RSPB My reply to last e-mail

[Mealy Cock]

Thank you for your e-mail.

 

With respect I feel the RSPB have failed to answer my questions and concerns

In my previous e-mail.

 

As for your comments I am a minority, I am well aware of the RSPB petition

But considering the vast resources at your disposal such petitions or possible

 

I will ask you this Sir. Kindly show the other side of the coin on the devastating affect BOP are having on wild population and farmers and the racing pigeon fraternity in a fair and unbiased way

Then ask the general public to sign a petition, I feel you will get a much fairer answer.

In fact I have read that a national news paper had done a poll against BOP and it was

3-1 for the protection to be lifted as there was to many!

 

As of to date I have not seen any evidence to support your claim only a biased one.

What I have seen is evidence the death and destruction caused by BOP. As the internet

Is a wonderful tool for information. But I don’t see any evidence from the RSPB to show their decline. I would ask as a concerned general member of the public to send me or point me into the direction of your scientific evidence that bird of prey are under threat.

 

Below are two extracts from a forum you may like to answer.

 

 

If it was only the odd bird we lost around the loft I think people will accept it, but this is daily.  My 6 year old autistic boy comes and messes around the loft with me while his mom has an hard earned rest in the house, I brought a dozen roland janseens (grizzles and pieds) for him last year to get a bit of interest, every time he come up the loft one had been taken on exercise, very difficult to explain to a 6 year old autistic boy that his birds have been taken by these predators, I accept they are about but there numbers are too high.

 

 

There was a programme on BBC  Radio Scotland on Sunday morning. Think it was called "out of doors". They were discussing increased protection for BOP. Also there was talk of "controlling" buzzards. One lady emailed in about the increased protection for raptors, asking who was looking after the small birds, because all the blue tits in her garden had been taken by sparrow hawks. There are other people out there beginning to notice too.

 

Yet you write quote, The RSPB is working to reduce ALL bird decline, based on the best

available evidence. The available scientific evidence clearly shows

predation by birds of prey does not cause declines in their prey

Predation is a 100% natural process.

 

Where is the replacement Blue Tits coming from? Who are replacing the pigeons for this

Disable child

 

However you may well like to answer your own contradiction, yet again, quote “Peregrines now breed in many  mountainous and coastal areas, especially in the west and north, and nest in some urban areas, capitalizing on the urban pigeon populations for food. The UK peregrines are still under threat from illegal killing and nest disturbance, particularly on land managed for driven grouse shooting.

The RSPB is working to reduce ALL bird decline, based on the best

available evidence. The available scientific evidence clearly shows.

 

Your own survey, quote: By 1981 and by 1991 most populations were higher than ever before recorded, though not in north and west Scotland (Crick & Ratcliffe 1995).

Or are you now saying this is wrong

 

 

Therefore I respectfully request, would you kindly answer all questions and concerns as I think

You are forgetting you are a public funded organisation.

 

Michael

 

[greenlands]

Cracker of a letter Michael,hope you get a sensible unbiased reply,I very much doubt it though.

Best of luck mate with your quest.

Lindsay C.

[blaz]

good on you mate

[Guest duncan mckay]

well put mate

[grizzal]

well put mate

 

totally agree  

will be interesting to see what the reply will be.

[Guest bakes]

well written letter mate  

[sammy]

well put mealy cock and hope yi keep it up  

[Guest Davy Fleming]

Well spoken Michael

[Guest frank dooman]

i take my hat off to you, but they are like politicans they will skirt around the ques and ask more ques but will never ans anything truthfully but well done for keeping at it all the best

[Mealy Cock]

Thanks all, I am worse that a bull terrier, I don't give up easily, I have already sent a copy and reply from my

Last e-mail from the RSPB. To the Daily Mail and I have had an acknowledgement from them.

 

I have also put an article on the Gloucester news paper

 

You need to read this; http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/news/Hawks-threaten-pigeon-racing/article-1297535-detail/article.html

 

Also my contribution; http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/Sparrowhawk-attack-caught-camera/article-1328098-detail/article.html

 

[demolition man]

well done mate cracking letter,

[Guest pied 09]

very well written.