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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
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I did follow the links and found its an umbrella group to encompass all the other groups working in the field of countryside, biodiversity, Bat protection, Badger population control, and many more groups, it is however directly responsible directly to the Secretary of State.
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Originally Posted by gpick24
I agree with you Dave, and as far as i`m concerned, if i`m there i`ve already done the disturbing (accidentally), what harm does taking a photograph make.
I`ve read on other sites that the sound of a cameras shutter is enough to scare off a kingfisher, yet i`ve heard locally that one of the best places to see them is under the M65 motorway bridge, doesn`t really make a lot of sense.
I suppose it`s down to what they are used to. If you are on a well walked path, they are used to seeing people so you aren`t disturbing them. If you go somewhere a bit more secluded (Hyndburn Brook spring to mind), that`s when you may be causing an issue.
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I know of one haunt of the kingfisher that lives within an area set aside for paint-ball activity, yet maintains a hole in the bank despite all the noise and excess paint balls littering the "battle ground", another is a man made structure right next to a footpath, so perhaps they are a more robust species than we think. As you walk a lot of the same regions as I do perhaps these are the ones you are also referring too.
Without getting into a rant about the countryside and the policing that occurs to keep it that way, no one as far as I know has ever attempted to stop the motorbike scramblers that disturb more than kingfisher nests, and are active on more public footpaths as time moves on, yet the damage does not get challenged, and is more destructive to the biodiversity than I ever would tip toeing up to a kingfisher nest to take a photograph. Something I think I have a legal right to do. Right pre-rant over, I must now post my pictures before I run out of time.