Yorkshire Birding (2 Viewers)

[Mike Richardson]

Must be a slow news day. BBC Look North has just showed a feature about the RF Falcon at Tophill. Apparently ‘this rare Russian visitor has had Bird Spotters in a flap’! Nice. If only the news crew had been there yesterday! (Thank God they wern't!)

 

[Pete Mella]

A bit on the Yorks Post website about the RFF - http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Pictures-Twitchers39-treat-as-redfooted.4515216.jp

Over the the weekend, crowds flocked to the reserve as word spread on bird watching websites. They were rewarded with a number of sightings until 6pm on Sunday.

Not sure there were really any "flocked crowds" - although I think our assembled party may have artificially swelled the numbers!

 

[birdieboy123]

Watch the Look North report here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7629575.stm

 

[Martin Standley]

Martin, i heard about this person who obviously didn't give any consideration to other birders present at all - it p*ss*d a lot of people off - do you know his name? we should post it here - maybe he will take the hint then!

Andy R

Hi Andy

I don't really want to get into a finger pointing excercise, but if he reads this thread maybe he will realise the error of his ways!

 

[Marcus Conway - ebirder]

New thread started here http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1294812#post1294812 for the november meet...

 

[andy r]

Hi Andy

I don't really want to get into a finger pointing excercise, but if he reads this thread maybe he will realise the error of his ways!

Hi Martin, apparently a few people had a word with him at the weekend, so maybe he will have taken this on board and if not he may have read this threat - if he continues to do it, i may have to take things further

 

[ColonelBlimp]

Watch the Look North report here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7629575.stm

I think the general subtext of that report at least from the presenter is "Birders...what saddos!"

I also think the birders present wouldn't have been too chuffed by the programme being filmed from inside the hide...

 

[666taz]

Hi Den got the Hobby but not the greatest pic but will do for now got some nice Egrets shots though so pretty happy see you again Phill

 

[KnockerNorton]

I think the general subtext of that report at least from the presenter is "Birders...what saddos!"

I also think the birders present wouldn't have been too chuffed by the programme being filmed from inside the hide...

I thought it was pretty good actually, and quite balanced - a good piece of rare lengthy publicity for Tophill reserve. Some of the bits were indeed pretty 'sad', such as the Xmas day thing and the wilful disturbance, but it was an accurate reflection of what some people are like around rare birds. If the caps fits then let them wear it. Maybe next time they'll not go trying to flush things!

Why would filming inside a hide upset birders? Unless they think they personally have priority over everyone else? The warden was there, after all.

 

[Pete Mella]

I think the general subtext of that report at least from the presenter is "Birders...what saddos!"

I also think the birders present wouldn't have been too chuffed by the programme being filmed from inside the hide...

Just got round to watching that! It makes me feel extra lucky to have seen it when it reappeared on Sunday!

I like how the report didn't mention umpteen have been seen across the country all summer, and I'm sure at a proper big twitch they wouldn't get chance to commandeer the hide that overlooks the bird's regular perch...

And if they're going to the "well it looks just like a kestrel to me..." eye-rolling stuff, they should really do a feature on those getting excited about Pallas's Grasshopper Warblers and Semi-collared Flycatchers recently

 

[Marcus Conway - ebirder]

I imagine it's a Yorkshire Water promoted article. Was the bloke in the hide with the diagnostic mass murderer shaded spectacles and St Michael beige jacket the legendary knockernorton?

 

[ColonelBlimp]

I thought it was pretty good actually, and quite balanced - a good piece of rare lengthy publicity for Tophill reserve. Some of the bits were indeed pretty 'sad', such as the Xmas day thing and the wilful disturbance, but it was an accurate reflection of what some people are like around rare birds. If the caps fits then let them wear it. Maybe next time they'll not go trying to flush things!

Why would filming inside a hide upset birders? Unless they think they personally have priority over everyone else? The warden was there, after all.

I agree it wasn't as bad as it could have been (at least they didn't say those immortal words "Twitchers have been flocking..."!) but I really don't see, for example, how the Christmas day 'anecdote' fitted in to the falcon sighting.

Also, it would rather irritate me if I was in a hide and suddenly there was filming, birders generally having priority in hides. But my irritation would not exactly be on "machnie-gun-them-all" levels exactly-there are more important things to worry about in life!

 

[KnockerNorton]

I imagine it's a Yorkshire Water promoted article. Was the bloke in the hide with the diagnostic mass murderer shaded spectacles and St Michael beige jacket the legendary knockernorton?

at a twitch, with the masses, in the rain? Wash your mouth out. I was colouring in more Hobbies with black and orange felt tips and releasing them for you to chase.

 

[KnockerNorton]

[/QUOTE]I agree it wasn't as bad as it could have been (at least they didn't say those immortal words "Twitchers have been flocking..."!) but I really don't see, for example, how the Christmas day 'anecdote' fitted in to the falcon sighting. [/QUOTE]

I think it was an aside on the lengths some people go to for things like that, following on from the warden describing the bad behaviour at the RFF.

[/QUOTE]Also, it would rather irritate me if I was in a hide and suddenly there was filming, birders generally having priority in hides. But my irritation would not exactly be on "machnie-gun-them-all" levels exactly-there are more important things to worry about in life![/QUOTE]

priority over who?! anyone without Leicas or a life list? Nature reserves are egalitarian, nobody has a priority over anyone else, and as long as everyone follows the rules of the reserve then I don't have a problem

 

[Marcus Conway - ebirder]

at a twitch, with the masses, in the rain? Wash your mouth out. I was colouring in more Hobbies with black and orange felt tips and releasing them for you to chase.

Oh well. I was also hoping you were on the boat trip keeping a sageful eye on us.

 

[mikejack82]

at a twitch, with the masses, in the rain? Wash your mouth out. I was colouring in more Hobbies with black and orange felt tips and releasing them for you to chase.

That is legend!
What a quote!!!
Well done KN, keep 'em coming!

Oh yeah, welcome to page #200

 

[Lawts]

Wath Ings?

Report on Birdguides from Wath Ings - where is Wath Ings (Pec. present today)?

I thought the common names being used now were Broomhill Flash, Wombwell Ings and Old Moor.

Also, does anyone know how to work the Brickworks pond, and where is Manvers? - The latter may be what the locals call Old Moor.

Thanks.

 

[James Thomas]

From wiki

Manvers Main Colliery was a coal mine, sunk on land belonging to the Earl Manvers and was situated on the northern edge of the township of Wath-upon-Dearne, between that town and Mexborough, in the Dearne Valley South Yorkshire, England. Within the complex was the Regional headquarters and laboratories of British Coal.

Manvers was, in fact, a complex of collieries, the original sinkings being known as "Old Manvers", the later sinkings as "New Manvers", and a coke and by-products plant. The first shaft was sunk in the late 1800s and this was followed by the second shaft, sunk between 1900 and 1901 and later a third shaft was added.

 

[Hotspur]

3 Pec Sands on swine Moor - if they stick about until friday i may have a gander.

 

[Keith Dickinson]

where's swine moor?