Cranfield Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 If you are a member of RSPB you may like to know that Bob Elliot, Head of Investigation at the RSPB, is giving a "keynote speech" at the "Gunning for Change" event ("an expose of shooting") being run by LACS on 25th April. RSPB has always claimed to be neutral on the subject of shooting, perhaps some of its shooting members will write to them and remind them of this and point out that the attendance of a senior RSPB man at a LACS event sullies its reputation. I will certainly be writing and if I don';t get a satisfactory response, the direct debit gets cancelled.. It should be pointed out that LACS tried to run this same event last year, but it was cancelled due to a lack of support. Persistant ******** ain't they. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 I thought we had a few RSPB members on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine1980 Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 They have obviously gone a little quiet!! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Members would be more effective, but non members could also contact them. http://www.rspb.org.uk/contactus/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 They have obviously gone a little quiet!! Lol Or cancelled their Direct Debits. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Don't get me started on the RSPB. I have written articles about this twisted, blinkered, self serving organisation in the past and I do not intend to go back there again as vitriol would be the only product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 totally infested by antis as are r.s.p.ca and most of the national trust blinkered self serving tofu munchers .you will do as they say not as they do .they cant get shooting banned legimately so theyre going in through the back door .hence the tie up with LACS.rant over count to ten woosaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novice cushie shooter Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 Dont know why anyone would want to support them. They made their views very clear a few years ago that they were against shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 It should be pointed out that LACS tried to run this same event last year, but it was cancelled due to a lack of support. Persistant ******** ain't they. or just unimaginative nut jobs. i had a conversation with a twitcher a couple of months back, i asked him what he thought about the effects magpies have on the songbird population, "no effect what so ever" was his reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 It should be pointed out that LACS tried to run this same event last year, but it was cancelled due to a lack of support. Persistant ******** ain't they. or just unimaginative nut jobs. i had a conversation with a twitcher a couple of months back, i asked him what he thought about the effects magpies have on the songbird population, "no effect what so ever" was his reply You should have told him that the RSPB controls magpies. I wonder if there were any undercover shooters there? Or maybe a shooting journalist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 You should have told him that the RSPB controls magpies. I wonder if there were any undercover shooters there? Or maybe a shooting journalist? no need, i told him i control a lot of magpies each year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Control of magpies is pretty much waste of time. (Likewise Jays, rooks and Jackdaws). Songbirds etc nest multiple times and can afford to loose the odd nest to magpies. I really cannot see what the obsession some folk seem to have with them, maybe it is because they are easy to catch in Larsens ? Now Carrion crows are a completely different case and the real bad big McNasties and should be dealt with at every opportunity. Major predators of game eggs and chicks, like wise wildfowl and wader nests / young, nail leverets when they can, eat fallen stock alive. They should be the main focus 100% of the time. Don,t know of the RSPB controlling magpies, I do not think they do, but they are open about Carrion Crow control on certain reserves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Sorry Scolopax I don't agree with you. All corvids are egg and chick stealers and Jays, Magpies, Jackdaws etc are not far behind Carrions in the McNasty stakes and should be dealt with accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 (edited) Sorry Scolopax I don't agree with you. All corvids are egg and chick stealers and Jays, Magpies, Jackdaws etc are not far behind Carrions in the McNasty stakes and should be dealt with accordingly. Quite right. Of course predation is natural, but it can impact on threatened species - populations which have declined are more vulnerable to natural influences including predation and weather. If predators take 20 out of 500 birds, it has no impact. If the birds decline to 50 and 20 are taken by predators, that's nearly half the population gone due to predation - every one is precious. That's why predation seems to impact more on some species than it does for others - predation isn't a major problem for common species like blackbirds. Edited April 26, 2013 by Reece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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