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  • #52
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    Grey Partridge conservation effort in Boora ?

    Good thinking Batman! Given his handle (Browning - purveyors of fine Shotguns) I'd say you could be right.


  • #53
    swingking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭swingking


    OP Is there public liability on the land in question.


  • #54
    keps
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    DaireQuinlan wrote: »


    Grey Partridge conservation effort in Boora ?


    You may indeed be right

    Quote

    'The Irish Grey Partridge Conservation Trust is a registered charity established to support the on-going conservation efforts to secure wild Grey Partridge as a part of Ireland’s Natural Biodiversity. The Trust will also ensure that the plight of the species remains.......'

    http://www.greypartridge.ie/


  • #55
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,703 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    pullandbang wrote: »
    Good thinking Batman! Given his handle (Browning - purveyors of fine Shotguns) I'd say you could be right.

    Hang on a sec, are they bringing these creatures back from the brink of extinction so that they can SHOOT them ?? People never cease to amaze me :D


  • #56
    keps
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    I would say that Browning relates to the poet...Robert


    'Oh to be in Boora - now that April's there'


    (well nearly!)


  • #57
    darraghsherwin
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭darraghsherwin


    I'd be interested if I knew what species browning was talking about, however Offaly is not know for it's wildlife.
    The only rarity I've found mentioned in any book for Offaly is Ospery or Short-eared owls.
    Also anybody photographing rare wildlife needs a license from the NPWS which can take a few weeks to obtain.


    Darragh


  • #58
    SinisterDexter
    Registered Users Posts: 424 ✭✭SinisterDexter


    darraghsherwin wrote: »
    Also anybody photographing rare wildlife needs a license from the NPWS which can take a few weeks to obtain.


    Where did you get that information?


  • #59
    darraghsherwin
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭darraghsherwin


    SinisterDexter wrote: »
    Where did you get that information?

    The Wildlife acts 1976 and 2000 is the legislation to look at. For nearly all bird species you need a license to photograph on or near the nest.
    I have licenses for a few species.

    Darragh


  • #60
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    Hang on a sec, are they bringing these creatures back from the brink of extinction so that they can SHOOT them ?? People never cease to amaze me :D

    Not necessarily to shoot them but that's often a benefit if they recover. The extinction is because of the loss of habitat, not shooting. For example, the grouse in Scotland thrive because of shooting - the heather on the moor is managed by the gamekeepers to keep the population healthy. Without people paying big money to shoot them there would be no management, therefore no grouse.
    We lost our partridge here because of the intensive farming, not shooting. It's only local gun clubs that put partridge back on the ground. Likewise with pheasants - all those lovely pheasants you see wandering around are put there by local clubs and the big estates. I personally was involved with the release of over 1,000 pheasants and a heap of partridge this year alone in my area.
    So yes, there are strange people out there who put their hands in their pockets and spend lots of money keeping certain species alive, even if it is to shoot some of them. :)


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