foresttwitcher
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Hopefully common sense will deter the rule breakers!:C
But unfortunately it doesn't in some cases.
Hopefully common sense will deter the rule breakers!:C
This is interesting, conversation has been had about how the bird news services could withold information without breaking a contract, they may have found a way but not sure it will ever be tested?
I've put the interesting bit in bold but the bit in red seems to completely undo their original statement?
Whilst it is not possible to travel for birding at this time, we are adapting the RBA news service to be more relevant to the current situation. We will report on the birds that it may be possible to see from your garden, your window, or as you walk around your neighbourhood.
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But, and on this I wish to be quite clear, we do not want, nor will we wittingly disseminate news sourced from anyone not following Government advice concerning travel or social distancing. Please remember, the current advice on distancing is to only mix with members of your own household.
ie if I, while responsibly socially isolating myself in my back garden, and I find an American Robin amongst the usual suspects, will RBA put the news out? If eg the news of the AR is disseminated only to subscribers living in walking distance, news of an AR in Norfolk would soon flood social media so one would have to assume not. I guess RBA will make case by case decisions using their experience as to value of bird v distance birder will travel for said bird - ie no one is going to be travelling to twitch common birds/migrants so it would be safe to disseminate news (and safe to disseminate very rare bird news from Obs/Islands which are all but inaccessible to non-staffers/locals anyway.)
Releasing exact whereabouts of any major (or even all) rarities is going to possibly lead to a temptation to some to 'misbehave', or may just 'look bad' overall...
Even if people can't get out, there s a massive interest in knowing what is out there and vicarious pleasure in seeing how spring progresses.
People are still interpreting the guidelines to suit themselves.
When asked to clarify the rules, an expert on the 'Beeb' said that driving anywhere for non essential reasons is out. The police are now using drones at some places so if you want to bend and test the rules, don't expect a whip round to help pay your fine. The time is close to seeing examples being made of rule breakers to deter others.
Maybe you misunderstood me but that’s what I was saying! I conclude that they wouldn’t put the news out if it’s of a bird people are likely to travel ie a rarity (unless its news from Obs/islands.) I was just clarifying the possible confusion raised by Andy
(and obviously my point also applies if released news would result in 15 local birders bunched together on ladders peering over the garden wall - even if they walked there to do it )
I was agreeing with you, and maybe expanding a tad
This is why no rare bird news is being released in the Netherlands and Belgium.Releasing exact whereabouts of any major (or even all) rarities is going to possibly lead to a temptation to some to 'misbehave', or may just 'look bad' overall.
It’s a good effort and RBA should be commended.
yes, it's 100 times better than the perception of them yesterday!
Thanks Rich, that's reassuring! I don't even have broadband at home, our village went from totally useless speeds too to having fibre a couple of years ago, but I like to separate work from home, don't watch much telly, and could look stuff up on the phone on 4G if I really needed to.
Sorry KB. We’ve just had our slot cancelled. Back to painfully slow Broadband. Not the end of the world but very difficult for us both to work from home.
Rich
Good stuff KB. I thinks it commendable they’re putting their staffs safety first.That's bad luck, sorry to hear that - but I actually got mine fitted yesterday. Engineer phoned to say he might not be able to do it as not allowed inside properties, but he'd call and see if there was a workaround. Fortunately there was.
Nearest terminal is on a telegraph pole about 30m away, which connects to my phone line on the external living room wall. He replaced that with a fibre cable, while I took the old phone terminal off the wall and pulled what was left of the old wire through. I drilled out the old hole and he passed the new cable through. Wearing a new pair of disposable work gloves I fortunately had, and a Buff pulled up over my nose and mouth, I passed the end of the cable out to him to fit the terminal in the garden (whilst wearing disposable gloves), which he then left outside my patio door for me to collect.
At no time were we closer than 3m, he didn't enter the house, and we didn't touch the same surfaces with ungloved hands. It's not the neatest installation - I have about 2m of cable pulled through the wall, with the boxes resting on the floor - but I'm on a list for an engineer to call and tidy it up when this is over. Absolutely top class service from Openreach - an hour later I was having a videoconference meeting that I was originally meant to drive to Kent for!
The tv schedulers are having a laugh, I recorded a movie called 'Contagion' the other night.......
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/
'Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies later the same day. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection. They must first identify the type of virus in question and then find a means of combating it, a process that will likely take several months. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic.'.............presumably, buying all the toilet rolls they could find.
Quite a highly rated film apparently. I haven't watched it yet. Its Wikipedia entry says: "The film received renewed popularity during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic."
Hopefully common sense will deter the rule breakers!:C