Baillons Crake - bad behaviour
Sadly some bad behaviour by a small minority.
The Baillon's Crake on Malltraeth Marsh RSPB reserve has attracted a lot of interest as any mega rare bird would. The majority of birders/twitchers have behaved well on site and been content with hearing the bird from an area opened up by the RSPB especially for visitiors keen to the hear the bird.
The derelict buildings on the site are strictly out of bounds to all but sad to report at least four twitchers have climbed the dangerous building and not only that have used tape lures to see the bird while those who followed RSPB advice heard it but did not see the bird. What gives these idiots the right to ignore advice of the landowners and trespass? This behaviour will surely result in future rare birds being suppressed at this site, and likely other RSPB reserves. Thanks very much you inconsiderate idiots!
If information is correct the situation is made worse by these same people being involved in national bird information services, they are paid staff, and these same services say "bird is impossible to see" which of course is correct if you respect on site directions from the RSPB landowner!
And people complain about suppression? No wonder with people like this in the birding community! If you see people out of line, not just here, but at any twitch please speak up and try and stop this minority from yet again tarring birding/twitching with a bad name.