in loads of subjects.

 

 

yes this is true i will bring this to light after the hols

[jimmy_84]

maybe we could as a fancy set up our own society such as the RSPB to help raise awareness of not just the problem's we face but the other birds targeted by the raptors

[just ask me]

a bit off the point i know but just another tought on songbirds and there demise if we as pigeon fanicers will only feed top class peanuts to our birds and i think its the same for parrots too if there feed bad peanunts death can can happen is it not the same for the feeeders that our for sale in our supermarkets pet shops and if u look at the peanuts for wild birds they are a disgrace u can see the mould on them   would i be right id imagine they kill a lot of wild birds too

[DOVEScot]

 

jimmy, this is excellent.  Little children are fascinated by birds they can touch, watch circle, and then home.  If children can get the opportunity to appreciate pigeons like this, they may not all become fanciers, but hopefully, they'll appreciate them.  Essentially, they'll probably never forget the experience.  By bringing pigeons into school, and igniting childrens' interest, there's so much schools can base pigeon homing/racing on.  Maths (how long does it take a pigeon flying at x miles an hour to fly x miles), Geography (if a pigeon flies due north from Bristol for 90 miles, where would he end up), Biology (how many eggs does a pigeon lay, how long is the hatching process, and how long is it before they can fly).  All this and lots more!!  ;-D ;-D  

 

Crikey, I'm on a roll ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-)

 

A similar thing was posted a few weeks back, it was being done as a school project, I reckoned the governing bodies should jump on this opertunity to set up pilot schemes throughout the education cariculum, but doubt if it was ever taken on board.

Maybe we should be on the Governing bodies website making these comments and suggestions :-/

[Guest Freebird]

 

jimmy, this is excellent.  Little children are fascinated by birds they can touch, watch circle, and then home.  If children can get the opportunity to appreciate pigeons like this, they may not all become fanciers, but hopefully, they'll appreciate them.  Essentially, they'll probably never forget the experience.  By bringing pigeons into school, and igniting childrens' interest, there's so much schools can base pigeon homing/racing on.  Maths (how long does it take a pigeon flying at x miles an hour to fly x miles), Geography (if a pigeon flies due north from Bristol for 90 miles, where would he end up), Biology (how many eggs does a pigeon lay, how long is the hatching process, and how long is it before they can fly).  All this and lots more!!  ;-D ;-D  

 

Crikey, I'm on a roll ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-)

 

And don't forget the most important of them all HISTORY. Winning medals in the wars etc. Man has been associated with pigeons/doves since we first stood upright. Go for it Jimmy.