Injured Bird in Garden

[oHUTCHYo]

Good news everyone, he flew away

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

Good news everyone, he flew away

To heaven I guess?

 

[oHUTCHYo]

To heaven I guess?

Haha, up up and away with his parent apparently.

Feels quite good that Ive saved his little life, awww

 

[413x]

A happy ending

 

[davido_labido]

fair play grats OP you saved a life

 

[bobbyspangles]

Magpies are classed as vermin. your allowed to humanely take a brick to it's head...

other than that. Leave it to it's fate or I'd be tempted to keep it if you had a cage and see if it recovers ?

You're wrong.

Magpies, like all other species, are protected under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 and the Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985. This makes it illegal to intentionally or, in Scotland, recklessly take, injure or kill a magpie, or to take, damage or destroy an active nest or its contents.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/magpie/legal_status.aspx

 

[Cosimo]

Good news everyone, he flew away

Excellent

 

[Efour]

awww

 

[panyan]

Good news everyone, he flew away

thats nice

 

[VIPER258]

Such a sweet story. My faith in humanity has been restored.

 

[davido_labido]

You're wrong.




http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/magpie/legal_status.aspx

next paragraph down

However, the law recognises that in some circumstances control may be necessary. Killing can only be done if specific conditions are met, and only where non-lethal methods of control are ineffective or impractical.

says ya need a license, if its on my land (stealing eggs), its getting shot.

 

[bobbyspangles]

next paragraph down

says ya need a license, if its on my land (stealing eggs), its getting shot.

I don't care what you do if you have the required license. Most people do not however, and therefore my original quote is still valid.

 

[davido_labido]

i dont think they would argue the toss if its on your own land and eating your chickens eggs, at the end of the day they are taking money from us really. if you were just shooting them for the sake of it, i dont think they would be too pleased though

 

[4T5]

So you saved 1 bird that will go on to eat Untold other baby birds, Mmm Logic rethink required I think.

 

[CREATIVE!11]

just raise it,

Not hard to keep him for 1-2 weeks till he's strong again.

 

[Mana]

whilst op was posting on this thread:

edit: bugger bird flew away!

 

[Something Else]

My cat brought a bird back today, She doesn't eat them or kill anything she brings back, she doesn't even bite them, she just carries them back in her mouth.