Once again we see the classic signs of CONservation hooliganism at
work. The BTO and RSPB are setting the ground for a huge burden on the
taxpayer and their members by making false and highly ambiguous claims
against yet another "common" wildlife species which they seek to
eradicate from the UK. BTO and the RSPB were also guilty of
fabricating stories about the ruddy duck needing to be eradicated in
the UK, this fiasco cost the British tax payer over £6 million pounds,
and all that happened was the fat cat CONservation hooligans got
fatter.
BTO (British Trust For Ornithology) and the RSPB also employ the
criminal, pro hunt fraud Malcolm Ogilvie to conduct various dirty
tricks campaigns against those who expose CONservation hooliganism.
To claim that "Grey Squirrels may be at least partly to blame for
woodland bird decline" is like saying "A thunderstorm may be at least
partly to blame for woodland bird decline" or claiming that because a
grey ate an acorn, the sparrow died of hunger! only this way they get
to rake in more of our tax dollars in grants and funding, it's
astounding just how feeble minded they think the public are and they
are destroying the reputation of charity giving completely.
The RSPB spend less than 10p in every pound donated on conservation,
The Woodland Trust less than 25p and BTO less than 15p. Malcolm
Ogilvie received from the RSPB last year over £17k in expenses,
expenses for what!! he never actually does anything and rarely leaves
the island he was exiled too.
Whilst this gross CONservation hooliganism is taking place it is
diverting much needed funding for genuine conservation issues and
really taking us for a ride.
These groups are slaughtering millions of animals each year deer,
rabbits, geese, wild goats, sea gulls, pigeons the list really is
endless.
Why would these charities need to employ dodgy characters like Malcolm
Ogilvie and co? why would they employ someone who shoots wildlife for
fun, petrol bombs protestors and is involved in numerous criminal
conspiracies?
see google for some answers.
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Press Releases - January/February 2004
Item 11
25 February 2004
Report points the finger at Grey Squirrels
Grey Squirrels may be at least partly to blame for woodland bird
declines – by eating eggs and young chicks, taking over nest sites and
eating seeds and nuts which would otherwise be eaten by birds.
In their paper “Possible impacts of Grey Squirrels on birds and other
wildlife”, in the February issue of British Wildlife, Chris Hewson and
Rob Fuller of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), Brenda Mayle of
Forest Research and Ken Smith of the RSPB (Note 1) report on some of
the consequences of the spread of the Grey Squirrel within Britain.
Speaking about the report, Dr Rob Fuller of the BTO said, “Grey
Squirrels live at considerably higher densities and are larger animals
than the native Red Squirrel. The species is already blamed for
commercial damage to forestry and linked to the demise of the Red
Squirrel. In this paper we look at how the Grey Squirrel may also be
affecting woodland bird species, several of which are red-listed
as ‘Birds of Conservation Concern’” (Note 2)
Three ways in which Squirrels can affect bird populations were
identified: nest predation, competition for nest sites and competition
for food.
Predation seems to vary widely. The highest reported level of
predation was in a particular year in a Nottinghamshire wood, when
Grey Squirrels were responsible for 27% of nest failures in nesting
boxes. When Grey Squirrels were controlled on one Norfolk farm, the
predation rate of open nests fell from 85% to between 5 and 10%. The
arrival of Grey Squirrels in Durham coincided with the decline in
abundance of open-nesting species (e.g. thrushes and finches).
Competition for nest sites can affect species such as Tawny Owl,
Kestrel, Jackdaw, Stock Dove and Starling. Occupation rates of
suitable holes by Grey Squirrels appear to be high enough to stop some
birds, such as Tawny Owl, breeding.
Competition for food may be a big problem. Squirrels are known to
take over caches of hoarded food, stored away by Jays, and their diet
of insects, buds and seeds brings them into conflict with species such
as Nuthatch, Hawfinch and Bullfinch.
Chris Hewson of the BTO said. “Although there is clear evidence that
Grey Squirrels may be having an impact, we need to do more research to
understand just how serious the effects of Grey Squirrels are for
birds, such as Hawfinch. Comparing productivity in areas with and
without the animals would enable us to do this.”
