Dead pigeons - Parkside :(

[Tinkerbell]

Over the last few weeks we have been having quite a lot of dead wild birds - generally by the shops and surrounding streets.

The birds appear to have no injury and I'm obviously concerned as to why?

Does anyone on here work at the council - and would know if they cull wild birds.

Is anywhere else having a similar issue?

 

[Faymousfay]

Yes, I have had three birds, two Doves and one Sparrow. All of which have just "fell" out of the sky into my garden, I live on Corporation Street. They have no signs of injury, and I have been able to walk straight up to them and pick them up..... I have taken each one to Amerton Fam and all have been painfully thin, they say that after a busy breeding season and then the moulting stage a lot of birds become too weak to get through it, also it is common for Doves to get Canker, which stops them being able to feed, hence the weight loss.....

Although, I have to say i'm not convinced, and poisoning had crossed my mind!!

 

[basil]

Hey i'll be shot down in flames but less of these shitter critters is good news..

 

[Tinkerbell]

A friend of mine thought that the council put poisen down every now and then - I'm concerned that IF they do it could harm other animals.

 

[Faymousfay]

I agree, I know there was a post on Spotted Stafford about a cat that had gone off it's legs and the vet said it was showing signs of a brain issue due to being poisoned. That was just up the way from me. if a poisoned mouse or a bird were to be be just sitting there a cat is going to eat it, hence being poisoned. Scary if you ask me, but the council will never admit to it.....

 

[proactive]

 

[Withnail]

I'd be very surprised if pigeons were 'controlled', in any sort of 'official' capacity, by use of poison - exactly because of its indiscriminate nature. How could it be used to target pigeons alone?

A cat being banjaxed by consuming a poisoned mouse i could believe - mice can be 'controlled' by poison because you can be quite sure that they will be the only animal exposed to it.

Other than that i don't have a clue why it might be.

 

[littleme]

Hmm I thought there were rumors of rats being poisoned down by the lines....sons seen a few laying dead & 1 of our cats deposited a huge dead one in the kitchen a few weeks ago....fortunately they hadn't attempted to eat it....

Wonder if its all linked?

 

[Withnail]

I blame the badgers.

My shot was going in before they moved the bally goalposts.

 

[Withnail]

Hmm I thought there were rumors of rats being poisoned down by the lines...

Wonder if its all linked?

Again, i'd be surprised if poison were used in any 'official' capacity in this way - it just seems extremely unlikely.

I can understand the rationale behind getting rats or mice out of the house - out of the Great Outdoors?

Howwhatwhywhat?

 

[littleme]

Again, i'd be surprised if poison were used in any 'official' capacity in this way - it just seems extremely unlikely.

Dint say nuffin 'bout it bein official

 

[Gramaisc]

Again, i'd be surprised if poison were used in any 'official' capacity in this way - it just seems extremely unlikely.

Outdoor bait boxes in this style are to be found all over the place...

 

[Gramaisc]

Outdoor bait boxes in this style are to be found all over the place...

In fact, here's one that I found today - on the Halfords side of the fence between them and McDonalds at Springfields Park, Trent Vale.

There were several around the place.

 

[Glam]

There's several dotted round the St. Georges site too.
The assistant cook once put a small sock in the hole, attatched to a bit of cotton, the boss walked past it, and the cotton was pulled. You could hear the screams up at Baswich!

 

[CreamCake]

Doves are doing well in Baswich, costing me a packet

 

[Withnail]

Well colour me surprised - seems a bit pointless.

Can't see a pigeon wandering into one of those, though - do they come in pigeon size?

 

[Gramaisc]

Pigeons can be poisoned by those in possession of the appropriate licence from DEFRA or Natural England, but I doubt that it goes on much (legally)...

Poisoning of rodents most certainly does go in in the great outdoors - and to a greater extent than might be imagined. There is a tendency to conceal the equipment as it's not really a situation that people might want to advertise.

Maybe bait gets scattered from the enclosures and found by non-target species?

I did intend to get you a picture of a bait station in Stafford today, but it was a bit wet - and then I just happened to park next to that one when I had to venture up to Stoke on a pointless mercy-mission.

 

[flossietoo]

We used to have hens on a field bounded by a brook. Water course and plentiful food supply: classic rat territory. A pest control man (not Trevor) visited monthly. He used those bait boxes because neither wild birds nor the hens could get in to them.