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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Farnboro John" data-source="post: 3246367" data-attributes="member: 36432">You live in Britain but don't acknowledge that the rich can cause more and worse conservation problems than the poor?There are some fair points being made on here. It would benefit birders immensely to have early access to many reserves they can't get onto until the birding day is at least half over - Minsmere springs to mind at once. However, there are many RSPB reserves where access is 24/7, so its not a policy issue, and it would be interesting to hear the RSPB reasoning.Personally I liked Lodmoor when you could roam all over it, and although the RSPB has saved it from the council's intended fate, there was no real reason why management and access couldn't have continued as they were. I confess to being very worried indeed about the RSPB's involvement at Pagham, and if previous access were to be in any way reduced I would happily join a mass trespass. So far no problem, as far as I know....Obviously their architects should be fired, preferably from a large calibre gun. The visual awfulness of the Rainham and Forsinard centres are unmatchable. I agree the modern hides are awful, the stools are crap, they squeak and are uncomfortable and there aren't enough of them, the winding mechanisms for the huge glass windows are a pain in the proverbial and should be replaced with wooden shutters that open wide enough for the biggest of telephoto lenses and also constitute something to rest them on. If Joe Public isn't comfortable, he can naff off and leave the place to hardened birders.But the bottom line is that they are the biggest single conservation lobby in Britain, and if you had any doubt about the need for that, this week should have removed it. Any birder who is not a member should be ashamed of themselves.John</blockquote>

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