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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pitvar" data-source="post: 1846138" data-attributes="member: 74359">This thread has similarities from one that's been running on a certain well known Manchester based forum - so to reiterate a few points: I'm with Marcus and the others in that:[a] there is no excuse for the specific individual concerned in this terrible incident BUT I'd prepared my family for the 2.5 hour tourist trip [which lands for an hour] by insisting everyone had a hat or a hood as protection against the terns because I knew what to expect - some people do visit Inner Farne who do not know what the experience is going to beThere may have been some small print somewhere; but on our boat last week there were a number of non birders, who I helped with IDs on the way out and to whom I explained about the defensive action to expect from the Terns. You can't blame the tourist types who fall for the array of marketing pitches on the harbour approach and you can't blame the boat operators for wanting to maximise their income [and they probably have something printed on the T&Cs] but what WILL happen is that people will land amongst the Terns and be totally unprepared. Just have to hope there are no more who act in such an unbelievable fashion...</blockquote>