deafmanstevo said:Its a myth that Magpies kill all the songbirds , if it was true they would be no songbirds at all.
Cats kill more songbirds than Magpies and Birds of Prey put together.
And no i dont hate cats or suggest a cull on cats, besides my mum would have something to say about that.
what about all the pesticides people use in gardens too, songbirds eat the contaminated seeds and insects.
And millions of songbirds get slaughtered every year in places like Italy,Greece and Cyprus.
Ive Birdwatched with my dad in places where its been overrun with Magpies and there have also loads of songbirds too,which blows that thoery out of the water.
Many of the larger Birds of Prey that prey on Magpies such as Goshawks have been persecuted in England so Magpies dont have many natural predators in Britain.
That said Magpies do predate some songbirds nests but its very over the top to suggest they are solely responsible for the decline on songbirds.
Cats, squirrels, crows, woodpeckers, sparrowhawks, weasels stoats foxes , all prey on songbirds at some time. Thats nature .
Didn't know Geordies could climb trees ;)Prestwich_Blue said:Just seen 16 magpies sat together in the same tree behind my house. Never see that many in one place before.
16 magpies today, 12 last week, spooky, does Alfred Hitchcock know about this, Tippi Hedren will be weeing her kecks....over 40s onlyBWTAC said:Bastard, I counted 12 on the roof of my daughters school last week and thought it was some kind of record.
2sheikhs said:I did a thread on those twats a while back suggesting a cull on them because they're bullying bastards who are killing all the songbirds.
I was roundly condemned. It didn't change my mind. They are twats.
Pieblue said:Tuearts right boot said:The Honey Badger of the skies. Shot one once when I was younger and then wrung its neck to make sure then put it in a bin.Couple of hours later it was walking up the drive all fucking cock sure of itself.Had nightmares for nearlly a week afterwards.
A Zombie Magpie!
deafmanstevo said:Its a myth that Magpies kill all the songbirds , if it was true they would be no songbirds at all.
Cats kill more songbirds than Magpies and Birds of Prey put together.
And no i dont hate cats or suggest a cull on cats, besides my mum would have something to say about that.
what about all the pesticides people use in gardens too, songbirds eat the contaminated seeds and insects.
And millions of songbirds get slaughtered every year in places like Italy,Greece and Cyprus.
Ive Birdwatched with my dad in places where its been overrun with Magpies and there have also loads of songbirds too,which blows that thoery out of the water.
Many of the larger Birds of Prey that prey on Magpies such as Goshawks have been persecuted in England so Magpies dont have many natural predators in Britain.
That said Magpies do predate some songbirds nests but its very over the top to suggest they are solely responsible for the decline on songbirds.
Cats, squirrels, crows, woodpeckers, sparrowhawks, weasels stoats foxes , all prey on songbirds at some time. Thats nature .
M22 Blue said:I'm pretty sure a group of Crows is called a "murder" not magpies.