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Hunter's negative opinion of Birdwatch Ireland

  • 24-08-2010 08:03PM
    #1
    Feargal as Luimneach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭


    :confused:
    Why do alot of Hunter's/Shooter have a negative opinion of Birdwatch Ireland?
    Can't understand it?


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  • #2
    landkeeper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭landkeeper


    this'll be good i expect


  • #3
    greenpeter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 600 ✭✭✭greenpeter


    Feargal as Luimneach wrote: »
    :confused:
    Why do alot of Hunter's/Shooter have a negative opinion of Birdwatch Ireland?
    Can't understand it?

    How do you figure this?
    I taught it would be quite the opposite as i love watching birds;)
    and surely by means of vermin control we are helping them lots.


  • #4
    mac80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 298 ✭✭mac80


    I'm a member for over 10 years and I also shoot for over 10 years.

    Why ask?


  • #5
    elius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭elius


    Feargal as Luimneach wrote: »
    :confused:
    Why do alot of Hunter's/Shooter have a negative opinion of Birdwatch Ireland?
    Can't understand it?

    I'm sure there are a certain small few who don't careless about wildlife yet are issued with firearms its a part of life.

    I ant one of them. I myself have the upper most respect for birds and wildlife in general and some of my best time's out have been when i haven't shot anything but just been out for a stroll.. I think thats a little harsh to be honest..


  • #6
    johngalway
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    To be quite honest I don't know the second thing about them. The first thing I know about them is they like watching birds, allegedly.


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  • #7
    Dusty87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    Im a member for a long time as i like wildlife very much. I probably spend more time watchin wildlife deer in particular than i do shooting. IMO Birdwatch ireland is a lot better that the rsbp. Birdwatch on most part understand hunting and vermin control. The reason he askes is because a poster here said last week ' birdwatch ireland my ass' and he is takin it seriously. As you guys know if one dosn like something we all dont. Ps cant do roll eyes symbol on phone


  • #8
    Feargal as Luimneach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭Feargal as Luimneach


    Good to know that most of ye recognise their excellent work :). Without them there would be no Corncrake, Little tern or Roseate tern in this country.


  • #9
    ghostmantra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭ghostmantra


    Feargal as Luimneach wrote: »
    :confused:
    Why do alot of Hunter's/Shooter have a negative opinion of Birdwatch Ireland?
    Can't understand it?
    thats some statement:confused: what is you proof or did you just pick it out of the air (nothing better to be doing on a tuesday night:()


  • #10
    Feargal as Luimneach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭Feargal as Luimneach


    ghostmantra wrote: »
    thats some statement:confused: what is you proof or did you just pick it out of the air (nothing better to be doing on a tuesday night:()
    Yip picked it out of the air:)


  • #11
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,150 ✭✭✭✭Birdnuts


    ghostmantra wrote: »
    thats some statement:confused: what is you proof or did you just pick it out of the air (nothing better to be doing on a tuesday night:()

    Sorry Fergal but I have to agree - theres little or no evidence to back up the pretence of this thread. Hunters and Birdwatchers alike want to see more birds about the place.


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  • #12
    Grizzly 45
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,421 ✭✭✭✭Grizzly 45


    Only kind of Birds I'm intrested in watching in Ireland
    :D:D:D:D

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  • #13
    Dusty87
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    Feargal as Luimneach wrote: »
    Good to know that most of ye recognise their excellent work :). Without them there would be no Corncrake, Little tern or Roseate tern in this country.

    ara sure tis nothin got to do wit all the mink trappin in the callows. Or the farmers who wont cut there grass etc just so they can hear the sound of the corncrake. Dont believe me? There was a programme on it. So its not just birdwatch ireland who are keeping what little are left here. Thats some statement to read if your one of the farmers who have given up their land in the hope the birds will breed. Indeed


  • #14
    Vegeta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,392 ✭✭✭✭Vegeta


    Can only speak for myself and I don't hate them


  • #15
    Tackleberrywho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    Vegeta wrote: »
    Can only speak for myself and I don't hate them

    me either, I have a pair of Soligor 12-60x70 Bino's and I spend a lot of time in the off season watching birds.

    And all types of wild life for that matter


  • #16
    marlin vs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭marlin vs


    Vegeta wrote: »
    Can only speak for myself and I don't hate them
    Same here I regularly meet members of B.I while out wildfowling and we always pass the time of day to each other and they actually tell me where they have seen game species.


  • #17
    diveshark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭diveshark


    don't agree either, sent in a small survey to BI this year with the winter photos i gathered. Its great to see as much wildlife of all types as possible while out wandering!:)


  • #18
    cavan shooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭cavan shooter


    I think that BWI and RSPB are getting mixed up/painted with the same brush I know two gun clubs that sent in survey data to BWI and got advise in relation to owl nesting boxes etc etc etc.

    RSPB in the UK are always hunting/ shooting bashing and it seems an ever ending war in the Shooting Times between them.

    I for one love watching wildlife, birds etc I also like to eat the odd one (hey we all sucumb to temptation;)).

    Unfortunately, because of this we are seen by some as a kind of savage, however if the truth be known we are more keyed in on wildlife than a lot of so called nature lovers who thinks all you have to do is watch Bill Oddie and Spring watch.

    Example like many of us on this Forum

    As an individual, I released into the wild,partridge, not for shooting but to see them about the place last year I did the same (they are breeding), I can tell you the day and date the first swallows came back, I can tell you where there is an owl nest, harriers, a peregrines nest and also where you can see badger sets. When the first snipe are back and woodcock

    I know a river where there are Otters, and by the way where there are otters you wont see mink.

    We could be an excellent source of information for BWI......


  • #19
    Feargal as Luimneach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭Feargal as Luimneach


    cavan shooter wrote: »
    I think that BWI and RSPB are getting mixed up/painted with the same brush I know two gun clubs that sent in survey data to BWI and got advise in relation to owl nesting boxes etc etc etc.

    RSPB in the UK are always hunting/ shooting bashing and it seems an ever ending war in the Shooting Times between them.

    I for one love watching wildlife, birds etc I also like to eat the odd one (hey we all sucumb to temptation;)).

    Unfortunately, because of this we are seen by some as a kind of savage, however if the truth be known we are more keyed in on wildlife than a lot of so called nature lovers who thinks all you have to do is watch Bill Oddie and Spring watch.

    Example like many of us on this Forum

    As an individual, I released into the wild,partridge, not for shooting but to see them about the place last year I did the same (they are breeding), I can tell you the day and date the first swallows came back, I can tell you where there is an owl nest, harriers, a peregrines nest and also where you can see badger sets. When the first snipe are back and woodcock

    I know a river where there are Otters, and by the way where there are otters you wont see mink.

    We could be an excellent source of information for BWI......
    Nice work:) Are they gray partridge you are releasing or red legged partridge?


  • #20
    Feargal as Luimneach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭Feargal as Luimneach


    Dusty87 wrote: »
    ara sure tis nothin got to do wit all the mink trappin in the callows. Or the farmers who wont cut there grass etc just so they can hear the sound of the corncrake. Dont believe me? There was a programme on it. So its not just birdwatch ireland who are keeping what little are left here. Thats some statement to read if your one of the farmers who have given up their land in the hope the birds will breed. Indeed
    Corncrakes have been in decline for the last hundred years primarily due to agricultural intensification. The response of Birdwatch Ireland was to establish a Corncrake Conservation Project with funding fro the RSPB and put in place Fieldworkers in Donegal 1992, Shannon callows 1993 and West Connacht 1994. Birdwatch Ireland fieldworkers locate all singing male corncrakes in the three core areas (Donegal, Callows, West Connaught). They contact all farmers with corncrakes on their farms to offer advice and administer the Corncrake Grant Scheme (delayed mowing dated, centre out mowing etc). They survey all established corncrake territories, recording dates and methods of mowing and fodder save. They attend mowing operations to offer advice on centre out mowing, monitor compliance with the grant scheme. They carry out habitat management in key areas : early cover for when corncrake arrive ie iris beds, nettle beds. mink control.
    Without this work there would be no corncrakes!
    Farmers still cut their silage/hay but at a later date. Without the farmers cooperation there would be no Corncrakes either.

    Dusty if you're interested you can buy the Corncrake field reports from Birdwatch Ireland. They give all the data on how the Corncrakes are doing each year and their exact numbers and locations. I eagerly await the field reports every year. Last year with the terrible weather they were down to just 128 calling males. Hopefully with the better weather this year we might get an increase in Corncrakes.


  • #21
    bibio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 127 ✭✭bibio


    This is really ironic (or annoying) Fergal, as a reply to a post I put up yesterday on the bird watching boards forum, about golden ealge re introduction programme. You posted comments about "bastards shooting the eagles" :( and then you post here asking why hunters dont appreciate birdwatch Ireland. You really should consider my reply to your post, and stop antagonising, based on fiction. I'm not sure if you are a member of BI, but if you are, you and your comments reflect badly on that excellent organisation, I know most members of BI that I know, are a bit more clued in than yourself.
    For the record, I'm a fisherman, hunter, bird watcher (supporter of Birdwatch Ireland), and am actively involved in many habitat restoration projects such as nore/suir river trust, I consider fieldsprts enthusiests to be the most committed conservationalists I have come accross.


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  • #22
    bibio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 127 ✭✭bibio


    This is really ironic (or annoying) Fergal, as a reply to a post I put up yesterday on the bird watching boards forum, about golden ealge re introduction programme. You posted comments about "bastards shooting the eagles" frown.gif and then you post here asking why hunters dont appreciate birdwatch Ireland. You really should consider my reply to your post, and stop antagonising, based on fiction. I'm not sure if you are a member of BI, but if you are, you and your comments reflect badly on that excellent organisation, I know most members of BI that I know, are a bit more clued in than yourself.
    For the record, I'm a fisherman, hunter, bird watcher (supporter of Birdwatch Ireland), and am actively involved in many habitat restoration projects such as nore/suir river trust, I consider fieldsprts enthusiests to be the most committed conservationalists I have come accross.


  • #23
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,150 ✭✭✭✭Birdnuts


    bibio wrote: »
    This is really ironic (or annoying) Fergal, as a reply to a post I put up yesterday on the bird watching boards forum, about golden ealge re introduction programme. You posted comments about "bastards shooting the eagles" frown.gif and then you post here asking why hunters dont appreciate birdwatch Ireland. You really should consider my reply to your post, and stop antagonising, based on fiction. I'm not sure if you are a member of BI, but if you are, you and your comments reflect badly on that excellent organisation, I know most members of BI that I know, are a bit more clued in than yourself.
    For the record, I'm a fisherman, hunter, bird watcher (supporter of Birdwatch Ireland), and am actively involved in many habitat restoration projects such as nore/suir river trust, I consider fieldsprts enthusiests to be the most committed conservationalists I have come accross.

    To be fair Fergal was referring to 2 criminal acts in NI.


  • #24
    4gun
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    fergal seem to very anti shooter, judging by a lot of his posts that he puts up in this forum( this is the impression that I get) for no other reason other that hunters shoot game birds,
    When first I read his post on this thread I thought his was trolling for responces that would confirm his belief
    sorry to dissappoint


  • #25
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,150 ✭✭✭✭Birdnuts


    4gun wrote: »
    fergal seem to very anti shooter, judging by a lot of his posts that he puts up in this forum( this is the impression that I get) for no other reason other that hunters shoot game birds,
    When first I read his post on this thread I thought his was trolling for responces that would confirm his belief
    sorry to dissappoint

    Fergal can defend himself but I think he posted this thread in response to a throwaway comment in another thread which maybe he took too seriously. Anyway going on most of his posts here I think Fergal would agree that Irish Hunters are generally among the most responsible and conservation focussed in Europe - At least when compared to the likes of hunters from Malta, Cyprus etc. who appear to live by the phrases "if it flies, it dies" and certainly don't understand the concept of a closed breeding season etc:(


  • #26
    4gun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭4gun


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Fergal can defend himself but I think he posted this thread in response to a throwaway comment in another thread which maybe he took too seriously. Anyway going on most of his posts here I think Fergal would agree that Irish Hunters are generally among the most responsible and conservation focussed in Europe - At least when compared to the likes of hunters from Malta, Cyprus etc. who appear to live by the phrases "if it flies, it dies" and certainly don't understand the concept of a closed breeding season etc:(

    maybe should have includes a link to whatever it was got him so upset...
    chances are it would have most on here feeling the same..


  • #27
    Feargal as Luimneach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭Feargal as Luimneach


    4gun wrote: »
    fergal seem to very anti shooter, judging by a lot of his posts that he puts up in this forum( this is the impression that I get) for no other reason other that hunters shoot game birds,
    When first I read his post on this thread I thought his was trolling for responces that would confirm his belief
    sorry to dissappoint
    I questioned a fellow shooting pink footed geese (illegally)!
    I questioned the dangers of lead shot to Raptors!
    I gave out about Raptors being shot!
    Hardly trolling!


  • #28
    Birdnuts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,150 ✭✭✭✭Birdnuts


    Feargal as Luimneach wrote: »
    I questioned the dangers of lead shot to Raptors!
    !


    And wildfowl - most of it ends up in our rivers and lakes where it is ingested in the gizzard of everything from swans to ducks with serious health affects including death in many cases:(. Its been banned in many US states for that very reason!!


  • #29
    jap gt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭jap gt


    i think 4gun is right, i think you have aproblem with hunters, someone on another forum asked about the golden eagle re introduction and you replyed by saying

    ' Alas all the news we seem to get is bastards shooting them '.

    that has nothing to do with the re introduction of eagels and puts genuine hunters in a bad light


  • #30
    4gun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭4gun


    Feargal as Luimneach wrote: »
    :confused:
    Why do alot of Hunter's/Shooter have a negative opinion of Birdwatch Ireland?
    Can't understand it?


    why was this your first post then..too vague in general
    as previously said in this thread, a few irresponcible asses don't represent the whole shooting community,
    from a personal point of veiw, some of your post on the shooting forum have been negative towards shooters,
    some of the eagles were poisoned, do you go on the farming forum and accuse them of being negative towards Birdwatch,
    you would probably find a few friend here if you took a slightly different approach


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  • #31
    4gun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭4gun


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    And wildfowl - most of it ends up in our rivers and lakes where it is ingested in the gizzard of everything from swans to ducks with serious health affects including death in many cases:(. Its been banned in many US states for that very reason!!

    most of this argument was trashed out here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055990537


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