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Is it illegal to shoot song birds in your garden in the UK?

I just found out that the teenage idiot next door has had a visit from the police on Friday because he has been shooting the birds in the garden. My wife feeds some blackbirds in our garden and we had noticed over the weekend that all but one of them had disappeared and the remaining one had an injured leg. Apparently the police did not recover the air rifle involved as the yobo Aaron denies possession of a weapon. I know his parents were on holiday last week and this may have happened whilst they were away. I have tried phoning them and knocking on the door but there is no answer even though I know they are at home. What would you do about this moron and what do you think the law says about it. I`m so mad I could strangle the whole ******* lot of them.

I have already written a few lines for the village magazine outlining what has happened.

Is it illegal to shoot song birds in your garden in the UK?

I just found out that the teenage idiot next door has had a visit from the police on Friday because he has been shooting the birds in the garden. My wife feeds some blackbirds in our garden and we had noticed over the weekend that all but one of them had disappeared and the remaining one had an injured leg. Apparently the police did not recover the air rifle involved as the yobo Aaron denies possession of a weapon. I know his parents were on holiday last week and this may have happened whilst they were away. I have tried phoning them and knocking on the door but there is no answer even though I know they are at home. What would you do about this moron and what do you think the law says about it. I`m so mad I could strangle the whole fucking lot of them.

I have already written a few lines for the village magazine outlining what has happened.

Blue tit bird eggs…HELP?

Hi, we have a bird box in our garden, two blue tits made a nest and laid their eggs,
for some reason now both of them havent come back for about two weeks or so and the eggs are left?
should i take them in and put them in cotton wool or some straw?
how do i know if their alive? could i hatch them myself?
whats the best thing to do?
Please help,
Craig
there are 4/5 eggs and i really wanna save them! Please help!? x
can you catch diseases/infections etc from touching the eggs? Some of them had broke and their goo and stuff went onto my gloves when i was having a look to investigate them? you cant get anything can you?

how do you discourage Squirrels?

My wife loves to feed the birds, unfortunatly Squirrels also love bird food, my wife has tride throwing stones, it did not work. I have just watched her chase down the garden brandishing a yard broom, shouting get out of hear, very funny to watch but am I getting it in the neck for laughing, help any suggestions, we do not use poison.

help ive found a baby bird in my garden that cant fly and cant balance very well?

its lying on its back fluttering its wings i think its tail is broken is there anything that can be done? its mom is ignoring it and has stopped feeding it

Wild parakeets in my London back garden

Two wild ring-neck parakeets feeding on my bird feeder in South London.
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Sick jackdaw fledgeling, URGENT!?

Seven days ago we found in our garden two jackdaw fledgelings.
I fed them with chicken liver and yeast, one getting bigger, one staying smaller.
This morning the smaller chick is unable to keep its neck straight, unable to stand, it is twitching, but doesn’t seem to be in pain.
In my country, there is only one vet specialised for birds, but she ditched me fast by saying “Bird plague”, without me giving the full list of symptoms.
I need to hear other people’s experiences, and fast. I can’t feed the sick chick and it could die soon of starvation and dehydratation.

Thank you all.
It died a while ago.

If you think you could have helped, please post answers.
Someone else should have the benefit of an immediate answer.
Also, I still have the other chick, and in case it gets sick I might use some help.

Thank you everybody.