Pete Mella
Getting there...
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You would have to be very careful about how you questioned them about it ... eg don't ask them to describe what the jizz was like....
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colonelboris
Right way up again
Robin stroking...?
Nightranger
Senior Moment
Unfortunately (and there is a serious side to this despite some excellent takes on this thread), there is a lot more going on behind this story than meets the eye. There have even been cases where hides have had to be closed because of this kind of activity. It is not so much the adult v adult side of this because I guess a lot of us birders know we could happen across all sorts of weird activity (I certainly have) when we are out pursuing our interests but what happens if a family party blunders into one of the hides. I am not sure if LWT and the RSPB deliberately chose to help the humorous side of this issue in the press but I know several reserve wardens who are extremely troubled by this behaviour and its sometimes more sinister overtones.
In the meantime, how about walking in and asking if there are any great tits in view?
DunnoKev
Guest
Dan, the full species list was Swift, Ruff, Shag.. And Clive, don't think we didn't suss that reply- fnarr fnarr.
Peter C.
...just zis guy, you know?
Some hide ... I have to wonder what they're smoking/popping/injecting at the Mail ... isn't that the "veranda" at Asa Wright?
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NoSpringChicken
Well-known member
It's all the cigarettes 'afterwards' which annoy me. :smoke:
Ron
Ron
dantheman
Bah humbug
...Someone had to go and lower the tone......
I guess they thought that if they tried to be too harsh they would get critiscised, at least the hides are not being physically damaged (we assume) as they would be if it were groups of delinquent teenagers using the hides to smoke drugs and practise arson in .....
Are we talking nocturnal activities here or daytime ones where people are also enjoying the prospect of possibly getting caught?? (I hear that's a turn on too). If the latter, then of course in todays digi age a few pics of the offenders (distasteful as the idea sounds? ) could rain on their parade, even lead to prosecutions.... so get snapping folks :t: . (You can even make good money apparently if the quality is good enough ....)
At any rate, given the recent free publicity, I imagine the incidences of such unseemly behaviours will be on the up in the area...?
Anyway, hides are for watching birds from, or occasionally kipping in, and it should remain that way.
Xenospiza
Distracted
I am truly surprised the Mail didn't imply foreigners were doing this.
In Belgium, "birding" means "having sex" – so "These hides are meant for birding..." is an open invitation.
Most hides are of course useless for twitching: if something rare finally turns up that has to be watched from a hide, they are always too small and too full of pensioners having their lunch.
In Belgium, "birding" means "having sex" – so "These hides are meant for birding..." is an open invitation.
Most hides are of course useless for twitching: if something rare finally turns up that has to be watched from a hide, they are always too small and too full of pensioners having their lunch.
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