Tag Archives: bird of prey

Poisoning rare birds

Posted on April 3, 2014 by argylesock

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. Advertisements

Posted in ecology | Tagged bird, bird of prey, buzzard, Europe, law, native species, poison, predator, rare species, red kite, vertebrate | 14 Comments

Originally posted on The Naturephile:
A few posts ago in ‘The Owl and the Woodpecker‘ I mentioned that a pair of robins may have started getting fruity in my garden as early as the begining of January. And then last…

Posted in ecology | Tagged barn owl, bird, bird of prey, birdwatching, breeding, bromadiolone, child, conservation, difenacoum, education, Europe, law, native species, nest, pesticide, poison, predator, rare species, vertebrate, wildlife | Leave a comment

Save Britain’s Barn Owls

Posted on March 31, 2014 by argylesock

Originally posted on Green Living London:
A petition has been launched to save Britain’s Barn Owls, which are dying off in their thousands. The changing climate and a loss in their natural habitat is part of the picture, but these iconic…

Posted in ecology | Tagged alien species, anticoagulant, barn owl, bird, bird of prey, bromadiolone, conservation, difenacoum, Europe, mammal, native species, pest, pesticide, poison, predator, rare species, rat, rodent, vertebrate, wildlife | Leave a comment

Rookes, Crowes and Choughes

Posted on October 31, 2013 by argylesock

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 | 4 Comments

Has the red kite become a pest?

Posted on October 30, 2013 by argylesock

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 | 13 Comments

Buzzards and pheasants again

Posted on May 31, 2013 by argylesock

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 | 1 Comment

Wildlife in UK cities

Posted on December 9, 2012 by argylesock

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

Tag Archives: bird of prey

Poisoning rare birds

Tyto alba

Save Britain’s Barn Owls

Rookes, Crowes and Choughes

Has the red kite become a pest?

Buzzards and pheasants again

Wildlife in UK cities

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