Sunday morning was a similar story with a good Hirundine passage and a Hobby following them through. No Buzzards today but 2 Cuckoos showed up with one heard calling distantly at first, then one turned up around Fingers and the distant one came over to see what was going on and got seen off by the other one. The Lesser Whitethroat was singing in the car park first thing and the one by the play area was singing with a Common Whitethroat the other side of the play area.
And now the reason for that title!
There are several areas, around the park, that are fenced off. There is a good reason for this, some of the wildlife needs a bit of peace and quiet, especially at this time of year when most animals and birds are trying to breed. Why do I mention this, well I had a chat with a guy who was standing the other side of one of the fences this morning, picking mushrooms. I wasn't too bothered by this but his dog was also the other side of the fence, running up and down in front of Kramer hide barking it's head off. When I asked the guy if he might get his dog out of the this area as it was fenced off for the wildlife my request was met with total in action and a statement that his dog was under control and was having fun. I do not doubt the point about the dog having fun but "under control", I think not. There are places in the park for dogs to run and play and there are places where they should not be. Please take heed of signs and fences around the park, there are plenty of areas where dogs can run around, off lead, please stick to those and leave the wildlife in peace.
The volunteer group were out in the park today, removing an old fence along the new path at the entrance to the park. This fence ran along one side of the plantation, not actually fencing it off as access could be gained around either end. This has now been removed and the posts will be reused for other projects around the park. Thanks to everyone who turned out to today, another job well done.
2 comments:
Unruly dogs (and people) are the main reason I rarely visit the park these days.
There needs to be more enforcement of the rules but I think that most of the problems are caused by people very unlikely to read this blog. The rangers need to get out there and enforce the rules. Roy was always out on patrol and ready to speak to people.
It's a real shame that you have been driven out of the park by this sort of behaviour. The Rangers have prosecuted an owner for dog fowling this year and I was really hoping that would have an effect on other owners but it seems not. As you say those people are unlikely to read this blog but if we don't express our displeasure somewhere things will never change. Incidentally, saw the same individual this week cycling through the Finger lakes with his dog off the lead. He had passed the sign asking that dogs be on a lead and for no cycling in that area!
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