SongbirdsSlaughter

House Martin= “They build nests entirely constructed of mud which are plastered to the walls under the eaves of house. Any suitable shed or barn.” Glossy metallic blue-black upper parts pure-white neck chest underparts distinctive white rump patch. ‘With shorter forked tail and white feathered feet with tiny legs.’ ‘House Martins rarely come to ground […]

The Parakeet – Have Been Recorded In every Single London Borough For Now More Than – ’60’ Years – 2010 March. INVASIVE SPECIES AND – The ‘SIZE’ OF Parakeets: 42 – 46 cm… Living To An Average Age “Of – ‘18-25′ Years.” Note: And – INVASIVE SPECIES ‘The Grey-Squirrel’ – Numbers Explosion ! Lives To Well Over 13 – […]

Humans Are – ‘Wiping Out Animal Life.’ – “The Human Race Is On Course To Wipe Out Two-Thirds Of Animal And Plant Life On Earth.” Experts Have Said. Nearly half of the world’s surface has been transformed and some 50 ‘Dead Zones’ have been created in which almost all aquatic life has been killed by pollution. […]

BLAME THE GULLS – Daily Mail 2001 September: By J Erskins. Demise of our songbirds has nothing to do with modern farming or changes in the weather. I was brought up on farms working on them for 30 years so know a lot about wildlife and farming in general. ‘Take it from me that unless we […]

The Sunday Telegraph: 2005 February 27th -‘WHY I FUNDED THE MAGPIE SLAUGHTER.’ I am one of the group of people who put up £500 bounty on the proposed magpie cull. This was rightly done – In an attempt to arrest the very serious decline in the small bird population presided over by the ‘Royal Society […]

‘It’s Prey Silence’ – 2008 August 6th Metro: 10 Ten Downing Street – Has two new official residents – a pair of kestrels. The birds of prey have made a nest in the guttering of Gordon Browns home and due to their protected status they cannot be evicted.Since their arrival the prime ministers garden – […]

‘A CONSERVATIONIST NO MORE.’ Shooting Times: 2008 December – By: G.Morris, Suffolk Having planted trees in my village in the early 1970s, created a four-acre wildlife reserve in the 1980s and annually coppiced firewood in nearby woods for many years. I used to feel proud when people on occasion said ‘I hear you are a […]

VIEWS ON THE RSPB – The Field September 1996: By W Newlands – Chief executive of the RSPB Barbara Young gave a fulsome response (letters April issue) to my article criticising the RSPB for being increasingly driven by sentiment rather than science. My case is amply proven by a statement in her reply: ‘We hope […]

“I Was A Proud Protector Of Five Baby Blackbirds With Two Just Having Landed Heavily Onto The Ground Though Quickly Getting The Right Way Up – From Out Of Their Nest In My Ivy.” The parents having worked twenty hours a day for over ten weeks to get to this their big day when the elder chicks ‘want […]

House Sparrow – 2010 BTO ‘Numbers’ Down. 90% DEAD! Grey crown. Bustling perky gregarious jolly little House Sparrows.Ceerful and chirpy song – Cockney chirrups. They mate for life. From 1840 taken all over the USA Boston New York and around the world.  ‘They’ – All Manage – To Retain British Sparrows? Not killing them all […]