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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nightranger" data-source="post: 1230382" data-attributes="member: 64473"><p>I can't find it in my heart to fault birder's eccentricities of any kind given I think we forget that birding has its internal levels of participation as much as anything else. I have seen (and heard) some of the wierdest things over the years and whilst nothing surprises me anymore, a good deal amuses me. From dudes in leopard skin trousers and yellow raincoats to name-dropping hardcore birders at red-footed falcon twitches. On the other hand, non-birders in and around nature reserves is a recipe for disaster. I don't mean unruly kids in hides because we all have to start somewhere but dog-walkers who seem to know where they are but don't care...drunk and stoned teenagers taking over hides and making no-go areas of reserves such as Eastwood and The Spinnies. However, nothing that irritates when out birding can compare to the irritation of not being able to go birding in the first place. Now if only I had a garden...</p></blockquote><p></p>