I mentioned ages ago that amongst my many birding experiences, one of the most thrilling was the one and only time I've been chucked out of a Bird Reserve. Well, it wasn't a big one .... just a place where I went ringing and mothing ...along with a few other like-minded sadcakes like myself. So that particular morning there were three of us .. one was one of the many "Tubs", the other one was Shirty ...he always wore loud shirts ... and me. We had got there before the crack of dawn, we had done the moths, we had set up all the nets, and briefly, just for a moment, all three of us were at the ringing hut steps. At that moment the Boss arrived, got out of car and we were all hoping for a spot of praise for all our hard work, early arrival etc. But no! T'was not to be. He immediately laid into us poor, cold, tired souls .... apparently we had suddenly become a "lazy, useless, clueless bunch of idiots" ... not only that, but he informed us that " we wouldn't be allowed on most reserves" and told us to get out. He might have used a more robust way of saying that. So, dear reader, we all left the place forthwith ! Off we went, as instructed.Tubs, Shirty and me. It was all quite funny really, in a surreal sort of way. So .... for a couple of days we all had a nice rest. It was quite enjoyable really. Then I got a phone call from the Boss. He explained that it wasn't ME he meant .. it was the other two. And strangely, the other two had got exactly the same phone calls ... each having been told the same thing.It wasn't THEM he meant. It was the other two.Now that's a bit underhand. That was more or less the end of my time there .... I handed in my ringing equipment .... I no longer had a use for it... and I've never been there since. It's one of those "places I don't go." And to this day, none of us has any idea why on earth he laid into us like that. And then rang us all up only to tell us a pack of lies. But ... hey-ho. Experience is cheap at any price, or so we are told. And I still think it's quite funny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know you've been missing those Welsh songs ... so here's the excellent Yws Gwynedd ... " Neb ar ôl"
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