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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Perry Smale" data-source="post: 1601215" data-attributes="member: 14674">Hello Perry!I didn't get down for that Radde's, but it sounds like something it was better not to have been a part of to be honest. Maybe eventually the guy will come round, especially if he could be convinced that, if a field could be used for parking (thus solving any problems with blocked access), a significant amount of money could be raised for conservation, like at Portland this year when the Collared Fly was present. I don't know who the individuals were who misbehaved on this occasion (and this is obviously not the place to name and shame), but from what you are saying I probably know several of them and if they themselves are reading this they know who they are. Question is, do they regret their actions? Some are probably ignorant to the fact they were in the wrong in the first place. I would say that the situation on Sunday was different in that, on arrival at the site, it would have, and did, appear to any person arriving, that it was OK to be in the field in question, due to the relaxed atmosphere on site (it turned into a social event, with people standing around talking and reminiscing) and a lack of objections from anyone about going through the gate (which didn't even need to be climbed, just opened by lifting a loop of twine, just like you find on public footpaths).Anyway, enough of all that "what if" ing. The clock can't be turned back. Sorry things turned out that way, but it goes on all over the country. I suppose this sort of thing explains why no birder is obliged to release news of any bird, mega or not.Cheers and good birdingPerry (the other one!)</blockquote>

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