The Private Eye of birding blogs has come up with a couple of classics lately – one about sheep farmers and a later post sensitively sympathising with my favourite bête noir, the fucking Maltese.
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Well, not so brave. It seems to be the only bit of the UK with regular red kite poisoning. And I bet it’s the only country in the world that continues to persecute its (unofficial, I admit) national bird, the golden eagle. I do know it’s probably down to a few hundred landowners up [...] Sheer bravado reported in the Times of Malta. Perhaps they just wanted to tweet “Fuck you” to the hunters and trappers. Don’t blame ‘em. No idea where it is? Neither have I. But last night’s Autumnwatch, added to the recent Tanzanian revelation, convinces me that Africa is the place to go to support our beleaguered wildlife. The Senegalese actually seemed to be able to tolerate the ospreys taking their share of a swamp’s bounty. Could it be that they’re [...] Looking for a winter break? Maybe the usual Mediterranean fortnight? Maybe Malta, still a popular choice for Brits? Well, they do speak English, post their mail in red boxes and cross the road by belisha beacons; but, but, but, but, but… I’ve done their grim gunmen to death, unhappily in a figurative sense not literally. [...] New home for the blog? Right. New goals? Shifted a bit. New challenges? Some new; some old; and some will run and run. Like Malta’s war on birds, which sadly seems not to impinge on the world’s consciousness. The raptors may have largely gone and the Raptor Camp certainly has but now the smaller songbird [...] |
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