photographers

[Keith Ryan]

I expect I'm going to be pilloried again but I'm going to have to bring the subject up. This morning I was driving past Saltholme and noticed two photographers standing within a couple of feet from a nesting Great-crested Grebe. The bird was obviously distressed by the closeness of these people but they obviously had to get their photo,.Now I expect to hear from photogrophers saying the bird always comes first!. I'm afraid that's just not true in certain cases.

[Ad D]

keith, i could not agree more with u! speaking as a photographer, i would not dream of getting that close to a nest! especially, when it is a bird that is so easilly diestressed!

[IanF]

I saw a guy doing the same on Friday - though it did look more like an opportunist with either a camera phone or small compact camera.

[simonduck]

although most photographers are sensible the odd few have to go that little bit too far..is this why the mute swan has moved from the nest near the layby???

[IanF]

although most photographers are sensible the odd few have to go that little bit too far..is this why the mute swan has moved from the nest near the layby???

Maybe though about a week ago when they were still nesting I did see a fox one evening on the roadside verge peering straight at the nest. I don't kjnow whther it was the antics of the cob or maybe my presence in the layby that encouraged it to leave the scene crossing the road to the east side.

[Keith Ryan]

I drove past the Great-crested Grebe nest yesterday and today, it's deserted!

[IanF]

I drove past the Great-crested Grebe nest yesterday and today, it's deserted!

One was still sitting on the nest at 4.00pm today! The Swans nest is deserted though maybe it's the same pair that have relocated further along the pool - people were still pulling up beside it and standing over it this afternoon.