boff180 wrote:Rooks don't just eat inspects, they eat cereal crops too - it's part of their primary diet and - particularly in planting season - damage crops particularly when they feed in large groups near Rookeries. Spring crops appear to be hit the worst to the point farmers look for proactive means to protect their fields, not just hunting to keep numbers down.
yes that big, pointed stabbing beak is ideal for picking up grain and dry seeds.. what a load of pap. Defra are just a puppet of the government to support their huge sponsors - farmers, hunts, basc, countryside alliance etc to allow them to blast anything that moves under the subterfuge of "conserving wildlife". Follow my twitter retweets highlighting the hideous barbarism they sponsor - see the photos of huge numbers of shot, dumped wildfowl and game that are merely shot for "sport" and have no intention of feeding anyone as, apparently, eating game is "huge business" utter crap. Also see the defra supported pheasant farms that are reminiscent of battery hens but at least they provide us with meat and eggs. Game does nothing other than allow a few hooray Henrys and Henrietas to wear their best tweeds and congratulate each other on how masterful they are over these defenceless sentient creatures.
2 Superb posts from someone who knows what they're talking about Mr C, offering truth to the Government spouted lies.