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Tag Archives: bird of prey
Poisoning rare birds
In one area of the Scottish Highlands, somebody has been poisoning buzzards (Buteo buteo) and red kites (Milvus milvus). Police are searching for the criminal.
Posted in ecology
Tagged bird, bird of prey, buzzard, Europe, law, native species, poison, predator, rare species, red kite, vertebrate
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Rookes, Crowes and Choughes
Originally posted on The Naturephile:
‘If men had wings and black feathers, few of them would ever be clever enough to be crows’ Henry Ward Beecher Clergyman, wit and abolitionist I’m incarcerated at home at the moment, having been laid…
Posted in agriculture, ecology
Tagged bird, bird of prey, carrion crow, chough, conservation, corvid, food security, history, hunting, land use, law, pest, predator, raptor, red kite, rook, shooting, vermin, vertebrate, wildlife
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Has the red kite become a pest?
Here in Britain the red kite (Milvus milvus) was hunted almost to extinction. In the 16th century it was classed as vermin, supposedly a threat to agriculture. A few centuries later, along came gamekeepers whose job was (and still is) … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged bird, bird of prey, child, conservation, earthworm, game, history, livestock, native species, pest, pet, poultry, predator, raptor, red kite, reintroduced species, rodent, shooting, vermin, vertebrate, wildlife
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Buzzards and pheasants again
A year ago here in England, our Government considered whether to protect farmed pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), an alien species reared for shooting, from native buzzards (Buteo buteo). This would have been done by trapping buzzards and destroying their nests. Really, … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged alien species, bird, bird of prey, buzzard, conservation, game, native species, nest, pheasant, politics, predator, raptor, shooting, vertebrate, wildlife
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Wildlife in UK cities
I’m grateful to my fellow blogger petrel41 for pointing to this.
Posted in ecology
Tagged alien species, amphibian, bird, bird of prey, butterfly, city, conservation, Europe, farm, garden, invertebrate, mammal, native species, raptor, reintroduced species, urban park, vertebrate, wildlife
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