We, the high and mighty of this blog have decided to remove the photographs of Dartford Warbler.
Considering the recent episode of photographing this schedule 1 species during breeding season.
We welcome all quality photographs of birds etc. but it was decided to remove these.
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They didn't even get a pint in let alone say hello last night.A few nightjars has a whole different meaning to some.
People who live in glass houses should ever throw stones as it never went unnoticed that we too were 'blanked',none the less we enjoyed our 'nightjars' both in the pub and at the forestry,with very close views of one displaying bird and several others heard.
Dear Bertie (and anyone else for that matter to whom it may concern),
This blog has a number of rules (not many I grant you) but the following two are non-negotiable:
1)Pictures taken in the UK or Ireland between March and June of species on Schedule One of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (or of Long-eared Owl, Nightjar or Black Grouse) will be removed. A list of Schedule 1 species can be found on the BTO website.
2)Please don't upload more than two pictures (Jeff) of the same bird - unless the pictures are markedly different or show different aspects of the bird's identification or the birds's mis-identification (delete as appropriate - Jeff again!).
Several years ago we pointed out the error of posting pictures of Schedule I birds during the breeding season on another website. We were widely criticised for pointing out simple facts and the picture in question even went on to win a local prize as 'picture of the month'. One of the main points that we made was that it sets a very poor example for the 'less informed', and from what we have seen this year I would suggest that the example set a few years ago could arguably be used to defend the taking of such shots now! However, on this blog we will not accept such shots, infact if we get anymore we'll just pass them on to the 'fuzz'. How's that?
PS Talking of the blind leading the blind; sorry Clive we didn't see you, otherwise we'd have bought you a bag of scratching and a shandy bass.
Sorry, but that should read:
1) Pictures taken in the UK or Ireland between March and AUGUST of species on Schedule One of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (or of Long-eared Owl, Nightjar or Black Grouse) will be removed. A list of Schedule 1 species can be found on the BTO website.
See I told you, blind! Can't even get the rules right!
Hi Nige,
Point taken but since when has there been a limit of two photos of the same bird,it always used to be three !!
Sorry Jeff, you (and you only) can of course completely ignore the non-negotiable Rule 2 as previously arranged (but only you). This means that Rule 2 should read:
2)Please don't upload more than two pictures (except Jeff, who can upload three because he's special) of the same bird - unless the pictures are markedly different (only Jeff can ignore this - he usually does) or show different aspects of the bird's identification (only Jeff can do this - he usually does).
Happy now?
Totally !!
Are Nightjars schedule 1 ?
I know, just curious as to why they are on the list, its way beyond the skills of most to find them to photograph anyway
Because if those without the 'skills' (by which I suppose you mean the ability to roll a spliff, walk across uneven ground and still correctly identify all at once) do take it upon themselves to go 'looking' for these birds without the 'necessary herbal accoutrements' then the mayhem they will almost certainly cause hacking around looking for this ground nester to photograph is reason enough to put them on the banned list. This is clearly just one more example of why drugs should be legalised.
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