tbob

Early this morning (Saturday 15th November) the villagers at Long Valley were seen cutting down all the trees along the high bunds surrounding the fish ponds. The only reason I could think of for doing such an act is to prevent birds roosting.

I certainly hope that these are not ponds managed by the society, we will soon become a "birdless" society

[ Last edited by tbob at 15/11/2008 11:23 ]

tbob

Vicky,

Thanks for the follow up. I certainly wont be using any of these people for tree "trimming"

Bob

Attached taken on Sunday morning 16th Nov 2008

tbob

Well they certainly got rid of the bugs and insects that were bothering them and it looks as though now they will have another problem of more birds in their fish ponds

Bob

PS: The trees actually prevented disturbance to the birds from people walking along the bunds. Personally I find it difficult to compare a small pond at Long Valley to the huge pond (the scrape 16-17 ) at Mai Po. But I most probably am wrong as usual.

[ Last edited by tbob at 16/11/2008 21:00 ]

tbob

KK,

I assume you mean reflections like in these shots.

All of these shots were taken in the affected pond before the trees were "trimmed" it used to be the main pond for Black-wing Stilts with up to 30 seen there regularly

Bob






[ Last edited by tbob at 17/11/2008 05:33 ]

tbob

More shots taken at the affected pond
22nd October 2008








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