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Ian McKerchar wrote:

I didn't see you either evileye.gifsmile.gif






must have been using my fieldcraft and blending in with the backgroundconfuse.gifor maybe you saw me and just thowt ,who's that twillock heading my way in his shorts in the rainwink.gifbiggrin.gifill better get out of here,before he bends my ear for 2 hoursbiggrin.gifsmile.gif

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I didn't see you either

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Ian McKerchar wrote:

Well they weren't empty this morning John when 3 Little Egrets were there biggrin.gif and some birders shun the hides don't forget wink.gif





done 3 days and apart from charlie seen no-one-must have been a lucky weekend for me-missed the egrets though as usualwink.gifnever mind ive seen enuff of thembiggrin.gif

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Well they weren't empty this morning John when 3 Little Egrets were there and some birders shun the hides don't forget

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seemed to be very little adverse affect of the iron man swim earlier in the morning,the wildlife at penny has over the years adapted to disturbance,and I perposefully left my visit until after the race,just to see if it had affected anything,but apart from the mute swans being spread a bit more around the flash,everything seemed back to normal,and the organisation seemed to be very good,with all the extra stuff that had been strung across the flash to guide the swimmers,big yellow infalatable bouys,etc had all been removed and packed away by 12 when i arrived.
Maybe im just getting old,and a bit more mellow,but these sort of things don't bother me as much as they did in the past,
maybe its like Spok said in star trek,
The needs of the many(the general public)
far outweigh the needs of the few(birders on penny and at the moment and believe me there a very few birders at penny at the moment,in fact ive been in empty hides all weekend)
or the one -(Me)
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JOHN TYMON wrote:

fyi
details here
http://www.ironmanuk.com/ironmanuk/spectators/information

anyone wanting a quiet day at penny forget it 1500 competiters swimming twice around the flash,and god knows how many spectators.
also the flash car park and country park i think is closed until 9.30 am on sunday,there are big signs around the flash.





should be a bumper duck count too in rammies,but ill have to parachute inbiggrin.gif

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Swimmers practising today too!

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fyi
details here
http://www.ironmanuk.com/ironmanuk/spectators/information

anyone wanting a quiet day at penny forget it 1500 competiters swimming twice around the flash,and god knows how many spectators.
also the flash car park and country park i think is closed until 9.30 am on sunday,there are big signs around the flash.


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Dean Macdonald wrote:


Can they not cycle 112 miles first, then swim somewhere else?evileye.gif The sea preferablybiggrin.gif





strange as theres signs round the flash telling everyone that if they swim in the flash it could be deadly due to the algeabiggrin.gifbet rammies will be packed wi duck that daybiggrin.gif

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Can they not cycle 112 miles first, then swim somewhere else?evileye.gif The sea preferablybiggrin.gif

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Sunday 1st August will see 1400 people swimming Pennington Flash (blue-green algae permitting) as part of an 'Iron Man' event. This leisurely pursuit also includes a cycle of 112 miles, followed by a marathon!! eyepopping.gif

While that lot are dipping their toes int flash it could be an opportunity for good wildfowl counts on other nearby waters...

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