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Colin Smale · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 8:56 pm

1 whinchat
3 little egrets
1 f marsh harrier
1 painted lady, of the insect kind unfortunately
pr yellow wags
2 damn cats, :evil:

bad news for the ground nesters.

Dean Eades · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 10:13 pm

Colin got 1 blk & white 3 weeks ago & last week a brown one not good, living in a rabbit hole

Colin Smale · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 8:41 am

That's the two Dean, even worse are they are male and female !! :twisted:

John Hague · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 11:58 am

What about the RSPCA removing them or if they're feral and causing problems getting a farmer to shoot them? Might seem cruel but ground nesting birds have enough problems without rogue moggies.

Graham Catley · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:20 pm **Posts:** 1667

2.2 rifle does a good job or some kittykat with added flavouring

Rob Watson · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 7:45 pm

I'm no cat lover but an alternative solution would be to borrow a trap from the local Cat's Protection League branch so they could take them in. That way, man, beast and bird would be happy!

Cheers, Rob.

Dean Eades · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 8:16 pm

I will have words with the Game Keeper :twisted:

Geoff Mullett · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 8:51 pm

Note to John Hague and Graham Catley â€“ Cats are domesticated animals and it is an offence to shoot them.

Geoff

Paul French · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 9:41 pm

So are rats.

Geoff Mullett · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 10:25 pm

I think we are grown up enough to understand the difference here Paul.

Geoff

John Hague · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 11:55 pm

Geoff Mullett wrote:

Note to John Hague and Graham Catley â€“ Cats are domesticated animals and it is an offence to shoot them.

Geoff

Geoff, I did say first what about the RSPCA trapping them. If they're feral then no one owns them. I understand a farmer has the right to shoot dogs if they worry sheep. Well these buggers are scoffing scarce birds by the sound of it.

Let's not get too distracted by the pets argument eh?

Dean Eades · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 12:29 am

Geoff, if the Cats are wild & being a problem I thing it a different story !!! " I would shoot them & all Grey squirrels " ...

John Lusby · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 6:58 am

ive spoken to the gamekeeper peter he does know about the cats the live around the farm the owner of the farm mike he belives as put them on the to keep the rats down as you know cats go for walk abouts most of use likes pussys ? peter the gamekeeper is a good friend of myself he will keep in touch about the damm cats .john lusby

Alastair Carr · **Posted:** Fri May 29, 2009 8:59 am

So, we're back to square 1?

John T Goy · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:30 pm **Posts:** 2385

I've missed out on this thread lol

As a lover of cats [ and birds ] it's maybe just as well I didn't get involved grrrrrrrrrr

Max

PS: and I like Grey Squirrels lol

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