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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wolduS G" data-source="post: 3284526" data-attributes="member: 131554"><p>Alan, in response to your reply, yes you are correct that the only people who knew the location of the bird were my friend and I, we did not ask for help in identification of the bird, indeed it was another forum member who asked for your help in identification of the bird, on your recommendation we did not disclose the locality of the sighting, as far as the other person seeing the bird the following day that is also not true as we did not disclose the location to anyone. we decided not to disclose the location at the time as we were not aware of the significance of the sighting, and then as you say the forum post deteriorated into a row, We acted on advice given and then gave as much evidence as possible to the County recorder to help in identification, what we did not approve of were certain individuals who tried to get us to divulge the information of the sighting for their own gain. and who would not accept our decision.</p></blockquote><p></p>