Feed the birds

[Eastside Urchin]

Please help my feathered friends,in fact help the animals as well

 

 

http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.asp?id=tcm:9-238578

[SEVEN TEARS BOY]

Tuppence a bag.

[samuelsmiles]

"Icy blast set to be millennium's

greatest wildlife disaster"

 

Blimey, a week and a half of snow and you get this sort of Daily Mail style headline.

 

It's January.....It's the middle of winter......It's going to be a bit draughty around your curlews.

 

I think nature, after millions of years of evolution, has learned how to deal with a sharp frost and a sprinkling of snow. Natural selection an' all that.

 

Having said that, I do keep plenty of food out on my bird-table and I've got the fattest robin in Hertfordshire coming to my garden every day. The greedy git has more chance of dying of obecity than the cold. Fat sod.

[Eastside Urchin]

I think the problem is that due to the amount of cover birds just cannot get to many food sources.

At the moment it isn't much of a problem but if the weather continues as it is then it could be.

Many birds migrate to the UK in the winter because of the warm conditions we have usually compared to many other countries on the mainland.

Birds like little egret who have spread across the uk in the last ten years as we have got warmer must be wondering what the heck is going on,saw 3 in the ingrebourne the other day,they just looked lost!!!

Robins are fat bastards,greedy and get the food before many others,violent little buggers as well

[SEVEN TEARS BOY]

Who removed my post? What's wrong with a bit of Mary Poppins?

[samuelsmiles]

Why do they migrate here if it's too cold for them......Taking all the bird food and nest boxes from our native birds.

 

As far as I'm concerned, if they don't like it here, they can bugger off back to their own country.

 

Oh....no....I think that argument's for another forum.

[Eastside Urchin]

LOL,alot of geese come here from the artic tundra as their food is all frozen for 6 months a year.

Other birds like waxwings come here in good numbers some year when their berry crops don't materialise,think they like elderberrys but if there is a bad crop in scandanavia in the winter then you get a few turn up on the east coast looking for food

[Eastside Urchin]

Also you would be surprised how littlke of the birds in this country actually spend the whole year here

even common birds like tgits and starlings,many come here in the winter because of good conditions for them

 

 

Andy,don't know who removed your post,i thought it was quite funny for you!!!

[paokman]

LOL,alot of geese come here from the artic tundra as their food is all frozen for 6 months a year.

Other birds like waxwings come here in good numbers some year when their berry crops don't materialise,think they like elderberrys but if there is a bad crop in scandanavia in the winter then you get a few turn up on the east coast looking for food

 

 

As far as I'm concerned those Canadian Geese can bugger off home, flying [censored]-factories they are!

[blackballed]

Also you would be surprised how littlke of the birds in this country actually spend the whole year here

even common birds like tgits and starlings,many come here in the winter because of good conditions for them

 

Andy,don't know who removed your post,i thought it was quite funny for you!!!

 

 

And is was not me either.................

Edited January 9, 2010 by blackballed

[coupwotcoup]

I don't remember a raft of breeds dying out after the 1963 big freeze (yes I do recall it bat ears, before your start), so let the pesky fvckers fend for themselves.

 

By the way, do Magpies naff off south during the winter? Not seen many around of late...the silence is marvellous....

[Ian_W]

Tuppence a bag.

This post?

 

Who removed my post? What's wrong with a bit of Mary Poppins?

Still here

 

 

 

[Eastside Urchin]

magpies stay here,am sure the odd one or two may go on holiday but most stay

[samuelsmiles]

Buzzardboy, I applaud you for starting this thread in defence of your feathered friends, but I fear it has taken a rather disturbing turn for the worse.

 

Sir, I wouldn't claim to be a great expert on ornithology like youreself, I have, however, watched an inordinate amount of Spring Watch with Bill Oddie recently. I have also taken a very keen interest (some would say too much) in Kate Humble and her green tits over the last few years so feel competent enough to offer some sound advice.

 

Maybe my thinking is unorthodox, but I would suggest a controlled culling of all non-indigenous species of bird entering these shores, thus enabling the natives easier access to food, nest boxes and all the benefits that go with it.

 

Now, I know the sexual tension between the dashing Chris Packham and the delightful Katie is rather disappointing and, quite frankly unpleasant, nevertheless, this shouldn't detract from Packham's more extreme views on wildlife and I am sure he would concur with my opinion.

 

His views on the great panda, although controversial, were widely discussed and greatly respected. His close proximity to Katie does upset me though.

[Eastside Urchin]

it upsets me too

[SiD's PiPe]

Chris Packham's attack on pandas was both vile and unwarranted.

 

The man is quite obviously a psychopath and therefore, in my opinion, a poor choice to replace the knowledgeable, yet deeply irritating Bill Oddie on springwatch.

 

As for birds, i think the idea is that they gorge themselves stupid in the run up to winter, so that they don't have to go out when the weather gets bad.

 

A bit like Americans really.

[Big J R]

Lets all hope that the superb Bill Oddie is fit and well again, and returns to 'Spring Watch' this year.

 

To be quite honest, Packham gets right up my nose, metaphorically speaking that is !

Edited January 10, 2010 by Big J R

[Ian_W]

Hope not - found Bill Oddie very annoying. Tried to be funny, but wasn't.

[Eastside Urchin]

bill oddie is a legend,he is also a friend of alan PARTRIDGE

[Big J R]

I sincerely hope he has fully recovered from his latest bout of ther 'Black-Dog'

Edited January 10, 2010 by Big J R