Hawswater Golden Eagles..

[sussex 5,777]

6 minutes ago, Greyman said:

You can shoot them now mate, think Walt had a pic of one he shot with his catty, apparently they are having a negative effect on native birds that nest in tree holes as they just take over every one

Only on general licence in England ..they are an absolute pest for our native hole nesting birds .

[mackem 26,809]

10 minutes ago, Greyman said:

 think Walt had a pic of one he shot with his catty

I think I have put a pic on here of one my mate got with his catty?Had quite a few with an air rifle. 

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2 hours ago, mackem said:

How did you wangle that invite mate? Was his collection how you imagined? 

I’ve known him for years, have gifted him all sorts of dead birds, mainly owls.  Nearly all of the items in the house are native birds, although he was doing some Albertross/Shearwater/Petrol mounts for a London museum exhibition last time i was round.  Couldn’t believe the wingspan of some of those, longer than Eagle easy.  The real skill in bird taxidermy is the ‘mounting and feathering ‘ at the end to get the bird looking lifelike.  The skinning and cleaning is relatively easy....check out Elle Kaye taxidermist....she is a real talent on small birds and is easy on the eye !!

 

[mackem 26,809]

23 minutes ago, bell said:

I’ve known him for years, have gifted him all sorts of dead birds, mainly owls.  Nearly all of the items in the house are native birds, although he was doing some Albertross/Shearwater/Petrol mounts for a London museum exhibition last time i was round.  Couldn’t believe the wingspan of some of those, longer than Eagle easy.  The real skill in bird taxidermy is the ‘mounting and feathering ‘ at the end to get the bird looking lifelike.  The skinning and cleaning is relatively easy....check out Elle Kaye taxidermist....she is a real talent on small birds and is easy on the eye !!

 

I did magpies as a kid, and helped with a tawny owl, always been interested in taxidermy

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11 minutes ago, mackem said:

I did magpies as a kid, and helped with a tawny owl, always been interested in taxidermy

Yes, I’ve dabbled a bit.  Done a couple of Barn owls and some hooded crows. 
 

[Greyman 28,611]

I once stuffed a fat bird, woke up sober and got on a bit sharp

[fireman 10,927]

A mount i got done by a local lady(who's also easy on the eye) for a keeper i know who found it when we were out hole checking one day,cock blackbird..

[mackem 26,809]

19 hours ago, Greyman said:

 think Walt had a pic of one he shot with his catty

My mate knocked this one down with his catty (that's his kid holding it). 

[waltjnr 6,838]

And had a good few with air rifle ,gardens a no fly zone now ,they give it a wide berth 

[waltjnr 6,838]

Going to make a head dress out of them when I've enough !

[gnasher16 30,213]

On 19/04/2022 at 10:27, Daniel cain said:

There was 6 of them sat in a tree outside my old ducks place 2 yrs back in South Wales...stayed in a place at Sussex gardens London 10 yrs ago,there was more parrots than pigeons

There is here they do my nut in the f****n racket they make.