The Good the bad and the down right Ugly

Hi folke's as you are aware, I have been keeping an eye on the the nest and things happening around the Reservoir and Canal and Netherton Hill for some time and again with camera in hand I went down again today but the weather wasn't playing ball today and it started to rain, but I can report I saw about 30 swallows all flying over the Reservoir in zigzag patterns, obviously feeding, and what a sight it was indeed and I turned to my left and saw the One set of grebes mating I think and the other set adding to their nest but no eggs as of yet, the coots nests sites are now five instead of three and a coot nest was spotted by myself over the canal, I haven't seen the geese and their babies nor the ducks and their ducklings, but Dudley's canal number two is very long so they could be anywhere, the Cows and the Horses are doing fine over by Netherton Hill, but again no sign of the Heron, Ill now show you the shots, I have taken over previous days of the Grebes building their nest, they are not the best shot as I stand where they cant see me as not to disturb them, so they are taken through a tree lol, so here they are,

 Grebe building its nest

 as you can Grebes don't build the biggest nests in the world

 Grebe on its nest, while the other grebe is close by 

As with anything in life, there is always signs of the bad things this world has to offer, so it is with regret, I have to show you these photos and it is with regret, I even have to write this and I have debated with myself as to even mention it on this blog, but I feel I must.

It was my best friend who got my into photography, to get away from things going on in my life and ppl who maybe selfish at times and to get my fitness back, and I have to admit for a long while, I forgot what I had around, because, as with, us all, we all lead busy lives, I cant make ppl, like or appreciate what's around or enjoy what I do, but I can protest to mindless vandalism, mindless selfishness and anything else you can think of that's bad, all in the name of fishing, now I'm not saying all fishermen are bad because they are not, I have spoken to them on many occasion and used their knowledge to know what's unusual and whats normal, where to look and where not to look, but for all  the nicer ones out there, there are a few that will give the Fisherman bad names.

For weeks now, I have notice something quite strange and just couldn't get why it had been done, as I have been walking around the reservoir over the pass few weeks, I have notice racing pigeons not wood pigeon's being strung up by their necks and tied on to various areas around the reservoir, first of all its not a nice sight, but the question was WHY??

As you can see the Pigeon is hanging up in the top left corner of the shot, at first I thought it was to protect the nests as they seemed to be hanging every where a nest was, but some wasn't, yes my friends there is more than one place, this has happened, so the one morning I asked a couple of fishermen why this was happening, they at first came up with, what I thought, to protect the nests, then the one said unless they are hanging them to rot and then the maggots drop into the water, now this made more sense has most of the fishermen, fish over this side of the reservoir, the following morning I return to the reservoir again to check on the nests, at this same spot there was two fishermen all ready down by this nest, first I smelt smoke and next i heard someone digging I carried on down to check on this nest, I could see they was up to no good and left, as I was on my own and it was early in the morning.

I didn't return to the Reservoir for a few days but when I did, I was sickened at the sight those two fishermen had left behind, two holes had been cut into the clay so they could have a bbq, then all these trees hacked down, but they did leave something behind for me, to prove who these guys are.

So here's what they did, maybe you don't find it too bad, maybe these fishermen have rights to do it, I'm really not sure, but I'm doing all I can to find out and protect those nests, I might be one little fish in a big reservoir, but I can make ripples, if need be.

 The above picture, is the supposed bbq they made, has you can see they dug into the bottom of the clay and at the top, all up above is now burnt, they stuffed it with the branches they hack off

again the above picture shows how trees have be callously cut to clear the area to the fishing perch area 

 a close up of the bbq where they dug at the top 

 Another tree cut and hacked at and just dumped 

 branches just dumped

they have hacked off branches on this tree, so now you can see the coots nest from up above, the coots nest was hidden but now its not

 thanks guys, for leaving your high visibility coat, if this is your workmanship, i would advise ppl to not hire you 

 another tree hacked 

this is how the fishing perch should look natural no bbq's or tree's hacked or dead pigeons being hung up in the name of fishing, sorry to report this folke's, but this is bird nesting season, and to me this is all mindless destruction of a beautiful area, for what, so fishermen can have home from home, and unfortunately its not the only one spot that i can see, that's been messed with and all by nests, it has to stop. 

Just so, everyone knows, I'm not an environmentalist nut, just someone who likes her area and see's no need for what these guys did.I blog soon hopefully with something nice to talk about 

bye for now