tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003192502289547336.post140812462720840421..comments2024-03-28T21:51:31.864+00:00Comments on Birds2blog: Going South....Pete Woodruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16039548314043002357noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003192502289547336.post-15776250058949744962013-10-19T21:31:41.632+01:002013-10-19T21:31:41.632+01:00Richard....Thanks for the feedback, much appreciat...Richard....Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. I hope everyone took note that UNNATURAL ENGLAND were in the reckoning once again in your attempts to stop the turbine in order to protect the Short-eared Owls.<br /><br />Brian....I'm glad too that you helped out with your images on Birds2blog, appreciated Brian.<br /><br />Roz....The Golden Plover are at Glasson Dock and are certain to be the very birds you saw as described. Hope you will visit Birds2blog again soon. Pete Woodruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16039548314043002357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003192502289547336.post-72899500498256501442013-10-19T16:15:18.503+01:002013-10-19T16:15:18.503+01:00I'm reading about the Golden Plover at Conder ...I'm reading about the Golden Plover at Conder Green on Thursday 17 October. Is that the amazing row of gold-fronted birds on the north edge of the Lune estuary that afternoon?<br />If so, THANK YOU for the identification!<br />Roz Ivanic, Lancasterrozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06030678503497640067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003192502289547336.post-88767323942044800362013-10-16T23:10:12.183+01:002013-10-16T23:10:12.183+01:00Pete.Good to see you are still doing your regular ...Pete.Good to see you are still doing your regular rounds.Glad to help out with today's pics.Take care.Brian Raffertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778395117409390442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003192502289547336.post-17054483097975677862013-10-16T21:28:18.788+01:002013-10-16T21:28:18.788+01:00The RSPB (I refuse to accept their rebranding as r...The RSPB (I refuse to accept their rebranding as rspb - although I might change my mind as they diminish further in my esteem) have done the avian woorld a great dis-service in this planning application. Last year a group of us tried to fight the erection of an industrial sized wind turbine in a field that is a favourite hunting ground for Short-eared Owls in the winter. We lost the case against the planning application where one of the main arguments from the applicant's representation was that "if they're that much of a danger to birds, the RSPB wouldn't be proposing to erect one at their HQ". It didn't help that Natural England also backed it saying that statistically there'd only be an 80% strike rate with SEOs, and that was acceptable! When I asked if that meant that statistically 20% of the SEOs would come to grief NE replied "yes". It beggars belief!!Richard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.com