Trapping birds for bird food

[Froglegs]

Theres probably a shed on your allotment site that reminds it of home,you are going to have to be cruel to be kind and chase it off and force it to find home.

[telboy]

I must agree with the comments AGAINST Magpies.
They are a destructive species & in my experience, are on the increase.
I have had desecration of songbirds' nests & find Lawson traps to be effective in trapping
& eventual disposal.
I wish I could afford one & have the ability to trap the first 'bast**d'!

[kenkew]

 Pigeons are pretty destructive in other ways. (and carry diseases too. )
 Magpies are a wonderful bird to see, but yes! They are killers of what we see as beautiful.

 Sort of raises the question...which is the baddest bird?

[Carol]

Wel in my opinion I think the Sparrowhawk is top for being a main killer of songbirds followed by the Magpie eating the young and eggs.   The Woodpigeon is a pest for eating crops.  The Hooded Crow is evil around lambing time also the Sea Eagle seems to take quite a few lambs as well as Golden Eagles.  However, the biggest killer of all wildlife is not a bird, its the CAT. 

[OllieC]

We all know who the worst, biggest, badass killer is... And we're all one of 'em!!

[telboy]

True Ollie, true Carol,
I'm off to bed!

[Hyacinth]

True Ollie, true Carol,
I'm off to bed!

A4A love-in?

budge(ie) over Telboy and be afraid....be v.v.v. afraid...

 

[OllieC]

Yeah, feeling all loved up, tel?!?!

[Hyacinth]

For you with some imagination, create a story?.....

Weeks and weeks ago I was part of a ground-clearing exercise in the grounds of part of a stately Home that was being sold off in lots....ANYWAY a task-force of us turned up to do a slash-and-burn of the overgr0wn outside.....amongst the debris (BEFORE we started the bonfire, right?) someone found a flight feather of a pigeon with a tel. no. on it....no carcase, nothing, just this one feather and a number.....

ahhhh.....