sparrow hawks

has every one had bother with hawks ?if so wots your honest opinions on the control ov them?

hi highflyer, ive been troubled with them, not as much as some thankfully but they are causeing problems near me and all over the country...............i have started to put two very large mirrors out when exercising my birds and if you get it just so they reflect the sun it seems to have kept them away, maybe its just coincedence but if it does help to keep the birds safe its well worth it..........

as for the rpra involvement, they are doing nothing to help.....

hi david im sick to death ov these birds a large hen bird patrols my housing estate every day i had 7 droppers out yesterday and it flew 6 ft above them didnt even look at em.but put a high flyer out and whoosh its got it mite heve to take more drastic action eh? thanx for tip tho

DAVID wrote:

hi highflyer, ive been troubled with them, not as much as some thankfully but they are causeing problems near me and all over the country...............i have started to put two very large mirrors out when exercising my birds and if you get it just so they reflect the sun it seems to have kept them away, maybe its just coincedence but if it does help to keep the birds safe its well worth it..........

as for the rpra involvement, they are doing nothing to help.....

Thier quick anough to take our money but they certainly at willing to spend any of it to protecting our sport/hobbie are they?, with the loss of so many fanciers over the last few years and moaning that we are lossing them through hawk attacks why don't they get off thier fat arses and start doing something thier has been a rapid decline in members and hardly any new ones comming into the sport do they care ? NO. Why because as long as they got money comming in so they can just sit around doing nothing for the sport then thats the way it will stay imo

your to right their is to many do gooders in this country that poke there noses into stuff they know nowt about if they left us to control them every one benefits as the song bird population is under threat from both hawks and them horrible magpies.yet its not illegal to trap magpies in a larson trap wots the difference eh?

Rene A wrote:

DAVID wrote:

hi highflyer, ive been troubled with them, not as much as some thankfully but they are causeing problems near me and all over the country...............i have started to put two very large mirrors out when exercising my birds and if you get it just so they reflect the sun it seems to have kept them away, maybe its just coincedence but if it does help to keep the birds safe its well worth it..........

as for the rpra involvement, they are doing nothing to help.....

Thier quick anough to take our money but they certainly at willing to spend any of it to protecting our sport/hobbie are they?, with the loss of so many fanciers over the last few years and moaning that we are lossing them through hawk attacks why don't they get off thier fat arses and start doing something thier has been a rapid decline in members and hardly any new ones comming into the sport do they care ? NO. Why because as long as they got money comming in so they can just sit around doing nothing for the sport then thats the way it will stay imo

i agree with all you have said rene, but im at the library now so i cant get on my soap box on this subject till i get home.............

have you lost somemore since i last spoke to you ?

jarra_lad wrote:

have you lost somemore since i last spoke to you ?

hi jarra-lad, no not lost any for a while now but my main gripe is with the rspb and also the rpra for doing absolutely nothing to reduce the problem with bops/hawks........on the odd occasion when they do coment on the situation it is with some feeble half hearted suggestion and when fanciers do suggest posative action the rpra dont want to know.............

aways the same david like i said in an earlier post they just dont give a sssssssss damm wot happen aslong as the money keeps comin in thats all they care about stuff every1 and everything else that matters with in the sport imo

something ive often wondered about rene..............have you seen the rpra balance sheet/accounts for the year in the bhw ? is it just a coincedence that the anual incoming money is exactly the same as the outgoing money

starange that isnt it........

hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm yes mate very