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Originally Posted by davemac
I have never come across Natural England before, so don't know who they are responsible too. And support what they say about approaching nests and disturbing them. However there is a bigger picture here, we have a legal right to take photographs when we are located on publicly accessed land, be it town or country, and to photograph all things visible from that land. So the question is if I take all precautions to protect the breeding zones of the kingfisher and am located on publicly accessed land, under what authority does this group have the right to say I have to have a licence, and who polices the nest sites to make sure this happens. Don't particularly want to get into a debate about the rights and wrongs of this particular licensing legality, but more the right to take photographs when I am out in public.
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I agree with you Dave, and as far as i`m concerned, if i`m there i`ve already done the disturbing (accidentally), what harm does taking a photograph make.
I`ve read on other sites that the sound of a cameras shutter is enough to scare off a kingfisher, yet i`ve heard locally that one of the best places to see them is under the M65 motorway bridge, doesn`t really make a lot of sense.
I suppose it`s down to what they are used to. If you are on a well walked path, they are used to seeing people so you aren`t disturbing them. If you go somewhere a bit more secluded (Hyndburn Brook spring to mind), that`s when you may be causing an issue.