ClaireBear82
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I have always done bits of birdwatching but due to time I'm inexperienced in actively birdwatching. I am looking to change that and have just purchased my first scope which I used for the first time at Leighton moss yesterday. I found the reserve to be amazing and really enjoyed the walk round and the staff were absolutely brilliant and really helpful. I was just very disappointed with the majority of other birders on the reserve. I just found them to be really really unfriendly and the more sort of serious birders they seemed to be the more unfriendly they were. It left me feeling really out of place in the hides and like i shouldn't have been there. I just thought that experienced birders would welcome new ones. Apart from that I really enjoyed the day especially watching the marsh harriers.
I just really hope that this is a one off as I would hate to be put off before i've really begun.
I just really hope that this is a one off as I would hate to be put off before i've really begun.