O.Reville1989
I started off with nothing and I've still got some
Nice photos Oliver, 17 spotshanks present today
Paul
Thanks Paul. Probably far more yesterday than I noticed but was lots to look at in general.
Nice photos Oliver, 17 spotshanks present today
Paul
Two examples of what I would describe as beautifully artistic shots are those by David Bratt (Roller) and Oliver Reville (Rose-coloured Starling) in this week’s round-up from RBA.
I'll take that as a compliment, John
but there is a difference between a genuine accident and intentionally pushing the limits for your own gain.
Was this bit not amended to read "wilfully or recklessly" ( the latter meaning it doesn't matter whether you know about it or not, its still an offence so its your responsibility to inform yourself and take notice), or is that just for Schedule 1?
John
I didn’t say it was a dog, John ! However, I can reassure members that you are known to the emailer- and it wasn’t you. But you know that, anyway.
Was not informed of the site, either. Nonetheless, that notices regarding dog-fouling and wildlife disturbance are removed is lamentable and is another illustration of the decline of our nation’s general moral compass. On that note . .
Operation Compass on 101 (http://www.norfolk.police.uk/safety...ion/tacklingtheproblems/operationcompass.aspx). Very useful. On that note . .
I have now received this: “3 individuals with long lenses acting suspiciously near the nest refered to . . were . . spoken to by police officers this morning. Naturally, they were very apologetic and stated they had no idea the birds were there let alone a nest.”
Whilst I agree with most of what Josh has written, I have to disagree about photography, per se. I’m sure he means that particular sort, where every feather detail is delineated. It would seem to me that, far too often, many bird photographers are aiming for that result, when it's impossible to achieve without infringing one or more bits of one of the 'codes'.
However, to misquote Wordsworth, a good photo is an 'image recollected in tranquillity' and a piece of art in its own right- not just a documentation/illustration, fit for a (photo) field guide.
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I’m a ‘bird snapper’, with neither massive equipment nor prodigious outlay for its purchase. I take shots (almost silently- no clicking/clanking/machine gun imitations) mainly for record/ID purposes.
Whilst the behaviour of the lone birder at the Woodlark nest should be condemned, as I understand it the 3 'suspicious' characters were genuine birders who were on public footpaths and meant no harm, one an RSPB warden. This has come from an excellent blog I follow.
You were utterly right to post John, but I just wanted to add this for the sake of clarity.
Cheers,
Jim.
Jim
I can assure you the 3 were NOT on a public footpath, they were seen looking into the area and almost certainly knew there were Woodlark present although this was denied to the police. It is generally well known that this particular area, which has no footpaths through it but can be viewed from footpaths, holds a pair of breeding birds. What were they doing there at 8.30 in the morning all with cameras? Elsewhere on the heath a ringed young bird was found recently that had probably been trodden on, just off a footpath. This is why we are asking people not to wander into the rough ground whilst recently fledged young are still around.
For interest, two young were colour ringed this evening.
John
www.kellingnature.zenfolio.com
Whilst I agree with most of what Josh has written, I have to disagree about photography, per se. I’m sure he means that particular sort, where every feather detail is delineated. It would seem to me that, far too often, many bird photographers are aiming for that result, when it's impossible to achieve without infringing one or more bits of one of the 'codes'.
However, to misquote Wordsworth, a good photo is an 'image recollected in tranquillity' and a piece of art in its own right- not just a documentation/illustration, fit for a (photo) field guide.
Two examples of what I would describe as beautifully artistic shots are those by David Bratt (Roller) and Oliver Reville (Rose-coloured Starling) in this week’s round-up from RBA.
I’m a ‘bird snapper’, with neither massive equipment nor prodigious outlay for its purchase. I take shots (almost silently- no clicking/clanking/machine gun imitations) mainly for record/ID purposes, occasionally aim for the artistic, and am generally satisfied with my commensurately modest product. In those below (of Yellow Horned Poppy Glaucium flavum at Salthouse), I haven’t even begun to count to 60,000.
I’m enjoying reading the blog from the Point: http://norfolkcoastnationaltrust.blogspot.co.uk/. It’s a shame about the loss of some of the Little Terns’ nests- but at least it was natural.
Re: Green Sandpipers, the attached might be of interest. No early spike in reporting rate (proportion of birders' lists featuring this species) and if anything, seems to be running a little late this year – like so many other things. These are the stats for all of Britain and Ireland but I had a look for the East of England and it's exactly the same story.
Jim
I can assure you the 3 were NOT on a public footpath, they were seen looking into the area and almost certainly knew there were Woodlark present although this was denied to the police. It is generally well known that this particular area, which has no footpaths through it but can be viewed from footpaths, holds a pair of breeding birds. What were they doing there at 8.30 in the morning all with cameras? Elsewhere on the heath a ringed young bird was found recently that had probably been trodden on, just off a footpath. This is why we are asking people not to wander into the rough ground whilst recently fledged young are still around.
For interest, two young were colour ringed this evening.
John
www.kellingnature.zenfolio.com
Technically all of Kelling Heath is open access land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act and you are not legally obliged to stick to public footpaths. However this isn't an acceptable excuse for recklessly disturbing Schedule 1 breeding species. Personally I think one of the contributing factors at Kelling is that there is an extensive network of informal tracks and paths throughout the site. If the vegetation could be allowed to grow up in places to close off some of these tracks, maybe more of the heath would be undisturbed.
Thanks, Nick (and to others that replied about the Green Sandpipers), very interesting and generally as I'd thought, although the numbers are still intriguing. This seems to suggest that they are early returnees for whatever reason, as the numbers of reports continue to increase from here on in. Failed breeders maybe?
I headed over to Weeting this morning - it was nice to see that both the stone curlews and spotted flys look to be having sucessful breeding years. Speaking to the chap there it seems that they have at least four stone curlew chicks on site.
And the aforementioned Roller photo, cropped 'as intended' (definitely a product of circumstance rather than artistic judgement).
some nice shots of the . . flycatcher!