Sparrow hawk

[South hams hunter 8,980]

7 hours ago, bell said:

Well its only Spars that will attack aviaries and Peregrine, Gos and the odd Spar that will take racing pigeon...….so think we should shoot them then mate ?

You'd never get a good shot on a peregrine; extra ivomech on the back of the neck

[bell 3,608]

3 minutes ago, South hams hunter said:

You'd never get a good shot on a peregrine; extra ivomech on the back of the neck

Mate, anybody who flattens any of the above wants to see the bigger picture....

[fireman 11,329]

8 hours ago, bell said:

Well its only Spars that will attack aviaries and Peregrine, Gos and the odd Spar that will take racing pigeon...….so think we should shoot them then mate ?

Now honest to that imaginary god thing folk kill each other i have never harmed a bop in my life but iv'e lost a few finches of different sorts from my aviaries over the years and every spar i saw just didn't seem to ever return to do the deed again.Mental it is as the same has happened with a few local cats and all other vermin that takes it upon itself to come into my animals space to try to kill them,must be some sort of Norfolk witchcraft at work eh.

[bell 3,608]

8 hours ago, fireman said:

Now honest to that imaginary god thing folk kill each other i have never harmed a bop in my life but iv'e lost a few finches of different sorts from my aviaries over the years and every spar i saw just didn't seem to ever return to do the deed again.Mental it is as the same has happened with a few local cats and all other vermin that takes it upon itself to come into my animals space to try to kill them,must be some sort of Norfolk witchcraft at work eh.

And all for a few budgies eh Sam ?......shame on you....

[tilimangro 1,013]

I’m afraid I think even bop need controlling

buzzards are way up in number 

they will  young rabbits which are down in number

i don’t see anywhere near the number of kestrels I used to

the rspb have championed the bird of prey in a big way and fair enough meanwhile the lap wing that would nest put the back of me have all gone now

its all a balance and it does need some working out

dont think for a minute that on shoots it’s not being done on the qt because it most definitely is

 

[Greyman 31,045]

People will do what suits there own agenda and there are plenty of keepers that won't tolerate them, we all no it happens plus plenty get killed by cars,you,d have to be a fool to even imply your killing bop,s on an open forum, your lapwings sadly are ground nesting birds which are another victim of the badger overpopulation and if kestrels are in low numbers there food is probably in low numbers as well,  I don't think until a golden eagle takes a child you will ever get a licence to control numbers

[Gilbey 1,490]

17 minutes ago, Greyman said:

People will do what suits there own agenda and there are plenty of keepers that won't tolerate them, we all no it happens plus plenty get killed by cars,you,d have to be a fool to even imply your killing bop,s on an open forum, your lapwings sadly are ground nesting birds which are another victim of the badger overpopulation and if kestrels are in low numbers there food is probably in low numbers as well,  I don't think until a golden eagle takes a child you will ever get a licence to control numbers

can you not get a license to control buzzards.......?

don't see the problem if done right, its a real eye opener seeing what they bring back to a nest.

[fireman 11,329]

4 hours ago, bell said:

And all for a few budgies eh Sam ?......shame on you....

No mate not for budgies,for carefully bred coloured natives of many sorts and mules seletivly bred for size and colour and song.Hundreds and hundreds of hard earned working mans pounds and hours and hours of dedication and i don't care what it is that attacks my livestock it all gets treated with the same witch craft .By the way who the feck is Sam?, as if that was a attempt at exposing something you thought you knew about me your wrong my name is Steve mate ...

[Greyman 31,045]

I think it's a reference to fireman Sam, and I also think you should be v careful about what your actually saying, this is a monitored site, I,m not naive enough to think it never happens and somewhere in the mix we are part of nature, the main problem when you remove a predator from an area it's quickly replaced by more, better if your flight was a bit more secure really if spar,s are killing in your aviary, I had loads of attacks when I bred canary,s every week for years but never lost a bird, found a couple of spars though that had hit my flight and knocked themselves out

[bell 3,608]

49 minutes ago, fireman said:

No mate not for budgies,for carefully bred coloured natives of many sorts and mules seletivly bred for size and colour and song.Hundreds and hundreds of hard earned working mans pounds and hours and hours of dedication and i don't care what it is that attacks my livestock it all gets treated with the same witch craft .By the way who the feck is Sam?, as if that was a attempt at exposing something you thought you knew about me your wrong my name is Steve mate ...

Sorry Steve, had it in my head your username was fireman Sam, .........didn’t appreciate the hours and money spent.....you crack on killing them mate.....

[fireman 11,329]

4 hours ago, bell said:

Sorry Steve, had it in my head your username was fireman Sam, .........didn’t appreciate the hours and money spent.....you crack on killing them mate.....

With that reply i'm probebly right in thinking your surname is MR End then as iv'e stated i v'e never killed a bop,they just never seem to return that's all..

[bell 3,608]

5 hours ago, fireman said:

With that reply i'm probebly right in thinking your surname is MR End then as iv'e stated i v'e never killed a bop,they just never seem to return that's all..

Bell Mr End ?........I don’t get it Sam.....