All seems to have gone quiet while the CCRC sort-out a way of turning down JB's latest appeal.
So, until they finish contemplating their navels, I'd like to hear other members' thoughts on BIRD RINGING.
This involves clamping a METAL RING round a birds leg! The poor bird is saddled with this encumbrance for the rest of it's life!.
recently, on a tv program we were treated to a ringing session. This gentleman was sitting there with a panic-stricken bird in one hand and a large pair of pliers in the other.
As he applied the sqeeze he looked up to the camera and said " the birds don't mind this"
Maybe he remembers being a bird in a previous life. Or is he just a BIRD BRAIN?
Hi Haughton
The ringing process does not hurt the birds if done correctly. The RSPB use this method, so it can study the birds and keep a track of them. It is vital in maintaining a watch since many birds are on the decline. A case study was done years ago for the little Blue Tit...for their numbers were on the decline. Lots of Blue Tits perish through the winter.
It is also important that we track the habitat of birds in order to protect their habitat for the future.
There are many bird watch sites and video set up under the guidance of the RSPB. Cameras where set up at Derby Cathedral to watch the Peregrines a few years ago. I watched 4 chicks hatch. Out of the 4 that hatched...One fell, one flew into a wall and died, the other was shot with a lead pellet gun, but survived and was treated by a vet and, is now with a rescue team. The other one survived and came back the following year....They are all tagged and monitored, which it vital to help them survive.... So In MHO it is a good thing....The bird will sound an alarm when the ring is fitted, but it is soon over and it could save its life...
More and more of out habitats for birds are on the decline.....Mainly it is taken for man's greed.
