Sorry if this topic has been covered before. I have been reading with interest some opinions on local websites about birders disturbing owls. It seems that some birders are fairly pissed off with the activities of other birders when they go out hunting for roosting owls. There seems to be an argument that a lot of the time birders seem to forget about the welfare of the birds in order to get that 'all important' year tick. At the same time I have also heard other birders say that it's no big deal - if the owls were really bothered by the intrusion why would they keep coming back to the same roost sites - they could always move to a more inaccessible spot.
My local Rare Bird Alert doesn't report owls (apart from diurnal ones) although the ones in local states often do. Just wondered whether owls get reported on the UK versions of the bird alerts and whether people felt that the disturbance does the birds any real harm.
Luke
My local Rare Bird Alert doesn't report owls (apart from diurnal ones) although the ones in local states often do. Just wondered whether owls get reported on the UK versions of the bird alerts and whether people felt that the disturbance does the birds any real harm.
Luke