geordie1234 Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Who saw the Sun newspapers story on the Golden Eagle taking the little lamb?? When the RSPB got questioned on it they said these are harsh conditions out here the lamb could have dies for whatever reason and as the Eagle is a SCAVANGER it would have just picked it up from the ground! Who are they trying to kid Fking morons taking the public for total idiots
Guest Tooshy Boy Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 WE NO THEM BY NOW ALL THEY DO TALK A LODE OF CRAP.AND MAKE UP STORIES .///R.S.P.B.
greenlands Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 RSPB crap again,they should be done for misleading Joe public.Golden Eagle>>>>>Scavengers.Yes they will take dead prey but prefer warm blood. Lindsay.
Guest IB Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 In this case, not so much morons but liars. Sea Eagles were re-introduced to Western Isles, they take lambs, and the crofters get compensated for it. Can't see that what applies for one type of eagle (compensation) doesn't for another, and if one takes lambs, the other surely will too. Famous quote:- You can fool some of the people some of the time, you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
geordie1234 Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Posted March 2, 2011 The way a see it if these liars want to re itroduce certain animals they should be feeding them at a cost to themselves and there members! We pay a fortune for the up keep of our pigeons therefore we pay a fortune to keep they bops in the sky !
Roland Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 The RSPB are one of the biggest, and weathiest LAND owners in the British Isles. Only bigger thing about them not mentioned is their' Lying.
Guest geordiejen Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 birds of prey were persicuted in this country for a reason.now everyone has to put up with them because wealthy foregners want to come to the countryside to see them flying in the sky. total joke man.i have bird breeding boxes designed for sparrows and tits in my garden.first year their were 3 pairs of sparrows and a couple of pairs of blue tits nesting.this year one pair of blue tits are nesting and thats all.dont they realize these large birds of prey are territorial and drive out other smaller birds?thats why the sparrowhawks are in our towns and cities preying on our pigeons and other garden birds.rant over.
Guest IB Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 birds of prey were persicuted in this country for a reason.now everyone has to put up with them because wealthy foregners want to come to the countryside to see them flying in the sky. total joke man.i have bird breeding boxes designed for sparrows and tits in my garden.first year their were 3 pairs of sparrows and a couple of pairs of blue tits nesting.this year one pair of blue tits are nesting and thats all.dont they realize these large birds of prey are territorial and drive out other smaller birds?thats why the sparrowhawks are in our towns and cities preying on our pigeons and other garden birds.rant over. No offence, but your 'location' reminds me of the birds (just the one pair, but I could not identify what they were) that I used to see from the train when I travelled daily to work on the Yoker line to Glasgow City Centre back in the 1980's. Nobody I spoke to seemed to know what they were. Within 10 years, I counted 8 pair nesting in just 5 miles between Yoker & Jordanhill. Eventually I found out they were magpies - the crow family. For a 'crow' I thought they were nice (looking) birds, until I found out what they did. They hunt in packs of 3 or 4, raiding the wee birds nests in the trees and hedges, eating their eggs and young. IMO they are worse than the hawks, because they're stopping the birds breeding, there's just not enough young surviving to maintain the species.
billt Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Hi IB,are you saying the Magpie is a fairly recent newcomer to Scotland as I've seen them all my life and you are right they are big raiders of nests and very intelligent, they watch parents feeding to locate nests, I have a pair that nest 20ft. from the house, I feed them pigeon eggs to keep down their nest raiding
Guest IB Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Hi IB,are you saying the Magpie is a fairly recent newcomer to Scotland as I've seen them all my life and you are right they are big raiders of nests and very intelligent, they watch parents feeding to locate nests, I have a pair that nest 20ft. from the house, I feed them pigeon eggs to keep down their nest raiding I'd never seen one up till that time. This was 1980's - I was 30-something then - having lived mainly in Lanarkshire - and this was only 8 miles from Glasgow City Centre. 2 guys in office where I worked were into birds and even after describing it, they didn't know it either. As I've described, they multiplied fast while I lived there - I now live in Falkirk area - and we are polluted with them . I think I'm right in saying a Glasgow woman made the headlines after I moved through here, when she was reported killing every magpie she could catch - by bashing its brains against a wall - which RSPB said they could not take action against her because it was a humane way of killing them. So don't think they are well liked up here.
billt Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 I'd never seen one up till that time. This was 1980's - I was 30-something then - having lived mainly in Lanarkshire - and this was only 8 miles from Glasgow City Centre. 2 guys in office where I worked were into birds and even after describing it, they didn't know it either. As I've described, they multiplied fast while I lived there - I now live in Falkirk area - and we are polluted with them . I think I'm right in saying a Glasgow woman made the headlines after I moved through here, when she was reported killing every magpie she could catch - by bashing its brains against a wall - which RSPB said they could not take action against her because it was a humane way of killing them. So don't think they are well liked up here.I can understand why people dislike them with their feeding habits but at the end of the day it's like BOP'S, they are born to do what they do, they build a domed nest of twigs and it is very secure from predators like Buzzards and rear about 6 young in a nest, as with other BOP'S on here they are described as evil, but that is not so, they only kill to feed not for pleasure and I must say I'm not vegetarian so I rely on someone else slaughtering my dinner
hawked again Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 No offence, but your 'location' reminds me of the birds (just the one pair, but I could not identify what they were) that I used to see from the train when I travelled daily to work on the Yoker line to Glasgow City Centre back in the 1980's. Nobody I spoke to seemed to know what they were. Within 10 years, I counted 8 pair nesting in just 5 miles between Yoker & Jordanhill. Eventually I found out they were magpies - the crow family. For a 'crow' I thought they were nice (looking) birds, until I found out what they did. They hunt in packs of 3 or 4, raiding the wee birds nests in the trees and hedges, eating their eggs and young. IMO they are worse than the hawks, because they're stopping the birds breeding, there's just not enough young surviving to maintain the species. Saw magpies take the head off a doo in the Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, that was away back in the 60's.
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