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| − | In Gary James's post he mentions 500 Ravers? it's probably obvious but what's a raver? |
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| − | == "Ruined is a little strong, Captain Cry." (11th January 2012) == |
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| − | '''MODERATOR do you understand this ? This site is being ruined by garden bird sightings. '''''Ruined is a little strong, Captain Cry.'' |
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| − | <p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal;">Only thing ruining this site is the constant rude messages that are putting off a lot of regular posters who actually did report rare sightings.</p> |
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| − | <p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal;">Agreed. I'd suggest the person involved (1) calms down, (2) stops leaving anonymous and rude messages, and (3) develops a sense of proportion about this free, volunteer-run local bird news website. (Tom Smith)</p> |
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<p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal;">All news should be welcome on this community (ie not subscribed rarity email service) noticeboard. All levels of birders should be allowed to participate, and should be encouraged by others. Birding is not just ticking off rarities. (M Bournat)</p> |
<p style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: normal;">All news should be welcome on this community (ie not subscribed rarity email service) noticeboard. All levels of birders should be allowed to participate, and should be encouraged by others. Birding is not just ticking off rarities. (M Bournat)</p> |
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Revision as of 14:22, 30 March 2012
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All news should be welcome on this community (ie not subscribed rarity email service) noticeboard. All levels of birders should be allowed to participate, and should be encouraged by others. Birding is not just ticking off rarities. (M Bournat)
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Also, some common birds at certain sites can generate interest. Take a duck pond, for example, that hasn't had Moorhens present for 20 years. Then one day a Moorhen shows up out of nowhere and takes up residence. Hey presto, you have an interesting common bird. (Katy M.)
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I agree with all the comments on here and I found the comment under Robert's posting on 10th January particularly insulting. I do not know Robert personally but know that he has contributed thousands of valuable bird records to the LNHS since the 1980's - this includes many common birds and a good number of rarities, not forgetting a superb first for London in 2005.
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This is an interesting debate and I hope more people will contribute to it. for my part I mainly agree with the comments above but surely if you see a Moorhen at a site where there has been none for 20 years then this is indeed newsworthy and therefore requires an explanatory note. Otherwise if you have news about Wrens and Blue Tits then please put the Firecrests in bold.(Derek Turner)
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Hi all, as the moderator of this site I have posted some general guidance about what type of news should be posted on latest news so I don't propose to repeat myself. However I'm not the one who leaves unnecessary (and occasionally snide) comments when people have posted news that doesn't meet this criteria. This is a community website and I would like to see people treated as adults. Sometimes 'common birds' are unusual or even rare at a particular site but people should make this clear in their posting. Records such as "one Blue Tit in my garden" are not what this site is for - even the LNHS do not collect such trivial information. Andrewself 15:13, January 24, 2012 (UTC)