Tea? (Part 2)

[welsh dragon]

Tell you what when you hit one at speed in a train and it doesn't half make a bang, but often you see it ahead so know what's coming. It's if a pigeon flies across your path and you don't see it coming and then it's in your eyeline the bang on the screen can almost make you jump out of your seat.

I could see this pheasant coming towards me and there was nothing I could do. Even though I knew I was going to hit it still made me jump.

 

[ScotiaLass]

Tell you what when you hit one at speed in a train and it doesn't half make a bang, but often you see it ahead so know what's coming. It's if a pigeon flies across your path and you don't see it coming and then it's in your eyeline the bang on the screen can almost make you jump out of your seat.

I would seriously poo myself
It's bad enough hitting one in a car....

 

[ScotiaLass]

Am currently looking for a nice pic I took of a goose taking a bath in our local Loch.
It was awarded a 'Commended' in the Historic Scotland magazine competition a few years back!

 

[welsh dragon]

Am currently looking for a nice pic I took of a goose taking a bath in our local Loch.
It was awarded a 'Commended' in the Historic Scotland magazine competition a few years back!

I'm rubbish at taking pictures

 

[172traindriver]

I would seriously poo myself
It's bad enough hitting one in a car....

One of those sad things unfortunately, I don't like killing wildlife, but the list of 'kiils' I have had whilst driving trains is long and excessive.

 

[welsh dragon]

One of those sad things unfortunately, I don't like killing wildlife, but the list of 'kiils' I have had whilst driving trains is long and excessive.

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They are not intelligent birds you know. In fact they are quite stupid.

 

[172traindriver]

They are not intelligent birds you know. In fact they are quite stupid.

I know exactly what you mean. I was approaching on once and it was on the track directly in front of me, it actually reared up as I approached in a aggressive posture. Well I think you know who the victor was in that confrontation.

 

[ScotiaLass]

Found it!
Taking a Bath...

 

[welsh dragon]

They breed a lot of pheasant around here. This is shooting country. At certain times of the year there are thousands of them running up and down the country lanes. Sometimesmit is impossible not to hit them

 

[172traindriver]

They breed a lot of pheasant around here. This is shooting country. At certain times of the year there are thousands of them running up and down the country lanes. Sometimesmit is impossible not to hit them

I remember seeing something on Countryfile about the hunting brigade moaning about birds of prey. There was a pheasant farm and apparently when they released the young ones out into the wild there was a clever buzzard that used to hang around for a free lunch.
I know it is a sport that people pay a lot of money to take part in, but given how few birds of prey there are about I get quite saddened to hear of them being deliberately shot and poisoned. There must be 000's of pheasants being released and the buzzard wasn't going to eat the lot.

 

[ScotiaLass]

I remember seeing something on Countryfile about the hunting brigade moaning about birds of prey. There was a pheasant farm and apparently when they released the young ones out into the wild there was a clever buzzard that used to hang around for a free lunch.
I know it is a sport that people pay a lot of money to take part in, but given how few birds of prey there are about I get quite saddened to hear of them being deliberately shot and poisoned. There must be 000's of pheasants being released and the buzzard wasn't going to eat the lot.

Yeah...same up here. had a case of a big bird of prey (can't remember what it was) being found poisoned in Northern Scotland.
I mean, why??? There are so few of them around

 

[ScotiaLass]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-13337442

old link but it's still happening

 

[welsh dragon]

I remember seeing something on Countryfile about the hunting brigade moaning about birds of prey. There was a pheasant farm and apparently when they released the young ones out into the wild there was a clever buzzard that used to hang around for a free lunch.
I know it is a sport that people pay a lot of money to take part in, but given how few birds of prey there are about I get quite saddened to hear of them being deliberately shot and poisoned. There must be 000's of pheasants being released and the buzzard wasn't going to eat the lot.

There are hundreds of thousands released each year and quite a large number aren't shot so that means there are even more because they are breeding. At certain times of the year, they are like flies there are so many. The farmers won't miss a few

 

[172traindriver]

Yeah...same up here. had a case of a big bird of prey (can't remember what it was) being found poisoned in Northern Scotland.
I mean, why??? There are so few of them around

Unfortunately we could open a whole debate up hear about the hunting thing in general and would probably get slagged off.
As for doing that to a bird as magnificent as a Golden Eagle is beyond me, there are so few of them, even if they take the odd grouse or something is it really going to finish off the hunting industry?

 

[welsh dragon]

No. And its diner time for me peeps. See you soon after I stuff my face