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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
9 Comments
Democracy works for buzzards, forests and badgers
Yesterday I wrote how a daft plan to interfere with buzzards (Buteo buteo) was abandoned after a public outcry. Not long after that a daft plan to sell off our national forests also was abandoned. Today timr6 at Green Living … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology
Tagged badger, bird, bird of prey, buzzard, carnivore, conservation, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, forest, mammal, non-passerine, Paterson_Owen, pest, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, politics, predator, raptor, shooting, tree, vermin, vertebrate, wildlife, woodland
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Buzzards and pheasants
A few months ago, a proposal to protect pheasant farming by removing buzzards was so rapidly abandoned that I never even saw it on the mainstream news. You may recall how I wrote about the pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) being reared … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged alien species, bird of prey, buzzard, conservation, game, history, meat, native species, non-passerine, pheasant, politics, predator, raptor, shooting
10 Comments
Marsh harriers and white-tailed eagles
A few days ago my post about deer stalking led to conversation about predators. Here in Britain, people have often killed predators. But in modern times the law protects rare species including the marsh harrer (Circus aeruginosus) and the white-tailed … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged bird, bird of prey, law, marsh harrier, native species, pesticide, predator, raptor, rare species, tourism, vertebrate, white-tailed eagle, wildlife
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