Liz,I am sure the shotgun brigade from where ever they come from couldn`t care less what comes into range, this `binning` of their prey has been going on for years, I listen to them on unguarded moments and they talk away about what they `bag`. I have talked to the local bird reserve many times and that has proved to be a useless exercise, it is not that they don`t care, it is sheer despair at anything ever going to be done.
The country lads in our area almost to a man seem to see this as part of their culture, not in the least perturbed about shooting birds, too bad if the odd rare bird is blasted along with the local Mallard, that is the impossible situation that confronts the conservationists.