Poor Callum Brae

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Margaret - I don't think the warren ripping is disturbing the birds
much.  Many of the warrens they've already removed are in pretty open
spots. when I was surveying there last Tuesday am the digger was operating
on the edge of one of the COG survey sites, and although it made hearing
the birds a bit difficult for survey purposes, the birds didn't seem all
that concerned, and it won't be for all that long. highlight for the
morning for me was a display flight by pair of brown goshawks - tumbling
down with legs outstretched towards each other. they haven't set up house
in the usual spot near the old explosives stores but appear to be
favouring the other side of Callum Brae reserve this year

sandra henderson  


On Thu, December 3, 2009
11:06, Margaret Leggoe wrote: 
> This morning I was delighted by
the amount of bird life abounding in 
> Callum 
> Brae,
and spent much of my time watching a noisy miner's nest. 
> 
> 
> 
> Of course the inevitable ground life included
rabbits. 
> 
> 
> 
> As I was leaving I
met a young man from an earth-moving company just 
> entering the
reserve to refuel, he said, the earth-moving equipment being 
>
used to rip up the rabbit warrens. I shed no tears over the rabbits, but
> what about the birds nesting all around? Why can't they use
1080? Dogs 
> are 
> not permitted in the reserve anyway,
so that if the occasional fox eats 
> the 
> poisoned
rabbits, well and good. 
> 
> 
> 
>
Margaret Leggoe 
> 
> 


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