Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
A plea
When I started birding thirty-odd years ago one of the first things I learned was to close the shutters in a hide when I left. Two reasons; leaving them open could let the rain in and then you have wet seats and shelf, and leaving them open could cause birds near the hide to be startled when the door is opened.
Nowadays it seems the norm to leave the shutters open. It only takes a second or two to shut them, so please do !!
When I started birding thirty-odd years ago one of the first things I learned was to close the shutters in a hide when I left. Two reasons; leaving them open could let the rain in and then you have wet seats and shelf, and leaving them open could cause birds near the hide to be startled when the door is opened.
Nowadays it seems the norm to leave the shutters open. It only takes a second or two to shut them, so please do !!