DanC.Licks
AKA Daniel Bradley
I spent a dreary, drizzly day on Helgoland this last summer taking pictures, mostly of the spectacularly beautiful Gannets. What wonderful flying machines they are! Pure delight to behold.
However.....all is not well on the cliffs. The birds love to collect this stuff for their nests,
and even fight over it.
The consequences can be seen all over.
You certainly can't blame the birds for wanting to collect this stuff, and I guess you can't blame the farmers and the fishermen for using it in the first place, and even if they were more careful, enough would get lost to be a problem. Also, the cliffs there are very dangerous, and it would be impossible to clean them every few years or so to at least get rid of some of it. The people who work there as guides, bird counters, etc are also upset by it, but they can't do anything either. Sad, but what to do?
End of rant.
However.....all is not well on the cliffs. The birds love to collect this stuff for their nests,
and even fight over it.
The consequences can be seen all over.
You certainly can't blame the birds for wanting to collect this stuff, and I guess you can't blame the farmers and the fishermen for using it in the first place, and even if they were more careful, enough would get lost to be a problem. Also, the cliffs there are very dangerous, and it would be impossible to clean them every few years or so to at least get rid of some of it. The people who work there as guides, bird counters, etc are also upset by it, but they can't do anything either. Sad, but what to do?
End of rant.