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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelBlimp" data-source="post: 1265057" data-attributes="member: 63179">I was in a hide at Arne a while back, and it was nice and peaceful, with quite a few waders on the scrape in front.Suddenly presumably a local group steams in, all with Swaro's etc., and it is like Piccadilly. I have never heard such noise in a hide-contrasted with me, who turns pale if my bag drops on the floor. Goodbye birds on the scrape.Then, the ostensible leader points out a "Whimbrel". This was at a distance of about a kilometre, with a ton of heat haze, and via my scope at 45x, there was bugger-all difference visible between that and the curlews it was associating with. But I don't know, I guess he must have had the new Swaro EL's with their new magic IDing powers!</blockquote>