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    Birdwatching more locally

    I won't lie and say I wish the population of Britain is right. Given the choice between having packs of Wolves here and 30 million people I would choose the Wolves. I would love to see more wild areas in the world but I wouldn't wish a pandemic to cull humans - not saying you are wishing that...
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    Birdwatching more locally

    The world can support more people than we probably could ever imagine. The biggest issue is the greed that a small % of the population has who consume everything mostly for their benefit. Obesity is a problem in the Western world. I would admit I am overweight so potentially eating for up to...
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    Birdwatching more locally

    I know flights would have a huge carbon footprint and I have not flown for 3 years and before that 2 1/2 years? I am bothered in a sense that I actually would like to see a lot of the rarities that do turn up but many many circumstances get in the way even locally. If I was free would I still...
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    Birdwatching more locally

    I like doing things that way - taking trips nationally and seeing what I can see. The only place I have been birding without a car is London where I visited the Wetland Centre, Woodberry Wetlands, Rainham Marshes. It is much easier in an urban area or from a place with lots of transport links.
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    Birdwatching more locally

    I do list and I do twitch not as most people would but I do think there seems to be different ways people do things now. Some people I see just tick and that is it. They don't even go out locally to birdwatch. I come across lots of people watching birds from their homes who don't even...
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    Birdwatching more locally

    I would be very tempted to ban football matches if I was in charge - that would not go down well anywhere but I loved driving without getting stuck in football related traffic. I don't think I could give up flying -I would rather much give up the twitching I do. I don't fly a lot - not been...
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    Birdwatching more locally

    I do feel guilty about the environmental damage for a trip to see something just for the sake of it. I would never do a year list and travel all around the country to tick species which I know a few people do. I have seen Dartford Warblers twice in the UK but I would never make it a mission to...
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    Birdwatching more locally

    A really interesting article. I only know a couple of birders who travel by public transport or by foot and have heard of a few more who do that. My patch is about a mile away and I drive to that 90% of the time. I used to drive 45-60 minutes away every 2 weeks to go birding from 2013-2015...
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