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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jane Turner" data-source="post: 1718243" data-attributes="member: 4350">There would have been 10k waders on the beach which were instead "aerial roosting", the other users were keeping to the promenade edge.... and what about the lark?Oh the photos were taken seconds apart, as they closed in on the flock.  If you look closely at the oinks - though they are facing into the stiff northerly wind (to keep warm) most of them are looking at the approaching photographers.  The other 2500 Oystercatchers were already in flight.edit: that sounds harsh.  There is a chance that these people are just inexperienced.  That was my thinking when I posted initially.  I was angry because I expect Joe public not to act in the best interest of the roosting waders (though on the whole Joe public does behave very well), but birders should.  I since learned that they immediately went off and did something even more inexcusable thing a mile or so away.  This time when the impact they were having was explained.  They could still just be a bit stupid, but that's when i decided it was important to find out who they wereNow if it turns out they are actually well established photographers and have previous for disturbing rare breeding birds, then I think the world should know about it.</blockquote>