Fetch Birdwatchers
166 watchers
Feb 2022
10:08am, 11 Feb 2022
530 posts
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paulcook
Snowdrops in 3 places this week. Definitely spring!
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Feb 2022
11:03am, 11 Feb 2022
3,566 posts
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jacdaw
Just to add a little balance to the Guardian story; this is what the govenment is saying: gov.uk If the Guardian is correct in dismissing this, it would have to be a deliberate multi agency cover up. The Guardian independent expert seems to be qualified to BSc level only, and mostly writes on radioactive pollution. Something (probably multiple things) are going wrong in the North Sea at the moment, but linking dead crabs to dead guillemots to sick dogs to Tees dredging without any real evidence seems to be in the realms of conspiracy theory at the moment. Not saying the links aren't there, but I haven't seen them. |
Feb 2022
1:21pm, 11 Feb 2022
3,121 posts
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flyingfinn
I think history tells us that that there doesn't have to be a multi agency cover up for government studies to fail to properly investigate things. Just each agency acting with the bounds of it's job description and answering the questions that were asked not the ones that should have been asked. I take your point about the current lack of real evidence to link it to the dredging but equally I find DEFRA's response rather too convenient and smacking of "nothing to see here, everyone move on". Unfortunately there are far too many cases where similar initial responses from governments of all shades have later been shown to be seriously lacking for me to be able to accept DEFRA's answer at anything like face value. And plenty of cases where 'amateurs' have arrived at the correct answer long before those constrained by contracts and livelihoods have been able to share everything they know or suspect. No doubt time will tell who is right but by then unfortunately the damage will probably be irreparable. |
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Feb 2022
1:36pm, 11 Feb 2022
3,122 posts
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flyingfinn
If you want an example of why I don't trust DEFRA and their ability to obfuscate and fail to (at least publicly) see what is in front of them because of political expediency you have to look no further than BSE. And don't lets start on Badger culls...
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Feb 2022
6:12pm, 12 Feb 2022
482 posts
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C-Cat
Tree creeper on Wedge walk today. Always a happy spot  Good to hear more bird noise and see lots flitting about today.
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Feb 2022
7:12pm, 12 Feb 2022
22,219 posts
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Red Squirrel
Pied wagtails ahoy suddenly in Bristol
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Feb 2022
7:25pm, 12 Feb 2022
54,159 posts
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Derby Tup
Two oystercatcher on Cant Clough res in flanker and Kinky country while Hobble recceing today plus what I am fairly sure was a group of whoopers on Widdop res
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Feb 2022
7:33pm, 12 Feb 2022
5,759 posts
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um
Went for a walk in Bentley Woods (Wilts, 4 miles N of home) today, starting just before 2pm. About a mile in, noticed a hide (bird, deer or badger or other) a few hundred yard off the path. Got home and googled it ... and saw someone had recorded a white tailed eagle at 13:20. Miffed! Although in the woods, it would be very lucky to spot it, if not in a big clearing, like the hide. I did, however, spot a 'flock' (20-30 ish) of unknown (to me) birds in a field ... later identified (through fairly poor photos at distance) as fieldfares. The first I have seen, that I have known. |
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Feb 2022
7:59pm, 12 Feb 2022
3,572 posts
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jacdaw
Somebody probably shot it! twitter.com |
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Feb 2022
5:59pm, 13 Feb 2022
3,575 posts
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jacdaw
I saw between 2 and 4 Barn Owls this evening, depending on whether the first one I saw was also the second, and maybe even the third. It could have been sneaking over the fields while I was on the road. The fourth was definitely a different bird.
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