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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SueBryan" data-source="post: 1488486" data-attributes="member: 6836">Hi Steve and JosThanks for your points and I do partly accept and agree with what you say. However I also believe in education and I think it is important to get the general public (and birders) on board. By showing people in a well managed and interesting way it is possible to raise awareness how important these threatened birds are to everyone. Perhaps not quite the same but I am sure you can draw similarities, just think how successful some of the RSPB/NWT showcase reserves (Loch Garten, Weeting etc) have been in making the general public aware of some of our birds. This is then the opportunity of talking to people about endangered birds, rather than turning them away.We were, by the way, stood well away from the cliff and were in no way any where near the birds.Best wishesSue</blockquote>