1066 is the name given to the wetland north of the B4016 between Drayton and Sutton Courtenay. This is a private site with no public access but more importantly has vulnerable breeding birds prone to disturbance. Despite this, several people have been noted walking down to the waters edge. We have received an appeal from the landowner for birders to view only from the road and on no account enter the field. Please adhere to this request. The water levels of this fabulous piece of habitat are managed specifically for birds and we do not want to upset the landowner and risk jeopardizing the continued maintenance of this valuable site. So for the sake of the birds please keep out. Obviously not every birder in the county will see this message so if you visit 1066 and see someone going where they’ve been asked not to, please point out the error of their ways.
Thanks
Ian
I have noted people wandering around trying to find 1066. More info. May stop this as then people will know where they are and not need to stray
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ReplyDeleteNo offence but it can't really be any simpler than that. Wood sand was easily seen from the road today.
Further to Ian's post, I think it's also worth
ReplyDeletepointing out that any displays of 'bad' fieldcraft by birders and/or photographers to anyone's beloved local patch, may in the future
result in a reluctance to share bird news with the wider birding community...
It's not just wayward birders here. I was watching 1066 (from the road)today, wed 18th, when a chap with a metal detector was wandering about between the wire fence and the waters edge happily digging away for his treasures. I tried to attract his attention but he could not hear me as he was wearing earphones
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