tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272641239781020595.post6393685835184197556..comments2023-10-21T11:11:38.146+01:00Comments on Pittswood Birds: Warren Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16042798315431561018noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272641239781020595.post-66159448041895148082015-05-21T13:42:20.254+01:002015-05-21T13:42:20.254+01:00Derek,
68 years old, that would explain why you ha...Derek,<br />68 years old, that would explain why you hang on to the old Victorian attitude towards the countryside.<br />'<br />I never said ''ALL'' Farmers are to blame, or indeed landowners, but the ones here are more responsible for wiping out wildlife than any predator I know of.<br /><br />If I took before and after photo's of the destruction here, you too would weep! I try to edit and crop the worst bits out!Warren Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042798315431561018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272641239781020595.post-29241621691513692152015-05-21T05:45:10.589+01:002015-05-21T05:45:10.589+01:00Peter,
At 68 years of age, 50 of them being involv...Peter,<br />At 68 years of age, 50 of them being involved in many aspects of countryside management and 30 of them as a Vol. Warden of a nature reserve surrounded by intensive farming, I don't have to wait until the end of summer to learn what Warren is trying to say. It's pretty clear that he doesn't like farmers and blames them for much of what is wrong in the countryside, despite the fact that many win conservation awards each year and many have more wildlife on their land than some nature reserves. <br />It's clear from your regular comments to Warren's postings that you appear to hang on his every word but for both of you to take such a generic view of farmers is wrong, without them and their land wildlife would be in a far sorrier state.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272641239781020595.post-42931028788001281202015-05-20T20:12:21.194+01:002015-05-20T20:12:21.194+01:00It can be hard work birding at times, and until th...It can be hard work birding at times, and until the summer finally arrives - if it ever does - things won't improve, but knowing you as we do I know you aren't about to give up.<br /><br />I THINK DEREK WILL HAVE GOT THE HANG OF WHAT YOU RIGHTLY SAID ABOUT THE BLAME FOR DECLINING WILDLIFE.Pete Woodruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16039548314043002357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272641239781020595.post-66734455953258865372015-05-20T20:08:39.228+01:002015-05-20T20:08:39.228+01:00Sorry Warren but I prefer to hear the Dawn Chorus ...Sorry Warren but I prefer to hear the Dawn Chorus each morning not feed predators with the birds that do the singing.<br />On the whole, farmers maintain more countryside for the benefit of wildlife then probably all the conservation bodies put together. It's just unfortunate that most of them are also expected to produce food to feed us with and therefore some fields can't be allowed to simply grow the weeds and wild flowers that you so delight in.<br />I could understand it if the photos that you publish of your patch showed a fairly barren wasteland of ploughed fields but they don't, they always look quite stunning with trees, hedges and all manner of wildlife that you regularly photograph. Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272641239781020595.post-37735082589771737842015-05-20T19:02:13.642+01:002015-05-20T19:02:13.642+01:00Derek,
Sometimes it's not nice to witness natu...Derek,<br />Sometimes it's not nice to witness nature 'red in tooth and claw'<br /><br />Blackbirds are not on the list of ''species for concern'' so obviously the magpies aren't having an effect on their numbers. Nor for that matter are, Sparrowhawks, Cats, Foxes, Weasels, Stoats and all the rest of those nasty predators.<br />How on earth can this be so ? All those predators and still the Blackbirds numbers remain stable........... <br /><br />FUCKING FARMERS AND FUCKING USELESS UNCARING FUCKING LANDOWNERS ARE TO BLAME FOR THE DECLINING WILDLIFE NOT MAGPIES!!Warren Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042798315431561018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272641239781020595.post-40962656418079375122015-05-20T18:45:41.117+01:002015-05-20T18:45:41.117+01:00In answering Noushka Warren, you forgot to mention...In answering Noushka Warren, you forgot to mention the toll that birds such as Magpies take on farmland and garden birds. I unfortunately have a Magpie's nest two gardens away and all I get each day is the distress calls of Blackbirds etc. as the Magpies raid their nests for chicks and eggs. I've tried to remove the Magpies permanently but it's difficult in residential area where people are happy to see Blackbird chicks being snatched from their nests.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272641239781020595.post-416448748175340542015-05-20T18:17:09.437+01:002015-05-20T18:17:09.437+01:00I feed the birds all year round Noushka, it's ...I feed the birds all year round Noushka, it's not just the weather that puts them under pressure, but our modern farming practices :-(Warren Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042798315431561018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272641239781020595.post-91264649538121356372015-05-20T17:38:21.683+01:002015-05-20T17:38:21.683+01:00Hi Warren,
Thanks for your sweet comment on my blo...Hi Warren,<br />Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog :)<br />Your bird photos are superb and very sharp, such a pleasure to admire!<br />Funny that I had only once a sparrow this winter for the very first time ever at my feeder...<br />I see Jackdaws only on bell towers in town, never in my neck of the woods!<br />I see you still feed your garden birds, I am starting to regret to have put my feeder away with this awful spring, passerine birds must have great difficulties raising their offspring.<br />Keep well and enjoy what's left of the week!<br /><br /><br /><br /> Noushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583459949373167021noreply@blogger.com