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“The receivers are coming…” Spent millions on promoting this shit and ended up pissing it up the wall.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

SO IT BEGINS…….<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This post serves as an update on this incompetently run authority which I last reported on back in August<\/a>. The scene in most of their shit run and “managed” parks is one of debris in every lake, dying trees rotting in the water and dead birds becoming infested with maggots which leads to outbreaks of botulism every year. It is a situation which mirrors the political imbeciles who run the show and their lacky unionised arseholes who somehow believe that “equality” means that an entire generation should pay the retirement packages of the civil servants who believe themselves to be more equal than others. Their greed has bankrupted this authority and they get what they deserve with the inevitable redundancies that will follow. The taxpayers of Birmingham do not deserve to have their council tax hiked. The 21% council tax hike recently announced and the dimming of the street lights may mean that those in the council house have to start “lighting little candles of their own.”<\/p>\n

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“Do not trust a hope, it has forsaken these lands.”<\/p><\/div>\n

When bankruptcy of this Labour run authority was declared, their absolute joke of a new leader “Dot clot” Cotton was on holiday in New York celebrating his birthday. FFS!<\/a><\/p>\n

Incidentally, it seems a necromancer is waiting in the wings to deliver a new sleepless malice, a witch king of fangmar forged in the fires of Mount Doom.<\/p>\n

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\"Lord<\/p>\n

After doing their job for them and retrieving multiple carcases from one lake, to “ease the load” of the hard pressed ranger service \ud83d\ude06 as well as life *rings<\/span><\/strong> that the agency guy employed there asked me to do,<\/strong> I was under the impression that this authority could manage the simple task of arranging delivery of these dead birds to the APHA for examination- to at least determine they had not died from the much publicised “avian flu”.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

*not just one ring, but many rings. They are precious, my love. \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n

\"FredGould:<\/p>\n

I put in an FOI request to the APHA<\/a> , as I had previously with that site, as well as others asking for the following.<\/p>\n

“Could you please confirm if you have carried put any post mortems on wildfowl from Brookvale Park Birmingham , West Midlands- approximate nat grid reference SP091911 and supply me with the preliminary, supplementary and final reports concerning recent bird deaths .<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nWe have retrieved several birds from this site in the last two months, and allegedly Birmingham City Council forwarded some of them to you for examination. Most were found to be riddled with maggots, the site having fluctuating water levels, and tree debris littering the lake.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nIt is noted that none appear to have tested positive for avian flu according to your publication list.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk…<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nCan you CONFIRM that these birds died from avian botulism, and was this a “presumptive diagnosis” without carrying out a test for this summer related illness?<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nI believe these may have been submitted to the Shrewsbury laboratory since May.”<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I had been watching the weekly APHA wild bird surveillance list of positive cases, noting the lack of new wildfowl positives not only in this area, but around the country. None had been confirmed in the Birmingham area after we had picked up the birds<\/strong>, thus suggesting that they had died from something else- like the botulism that we suspected which was based on previous findings and experiences where the conditions were the same for example.<\/p>\n

The only bird from the City council area on the list was a peregrine falcon from January 2023.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

N. B<\/strong> NO WILDFOWL HAD TESTED POSITIVE ON THE APHA LIST FOR MANY MONTHS TO OVER A YEAR BY THIS POINT, AND THIS IS A FACT THAT IS OF HIGH IMPORTANCE TO THIS UPDATE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was therefore surprised by the terse response from the APHA refusing the request under highly spurious grounds.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

They bizarrely claimed that this was the information which belonged to The Shitty council<\/p>\n

“APHA can neither confirm nor deny it holds the information that you have requested.”<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I obviously challenged this crap given that they had never refused previous similar requests, including for the same site and should not do so in this case. I also smelt a rat in wondering if Birmingham had even bothered to send off the dead birds, but was told by a resident who had offered to contact the council that a named ranger from the council, Danny Squire HAD picked them up from where we left them. A mystery and riddle in the dark if you will.<\/p>\n

On this point I also as I have previously written and voiced, my concerns about the way in which the APHA hierarchy, those at director level are calling the shots on this being a “wild bird” issue, and their agenda in painting the picture that way without scrutiny.<\/p>\n

“It is further noted that you routinely publish specific avian flu data and yet omit any other data concerning bird deaths for context, so that members of the public can gauge the facts about this specific illness, which I believe is being grossly exaggerated by the APHA.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nClearly, you are denying that the birds from this park and city DID NOT die from avian flu as you have not published positive tests on your wild bird AI surveillance reports in the public domain.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nI further note that individuals within the hierarchy of the APHA are connected to academic institutions which are receiving money from the public purse for “vaccine research” into this specific illness, and have furthermore appeared in many publications concerning links to human health, again overblown.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nA public interest test needs to be applied in this case, as it appears that information for all deaths and causes is being omitted by the APHA in favour of publishing just AI deaths without context. For this reason and the refusal to supply relevant data sets for anything else, one may question the professional integrity of those in the APHA who are connected with research into a specific field they are looking to gain from.”<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The APHA carried out an internal review<\/a> which did provide clarity that they had used the wrong exemption, but crucially stated “APHA can confirm it has not carried out any postmortems on wildfowl from Brookvale Park Birmingham, West Midlands.”<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This therefore meant that Birmingham City Council had questions to answer as to what they had done with the birds that we had spent a whole afternoon, and indeed, several days clearing this lake of dead birds to attempt to stop the suspected botulism outbreak.<\/p>\n

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I submitted another FOI request To Birmingham City council<\/a> to draw them out as to what their story was.<\/p>\n

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It looks like that white tree has withered and died under the council’s stewardship. Will it ever flower if a King returns to the city?<\/p><\/div>\n

The council offered this response.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Response
\n\u201cCould you please confirm the species and numbers of birds forwarded<\/span><\/strong>
\nfor post mortem from Brookvale Park Birmingham , West Midlands approximate nat grid reference SP091911 and supply me with the<\/span><\/strong>
\npreliminary, supplementary and final reports concerning recent bird<\/span><\/strong>
\ndeaths from the APHA- i.e. all those from May 2023.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

None of the birds recovered from Brookvale Park were fit for post-mortem (birds <\/span><\/strong>have to be fresh collected\/free from putrefaction).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a complete pack of lies. The birds shown above, swans were freshly dead. The APHA receive submissions of skin and bone and sometimes unidentifiable species due to decomposition. The officers of this council therefore at the first stage lie about not submitting birds to the APHA. The APHA are those who are able to comment on autolysis, not Birmingham City Council, FFS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have retrieved several birds from this site in the last three months,<\/span><\/strong>
\nand allegedly Birmingham City Council forwarded some of them to the<\/span><\/strong>
\nAPHA for investigation.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The bird carcases that were deposited into the front garden of a Council Tenant <\/span><\/em><\/strong>were not fit for testing as they were in an advanced state of putrefaction\/liquefaction. As stated for tests to be carried out birds have to be fresh collected\/free from putrefaction.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Another total lie. The fact that they as a council had failed to “fresh collect” the birds, some of which had obviously been there for weeks appears to have escaped their attention.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMost were found to be riddled with maggots, the site having fluctuating<\/span><\/strong>
\nwater levels, and tree debris littering the lake. Previous confirmed<\/span><\/strong>
\nbotulism episodes at this lake and clinical observations of birds support<\/span><\/strong>
\nthe likely cause of botulism again- fuelled by the continued conditions at<\/span><\/strong>
\nthis site.<\/span><\/strong>
\nIt is noted that no birds in the BCC area appear to have tested positive for<\/span><\/strong>
\navian flu according to the APHA publication list, up to week 40 (2nd-8th<\/span><\/strong>
\nOctober 2023).\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is not true. A Peregrine Falcon tested positive for Avian Influenza in week <\/span><\/strong>four of 2023 as stated below.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In this regard I had made an error in the wording of the question, which I had asked as another question below. It is the case that no wildfowl had tested positive in 2023 for avian flu. The observations about birds on the site at Brookvale are 100% true, and were botulism symptoms. See video below.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is also worth noting that many of the ill birds we took off this lake and treated for botulism fully recovered after being given treatment for botulism. They would not have done so if they had been ill with avian flu. This was the same as had happened previously<\/a>, when liar park manager John Porter, (now ex of the council) claimed that “there is nothing meaningful to be done.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is noted that none appear to have tested positive for avian flu<\/span><\/strong>
\naccording to the APHA publication list , with only one bird, a peregrine<\/span><\/strong>
\nfalcon in week 4 coming from Birmingham.<\/span><\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/652543deaea2d0000d219a<\/span><\/strong>
\nd6\/ai-findings-2023-wk40.csv\/preview\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Birds were submitted for testing from Witton Lakes Grid Ref SP 088 923, 1<\/span><\/strong>
\nSwan (Cygnet) 1 Coot, 1 Tufted Duck and 4 Mallard Ducks from Witton Lakes<\/span><\/strong>
\nwere collected and frozen for submission to APHA along with an adult male<\/span><\/strong>
\nSwan from Norman Chamberlain Pool, Grid Ref SP 156 883, APHA references<\/span><\/strong>
\nWSF-A9E6_FHH3-2EC4\/WSF-X4K3-PYDJ-RE84. After 4 days APHA had not<\/span><\/strong>
\narranged collection, advice received from the APHA\/Defra call handlers on the <\/span><\/strong>week commencing 10 July 2023 that as Avian Influenza had been previously <\/span><\/strong>recorded in the locality that any bird deaths that did not have other obvious <\/span><\/strong>reasons (for example, dog attack) should be treated as Avian Influenza. Avian <\/span><\/strong>Influenza has been previously recorded at Brookvale Park\/Witton Lakes in <\/span><\/strong>2022.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bird flu marshals an army from the North. Birmingham is weak. The City council’s ranger forces need to move.<\/p><\/div>\n

This statement is a lie and the crux of the whole avian flu hoax being perpetuated. I queried this claim with the APHA and will look at their denial of this further below. The idea that ALL deaths unless something obvious is apparent\u00a0 should be treated as this one single cause without any scientific evidence is utter bullshit. How would they know the cause was “obvious” when birds at Brookvale had been dead for weeks and were rotting without any attempt to retrieve them for evidence?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is like saying that because someone once died of AIDS in West Bromwich, that ALL subsequent deaths should be treated as AIDS deaths. NO BIRD DEATHS WERE PROVEN AVIAN FLU CASES IN MANY MONTHS AT THIS SITE OR IN BIRMINGHAM. THE SAME CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE CONNECTING BLACK COUNTRY BOROUGHS.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also why should one single bird of prey receive more attention than many dead wildfowl who could also have been the victim of wildlife crime? This is just another example of the hypocrisy that top table “conservation” organisations have for putting this one species ahead of others.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCan you CONFIRM therefore that these birds at Brookvale park died from<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\navian botulism, and was this a “presumptive diagnosis” without carrying<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nout a test for this summer related illness?<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please read previous answer, in addition a Cygnet at Witton Lakes less than<\/span><\/strong>
\n0.9km away from Brookvale Park was euthanised by the RSPCA within this<\/span><\/strong>
\ntime frame displaying symptoms of Avian Influenza.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is another major problem. The RSPCA have behaved disgracefully at times with “avian flu”, and a prime example of needle happy stress being used to solve a problem caused by the shite guidance that DEFRA and those promoting the bird flu hoax have given them. The adherence to authority and complicity with it is quite shocking, but not surprising given the multitude of 20th Century studies to obedience, conformity and authority. The symptoms of avian flu have been made so general by the APHA hierarchy as to include everything, as I have stated before. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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These are not specific to avian flu, contradict each other, and are also seen in botulism, lead poisoning and many other avian illnesses\/foul play caused by man. Many of these would be treated or looked for prior to this rubbish guidance being circulated, would not result in an instant death sentence after “rescue” and should be again.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

I am aware that the RSPCA have killed birds that were not confirmed ill with bird flu, but were killed because they could not outrun their boat, as well as one swan in Smethwick that was killed that had been mating and was knackered, and yet this was taken as “avian flu” symptoms like those above no doubt without ANY evidence being confirmed or ANY previous incidents for months before that.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The attempt here by the council to mention this is a desperate attempt to look credible, when in fact it demonstrates the opposite of the lie.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI believe these may have been submitted to the Shrewsbury laboratory<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nsince May. Any names appearing on the reports of officers may be<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nredacted if you wish, but not the cause of death, as there is a strong<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\npublic interest to establish the real cause of death of these birds, rather<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nthan false information and narratives about “avian flu” ,which clearly<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nthese birds DID NOT have. The public should not be misled’.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza HPAI (H5N1) is a risk to human health <\/span><\/em><\/strong>this dictates our response.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The bullshit signs. Perhaps it’s time to “put aside the ranger” and grow a fucking backbone?<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

On receiving this, I immediately got back to the APHA to clarify their position, as well as starting a complaint about this via the BCC complaints procedure. Of the latter, they originally attempted to limit the complaint I had made over the phone, so corrected this with a full breakdown of my concerns.<\/p>\n

The reply from BCC came from an individual who I have encountered before and who many have commented bares an uncanny resemblance to the fat hobbit, except without any valour, bravery or wisdom of Samwise Gamgee.<\/p>\n

\"Cmt<\/p>\n

It is not for the first time that false accusations have been made against me by officers of this council concerning birds, and yet incredibly here we are again over 20 years later with the same guy behind them. The response also contained many provable lies and untruths. Here are the main comments and my rebuttal.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“No permission had been given to you to go on to Brookvale Pool and retrieve life rings or dead birds.\u00a0 Incidentally you then decided to leave the bird carcases in the front garden of a council tenant who is not an employee of Birmingham\u2019s Parks and as such the front garden constitutes a private residency.\u00a0 By doing so you caused distress to the resident. I would politely ask that you refrain from either going on to the water at Brookvale or depositing dead birds in the garden of a council tenant.”<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"lord<\/p>\n

This statement is a lie. The resident has confirmed that she was not<\/span> caused distress, offered to have them on her lawn as she was in touch with the guy who worked on the site, unlike the office based creature responding to this complaint and I was asked if I could retrieve the life rings by the man working on this park. Foxes could have dragged dead bird parts around the whole site and off site when left as they were for over a week, inside her garden or out of it, thus spreading disease further afield anyway. We also put the blessed life rings in the garden, thus keeping them secret, and keeping them safe where they could be collected by the site operator, which is more than his lazy fucking rangers had done in months by the number that were counted! I think the fat one wants the rings for himself. \ud83d\ude2e\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The same statement is made multiple times to questions and observations that I made about Birmingham City Council’s lack of action, and removal of dead birds, so the copy and paste must have been used.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“After seeking advice from APHA, the advice given was with Avian Influenza being prevalent across the UK during the Spring\/Summer of 2023 if the pool has already tested positive for Avian Influenza or was within a 10km cordon sanitaire of a pool that had tested positive then subsequent bird deaths should be treated as Avian Influenza.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In previous years where the attributable cause of death has been Avian Botulism then we have treated bird deaths as such.”<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I will return to this except to say that a \u2022“cordon sanitaire”<\/strong> refers to a restricted area where “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!” How the fuck that relates to wild free flying birds that could travel miles and hop between pools over county and local authority borderlines is lost to my comprehension FFS!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    a guarded line preventing anyone from leaving an area infected by a disease and thus spreading it:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

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    Birmingham City council utterly failed to enact the guidance of the APHA regards botulism in Brookvale and at many other parks in its ownership, over many years.<\/p>\n

    I summarise this issue in the PDF below<\/p>\n

    Brookvale Park and botulism<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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    None of these measures were taken by BCC prior to any avian flu, or during the incidents of botulism, and now of course the dead birds being left in situ just increase the deaths being caused by the real cause of death which is botulism.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

    By way of example, members of the public raised concerns in the press at this time totally independent of anything we observed. The excuses at this time did not involve avian flu, but the outcome was the same.<\/p>\n

    Dead swans and rotting carcasses wash up at Brookvale Park in Erdington – Birmingham Live (birminghammail.co.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n