I cant see the point of people letting us know what they have seen in there Gardens without the locality. One of my favourite Birds is The Goldcrest and when one is reported in a Garden,I would love to know which area they frequent. Although trivial to some,To me it makes the posts more interesting.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jan 10 10:10 PM, 2013
Thanks for all the input regarding this subject, I fully appreciate both sides to it but the status quo remains.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 10th of January 2013 10:10:32 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jan 9 5:00 PM, 2013
Phil Barnett wrote:
Ian, should the 'County' bit of 'County Garden Birds' be strictly adhered to?
In other words can I post sightings in my Roby mill garden (just in Lancashire)
Cheers
Phil
Yes Rob it should. All out of county sightings go in the out of county section.
Phil Barnett said
Wed Jan 9 3:46 PM, 2013
Ian, should the 'County' bit of 'County Garden Birds' be strictly adhered to?
In other words can I post sightings in my Roby mill garden (just in Lancashire)
Cheers
Phil
JasonAtkinson said
Wed Jan 9 6:13 AM, 2013
Charles Coutts wrote:
Its so annoying when members post sightings on the page,and dont put which area their Garden is located.
As well as Ian's comment, I think most posters do put the general area the first time they post on the thread.
Cheers Jason
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jan 9 5:59 AM, 2013
Annoying? That someone doesn't let you know where their garden is?
This has indeed been raised before and I have replied personally to those who took the time to ask me. The garden birds thread is the only one I allow to not necessarily have any actual location included and its always been that way and will be. I don't personally see the point of having to attach a location to them to be honest, its merely an observer letting other know what they've seen, cannot be seen by others and has no ornithological value on this forum anyway. So why get annoyed about?
Lawson Dauer said
Wed Jan 9 4:51 AM, 2013
I raised the same point a month or two ago (not long after I joined). I was told that for reasons of privacy, etc, not all members will want to give even a general location.
Charles Coutts said
Wed Jan 9 4:25 AM, 2013
Its so annoying when members post sightings on the page,and dont put which area their Garden is located.
John Rayner said
Tue Jan 8 9:06 PM, 2013
Lawson Dauer wrote:
I was told that for reasons of privacy, etc, not all members will want to give even a general location.
Don't get this one if someone really wanted to get detailed personal information like name and address they would go to the Electoral Role, not a small corner of a birding website.
Cheers John.
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 09:08:03 PM
One of my favourite Birds is The Goldcrest and when one is reported in a Garden,I would love to know which area they frequent.
Although trivial to some,To me it makes the posts more interesting.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 10th of January 2013 10:10:32 PM
Yes Rob it should. All out of county sightings go in the out of county section.
In other words can I post sightings in my Roby mill garden (just in Lancashire)
Cheers
Phil
As well as Ian's comment, I think most posters do put the general area the first time they post on the thread.
Cheers
Jason
This has indeed been raised before and I have replied personally to those who took the time to ask me. The garden birds thread is the only one I allow to not necessarily have any actual location included and its always been that way and will be. I don't personally see the point of having to attach a location to them to be honest, its merely an observer letting other know what they've seen, cannot be seen by others and has no ornithological value on this forum anyway. So why get annoyed about?
Cheers John.
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 8th of January 2013 09:08:03 PM