Jeff
I was not been critical of you at all. and I agree with your comments regarding sensitivity...
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Blimey Nicky – …“frightened by the onslaught (dramatic)”…..”chaos”…..”my, did I get two barrels” – forgive me for saying so Nicky but don’t you think you might be being a little over-sensitive here
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I was referring to the overall tenor of the messaging, one of the things that keeps me coming back to the forum is the standard of the posts and the generousity and tolerance shown by the many very well educated and knowledgable members to people who spend time here who do not share the same experience and depth of knowledge. I frequent other forums and beleive me people who dare to show any naivity about the topic are put to the sword without mercy. However I would have hoped that rather than stern lecture the usual approach would have been a arms round shoulder chat. The tone of the following seemed more school masterly than is usual on here:-
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Originally Posted by JeffH  Sorry Nicky but with all due respect I don't think I've got the wrong idea about either your forum post, your pm to me or indeed the general situation you find yourself in.
In your opening post to this thread you said "I have found a nesting pair" and although you now say you are/were "nowhere near the nest and haven't even seen a nest" the fact is that if you see 2 Kingfishers together on a branch at this time of year they will almost certainly be a nesting pair. It's also fair to assume that they will probably be quite near to their nest site.
In any case, if you haven't seen and therefore don't actually know where their nest is, how can you possibly know whether you're near to it or not  Kingfisher nest holes are often quite well hidden and are not always easy to see/find.
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As a rule of thumb I have always beleived that any comment that started with "with all due respect" actually means quite the opposite
Furthermore I find am distraught at your suggestion that I am not a deeply sensitive person...I am at this moment drowning my sorrows in a bottle of merlot....
I have just re read my post and am not actually sure if it makes any sense at all,,, However I shall post it now as I have opened another wine bottle and fear the standard of my post will only go down hill...
Andy
PS hell of an electric storm here tonight...