Mister E
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I have noticed that there seems to be a lot less seabirds this year.
I am wondering if it as a result of Bird Flu?
I am wondering if it as a result of Bird Flu?
Sigh!Wildlife crime is treated quite seriously these days so I would not advocate it.
You could eff off back to Surrey?Turnstones. Little buggers, poop everywhere on the boat this year. Took 3 hours to clean all the muck off last weekend, back down today and its just as bad!! This year has been really bad for them in Langstone Harbour. Nearly all of the boats on their moorings have been deposited on. When you go out in the tender,you see them congregating on the boats, sitting on the foredeck, along the side decks and on the cockpit coamings.
So what can be done next year to stop them sh*tt*ng all over the boat? What bird scarers do people use? I'm not keen on netting everywhere, just looks messy and is a faff to put on /take off when required.
They now stop you taking your gun in.I go to the game parks quite often to see wildlife but where is the limit ?
Thats a bit unnecessary??You could eff off back to Surrey?
. All things come from that faraway place, either originating directly from that governing part which is common to all, or else following from it as consequences. So even the gaping jaws of the lion, deadly poison, and all harmful things like thorns or an oozing bog are products of that awesome and noble source. Do not imagine these things to be alien to that which you revere, but turn your Reason to the source of all thingsSo if I do anything to prevent a mosquito from sucking my blood can I be charged with abusing a mosquito and taken to court.
What about sharks eating seals or worse a human is that called wildlife crime. The shark becomes a murderer
I am all for protecting wildlife and I go to the game parks quite often to see wildlife but where is the limit ?
Apart from wilful cruelty and sheer thoughtlessness, which we naturally deplore, the limit is for me primarily determined by matters of conservation. I don’t believe that turnstone numbers are threatened, but it might be a different matter if it were turtle doves that were being a nuisance. As the Beeb’s recent superb series on Big Cats has shown, the life of any wild creature is essentially one of misery, living in abject fear of either being eaten or starvation almost continuously. Thus, the death of a wild creature could almost be regarded as merciful if it weren’t for the cod-philosophical point that all life is interconnected and that not only our pleasure but our survival depends on a healthy wild.So if I do anything to prevent a mosquito from sucking my blood can I be charged with abusing a mosquito and taken to court.
What about sharks eating seals or worse a human is that called wildlife crime. The shark becomes a murderer
I am all for protecting wildlife and I go to the game parks quite often to see wildlife but where is the limit ?
Yes, but then you get a plague of Turnembackstones!The best way to get rid of turnstones is to turn over the stones yourself. They soon lose interest in an area once all the stones have been turned.
Apart from wilful cruelty and sheer thoughtlessness, which we naturally deplore, the limit is for me primarily determined by matters of conservation. I don’t believe that turnstone numbers are threatened, but it might be a different matter if it were turtle doves that were being a nuisance. As the Beeb’s recent superb series on Big Cats has shown, the life of any wild creature is essentially one of misery, living in abject fear of either being eaten or starvation almost continuously. Thus, the death of a wild creature could almost be regarded as merciful if it weren’t for the cod-philosophical point that all life is interconnected and that not only our pleasure but our survival depends on a healthy wild.
Now you're being stupid.Yes, but then you get a plague of Turnembackstones!
Been in Langstone with a boat for18 years now, so bugger off with your officious ramblings. If you read the read the post properly, you'd see I say its the worst its been this year, so yes I am used to it and yes I've coped quite happily previously. BTW Ken Livingstone is NOT the Mayor of London, Epsom isn't in London and where would you suggest I keep my boat in Epsom?? Get your facts straight before you comment..Seriously, if you can't live with the birds in Langstone and Chichester, you may not be welcome.
There's another nice little harbour down the road called Pagham.
You're already not welcome there!
I was not being entirely serious, but there is a large, influential group of people who would be quite happy to send the OP and his boat back to M25-land, maybe he can have a go at Ken Livingstone's pigeons?
Or there's always Port Solent with the Paulsgrove tip gulls.
The locals may be getting better at training the birds to shit on the DFL boats.Been in Langstone with a boat for18 years now, so bugger off with your officious ramblings. If you read the read the post properly, you'd see I say its the worst its been this year, so yes I am used to it and yes I've coped quite happily previously. BTW Ken Livingstone is NOT the Mayor of London, Epsom isn't in London and where would you suggest I keep my boat in Epsom?? Get your facts straight before you comment..