Birds in the news

[thebeard]

Saturday is when i catch up with the news,as its generally quiet at work and i can happily read through the telegraph website - and sometimes flick through the tabloids people leave around the office.

today i found a piece from a few days ago about the slaughter of birds in the mediterranean. Its a bit long, but is very well written, very interesting, and covers a subject which is quite shocking but good to know about.

here's a link
Songbirds, poached and eaten - Telegraph

didnt realise it was so bad! at least some people are trying to do something about it, but it is difficult when you are dealing with peoples livelihoods and traditions.

I also had a glance at 'The sun' on my lunch break, horrible. Especially jeremy clarkson asking why and how the RSPB manage to own more land than the prince of wales and other rich powerful people, especially as they are 'just a charity'. I dont know why he included this in his column, though i dont understand a lot of what he says haha

[tameblackbirds]

Horrible! heard about this before. Something we did in the past eating, only we ate sparrows by the thousands. Even if they manage to migrate from Cyprus they face being shot over Spain!

[Jackaroo]

Originally Posted by thebeard

I also had a glance at 'The sun' on my lunch break, horrible. Especially jeremy clarkson asking why and how the RSPB manage to own more land than the prince of wales and other rich powerful people, especially as they are 'just a charity'. I dont know why he included this in his column, though i dont understand a lot of what he says haha

Yet another example of Jeremy Clarkson and his ilk forgetting what and who put them where they are!
The use of the expression,'Just a charity',answers his own,somewhat ill-considered question.Charities can be at least as powerful if not more so than any individual because they catch the popular imagination and take there provenance from the public at large.If they sometimes have bedfellows such as Clarkson they just have to live with it but no-one should underestimate the power of the people,to paraphrase Wolfie Smith! Frankly, it should not come as much of a surprise that Mr Clarkson fails to fathom this,given his track record.

Jackaroo

[Foz]

Well it looks like Clarkson has done it again, had a few words printed in some publication and got loads of people mentioning his name

This is why he is so good at the job he does, he encourages debate!

[Ukwildlifeo]

Originally Posted by Foz

Well it looks like Clarkson has done it again, had a few words printed in some publication and got loads of people mentioning his name

This is why he is so good at the job he does, he encourages debate!

To be fair, there are rumors he doesn't write a word of 'his' column

[Jackaroo]

Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo

To be fair, there are rumors he doesn't write a word of 'his' column

Maybe, but I'll bet he believes every word he's never written.

[lastcornishman]

RSPB just a charity?, I wonder if Clarkson knows about the "Grants from UK goverment" from DEFRA £4.5million, Environment agency £1.1 million, Natural England £1.06 million, plus other sizeable top-ups from other development agencys, over £12 million from the tax payer certainly helped, no wonder they are getting worried by goverment spending cuts. i see today they have new collecting boxes in a couple of supermarkets.

[Jackaroo]

Originally Posted by lastcornishman

RSPB just a charity?, I wonder if Clarkson knows about the "Grants from UK goverment" from DEFRA £4.5million, Environment agency £1.1 million, Natural England £1.06 million, plus other sizeable top-ups from other development agencys, over £12 million from the tax payer certainly helped, no wonder they are getting worried by goverment spending cuts. i see today they have new collecting boxes in a couple of supermarkets.

See,A real power in the land!