Nature in the News

New Home · 30-07-2018 04:29PM

The poor thing.

Also, 13 have been poisoned?? Some people do want to see the world burn. No cop on whatsoever.

cd07 · 30-07-2018 04:58PM

Sad news indeed. Hopefully it was natural causes but I wouldn't think so given our woeful record when it comes to raptors

cameramonkey · 30-07-2018 05:33PM

Does anyone know if any of the White tailed Eagles produced chicks this year?

Graces7 · 30-07-2018 07:36PM

New Home wrote: »

The poor thing.

Also, 13 have been poisoned?? Some people do want to see the world burn. No cop on whatsoever.

Many farmers STILL believe an eagle carries off/kills lambs.I have tried to teach the reality but it seldom works against generations of that belief

seagull · 02-08-2018 01:02PM

Raptor poisoning is not always deliberate. In some cases, the poison is laid for rats, and the raptors then pick up a fatal dose from eating poisoned rats. Having said that, there are still idiots who will leave out deliberately poisoned baits, or even shoot at them.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-08-2018 02:44PM

seagull wrote: »

Raptor poisoning is not always deliberate. In some cases, the poison is laid for rats, and the raptors then pick up a fatal dose from eating poisoned rats. Having said that, there are still idiots who will leave out deliberately poisoned baits, or even shoot at them.

And, from personal experience, it is seldom farmers. I've found most farmers are very welcoming to the reappearance of raptors.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 08-08-2018 03:23PM

More idiotic behaviour. I despair.

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2018/0808/983827-peregrine-falcons/

New Home · 08-08-2018 03:27PM

Moses Faithful Slime wrote: »

More idiotic behaviour. I despair.

https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2018/0808/983827-peregrine-falcons/

When I read stuff like that, I don't know if I'm filled more with rage or with sadness. I know it's a very long shot, but I hope against hope that the eggs might still be viable...

Bring back public flogging!!!

recedite · 08-08-2018 04:29PM

Pigeon racing people are usually to blame when peregrines are targeted, but you never know.
If the eggs are anything like hens (chickens) eggs then they can be stored for a good few days cold before the incubation starts, but if its in the middle of the process than a few hours cold interruption is likely to kill them.

New Home · 08-08-2018 04:38PM

That's what I was thinking, about the eggs.

Tiercel Dave · 08-08-2018 09:19PM

New Home wrote: »

When I read stuff like that, I don't know if I'm filled more with rage or with sadness. I know it's a very long shot, but I hope against hope that the eggs might still be viable...

Bring back public flogging!!!

Peregrines are well finished nesting at this stage, I'd say this unfortunately, happened in May and is only being reported now.....

New Home · 08-08-2018 09:22PM

cd07 · 09-08-2018 09:02AM

This has pigeon fancier written all over it. It's a very popular sport in that area . Hope the NPWS get some kind of evidence for a prosecution.

New Home · 09-08-2018 09:04AM

cd07 wrote: »

This has pigeon fancier written all over it. It's a very popular sport in that area . Hope the NPWS get some kind of evidence for a prosecution.

Agreed.

keps · 10-08-2018 08:51PM

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/man-rescued-from-baby-squirrel-by-police-1.3592187

cd07 · 10-08-2018 11:09PM

ðŸ€£ðŸ€£would u really run from a squirrel HAHAHA

keps · 11-08-2018 05:43PM

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/french-theme-park-calls-in-the-crows-to-pick-up-cigarette-butts-1.3593544?mode=amp

New Home · 11-08-2018 06:32PM

I remember reading something similar about dolphins, only one of them realised that the paper rubbish he collected could be torn into pieces, so he kept the big piece hidden, and only brought it back one bit at the time.

New Home · 16-08-2018 05:44PM

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/new-pesticide-could-pose-danger-to-bumblebee-colonies-862410.html

keps · 19-08-2018 07:52PM

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hiker-hospitalised-after-he-is-hit-by-falling-sheep-on-irish-mountain-1.3601072

''We believe the sheep was uninjured and left the area unaided,” the team said.

New Home · 07-09-2018 12:51PM

Congratulations, mankind, you strike again.

https://www.20minutes.fr/planete/680250-20110303-planete-les-cougars-officiellement-disparu

recedite · 07-09-2018 01:38PM

Cougars strike back.

Authorities said that the two men did what they were supposed to do when they noticed the mountain lion tailing them.
They got off their bikes. They faced the beast, shouted and tried to spook it. After it charged, one even smacked the cougar with his bike, and it ran off.
As they stood trying to catch their breath, the cougar returned, biting one of them on the head and shaking him, Capt. Alan Myers of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police said.
The second cyclist ran, and the animal dropped the first victim and pounced on him, killing him and dragging him back to what appeared to be its den.

These are very versatile animals and they will not become extinct easily. But its not surprising that people are not keen on allowing them to live near built-up areas, which is why they are now absent from eastern USA.

Can you imagine the Irish allowing such a dangerous animal to exist, even in the most remote parts of the country? I don't think so.

Capercaillie · 10-09-2018 09:33PM

https://amp.independent.ie/business/farming/agri-business/despite-spending-his-working-life-in-dublin-city-this-limerick-man-continues-to-pursue-his-farming-ambitions-37278712.html?__twitter_impression=true A story of corncrake and twite!

Graces7 · 13-09-2018 03:13PM

recedite wrote: »

Cougars strike back.
These are very versatile animals and they will not become extinct easily. But its not surprising that people are not keen on allowing them to live near built-up areas, which is why they are now absent from eastern USA.

Can you imagine the Irish allowing such a dangerous animal to exist, even in the most remote parts of the country? I don't think so.

Have you seen this news article?

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/puma-cat-crosshaven-animal-cougar-13224842

Any thoughts?

New Home · 13-09-2018 03:46PM

How on earth did a puma get here? I didn't think they were native.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-09-2018 03:53PM

New Home wrote: »

How on earth did a puma get here? I didn't think they were native.

These stories of sightings of big cats appear almost every year and almost invariably amount to nothing. I wouldn't pay it much heed.

magicbastarder · 13-09-2018 04:17PM

i think it was in 'feral' thet george monbiot tackled the subject and explained why it's all bunkum.

recedite · 13-09-2018 08:05PM

Graces7 wrote: »

Have you seen this news article?

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/puma-cat-crosshaven-animal-cougar-13224842

Any thoughts?

If it looks like a labrador...... maybe it is one.
I remember there was one guy who lived in a rural area who used to let his German Shepherd out in the middle of the night for "a run around". The owner worked shifts himself. He reckoned there would be nobody else out and about at that time, so nobody would complain about the dog.
Madness, I know :pac:

Keplar240B · 13-09-2018 11:37PM

During the big snow I was walking in an area in East Cork. A private rural place where few go and there was tracks of a large solitary animal in snow

looked like big cat tracks to me i was going to start a thread here t time (i had photos cannot find them now) .

There was no sign of nails/ claws in the track like you would see with a big dog and there where way to big to be a fox.

keps · 13-09-2018 11:49PM

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/13/quebec-lost-narwhal-adopted-beluga-whales

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