Lampwick Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I enjoyed their love for The Green Parakeets last night! No mention of them being an invasive pest!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 I enjoyed their love for The Green Parakeets last night! No mention of them being an invasive pest!!! Me too!Beautiful birds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 I see that they have finally admitted that badgers are having a big impact on hedgehog numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Well at least they showed the night footage of the Badger swiming out and eating the eggs on the island , but even then they were reluctant to admit that they sometimes on odd ocasions eat eggs and baby birds when we all know that they will eat any bird or egg that they can reach surprised it did not eat every egg and chick on the island! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man o kent Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 And take lambs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 (edited) Well at least they showed the night footage of the Badger swiming out and eating the eggs on the island , but even then they were reluctant to admit that they sometimes on odd ocasions eat eggs and baby birds when we all know that they will eat any bird or egg that they can reach surprised it did not eat every egg and chick on the island! That's nature for you. It has its own way of keeping numbers in check And take lambs! Don't eat as many as we do though ! I see that they have finally admitted that badgers are having a big impact on hedgehog numbers. Not as much as car drivers do though. Edited June 6, 2014 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 FM - I no longer see hedgehog road casualties as I used to, but do see many dead badgers in the gutter. Both sets of sightings, or lack off started around the same time, dead hedgehog sightings dropped as dead badger sightings increased. Correlation? You bet. That's nature for you. It has its own way of keeping numbers in check Don't eat as many as we do though ! Not as much as car drivers do though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 FM - I no longer see hedgehog road casualties as I used to, but do see many dead badgers in the gutter. Both sets of sightings, or lack off started around the same time, dead hedgehog sightings dropped as dead badger sightings increased. Correlation? You bet. Thousands of hedgehog casualties on the sub urban roads in the southwest and west midlands each year I've counted 20 in about 4 square miles so far this year...and the same number of badgers to be honest.. Seems they couldn't pin Bovine TB on Brock now they are looking at another excuse to persecute him.. Leave nature alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 They can pin TB on badgers and badgers would have more impact on hedgehogs than cars. They amount of dead animals on the road shows the numbers are around to be hit by cars in the first place. The local population don't hang round roads to be hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man o kent Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Brock is top of the wildlife food chain in this country. And now there are no wolves or bears left, and numbers are not being controlled as they were in years past, they have no natural predators to stop them. Numbers will increase to the detriment of other wildlife and agriculture, as long as the mis informed and ignorant general public think they can do no wrong, and survive solely on a diet of berries and worms. Who were the nut jobs that released the poor innocent mink into the wild, which are now decimating water vole and river birds an d fish stocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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