So I think that makes iSpot a hybrid between an identification site, a general list of sightings site and a species dictionary site. So that’s all good. In fact I do get huge pleasure from looking at other people’s good photos.
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So maybe a Scarce Chaser or Norfolk Hawker at Five Arches Pit or is that way too obvious?!?
I had that experience when a rare bird appeared at the British Wildlife Centre (although it has since become more common).
Not too far off the mark - wrong organisation, though.
Going off at a tangent, part of me is glad that iSpot takes some care not to become too ‘social’.
Being a rather antisocial beggar, I don’t venture too deeply into those sites, but I have dabbled in some of the specialist (wildlife, mostly) groups: and I was quite surprised at some of the content. Apparently, ‘site managers’ spend an inordinate amount of time weeding out all sorts of abusive and unsavoury content. Rather like ‘road rage’, where a person feels protected by the metal chariot around them, sad people take advantage of the distance and semi-anonymity of IT interactions to be aggressive.
We are - thankfully - largely spared that here.
Very true. [Apparently it needs at least 20 characters so I’ll add this].