When birdwatchers go bad: how the rise of ......

[Donna]

...'wildlife paparazzi' has led to 'hide rage'  (UK)

It was once the most mild-mannered of hobbies – but birdwatching’s image is being tarnished so much by growing concerns over bad behaviour of devotees that a “respect� code is now being introduced

At another “twitch�, last winter, near Wadebridge, Cornwall, there was a fight between two birders waiting on the steps of a hide trying to catch a glimpse of an American bittern.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8569864/When-birdwatchers-go-bad-how-the-rise-of-wildlife-paparazzi-has-led-to-hide-rage.html story

[MAK]

Some people are just plain out of control!