trapping magpies in an apartment block??

goss101

lads just wondering would it be legal to use a larson trap on the balcony of an apartment? i live in an apartment around stillorgan and the place is covered in magpies (see atttached pic) and not a song bird in site, i looked out the window around 7 yesterday and could count 28 mags in the garden!!!

aaakev

Nothing stopping ya id say except maybe nosie neighbours complaining to managment company but thats for another forum....

extremetaz

Jesus!

Go for it in my book lad - nothin' else gonna last with that many of them there.

Half-cocked

Trapping in an urban area under the noses of the public will cause you all sorts of problems. You may be acting legally but that won't stop calls to the Gardai, the DSPCA, NPWS etc etc. It may be more trouble than it is worth.

goss101

The one thing in my favour is i'm on the top floor, so i ran a bit of a sheet around the balcony nobody would be able to see anyting at all, and birds would still be able to see down from the roofs and eve guts that they perch on.

Think i'll chance it for a week anyway, and see what happens.

Tawny Owl

I agree with Half-Cocked it's the one's that think there a lovely bird will ring up complaining they but don't know the damage there doing to other wildlife, my advice if you can trap them with out anyone seeing that would be great,I just caught another 2 about an hour ago in a Larsan trap I have 3 of them on the go at the moment.

Good on you best of luck.;)

Deerspotter

Let us know how you get on and good luck with it.

Stella Virgo

go for it, but i guarantee 100% that one of your neighbours will report you to cops/rspca, management.etc

Birdnuts

Stella Virgo wrote: »

go for it, but i guarantee 100% that one of your neighbours will report you to cops/rspca, management.etc

No law is being broken so I wouldn't be concerned about such things - hunters/shooters are well used to dealing with all sorts of cranks:D;) I have trapped magpies in urban settings over the years with little or no problems. The only worry I would have would be vandalism of the trap. However this can be avoided by placing it in a discrete area where the public do not have access.

PS: I see the OP lives on the top floor of the block - in that case he should have no real problems so:)

OUTDOOR MAN

like the other lads have said you are not breaking the law,i have one set on top of my garage,one time i did not have a live call bird in so i put a plastic decoy in to see if that would work till i could get a live one,well 2 weeks went by forgot about it being in,till one day 2 women at the door one rspca and environmental health women,they said we have had a report saying your not feeding a magpie you have in your trap,i said when you come into the back just remember how stupid your going to feel,well they came through rspca women fell about laughing at the decoy hung by nylon swinging about,the enviro women was not happy,and i said someone is wasting your time and off they went,but there is always someone watching what your doing, they called dogooders,more is the pity.