Long- tailed Duck & Cranes disturbed again by Toggers

On Saturday 18th January, I headed out to Ormesby & Rollesby broad early on in order to try and see the LT Duck before any recreational boats came out. Initially I couldn't see any, but there were 4 fine male Pochards and 2 male Goldeneyes further back, with 2 male and a female Goldeneye on Rollesby broad. Initially no sign of the LT Duck. I rang John H as he had seen/ re-found the LT Duck last Thursday, and he said it was on ormesby Broad east of the road, right at the back. I scanned to right at the back and again no sign, when a small boat, came out from the southern edge of the Broad, first a male Goldeneye, then out of nowhere the male Long- tailed Duck flew out from the southern edge and was swimming in exactly the same spot where I saw it last year. The boat came further out and flushed the Long- tailed Duck and it was flying straight towards me but settled in the mid broad area along the northern edge so a lot closer than before but not really close enough for the camera. The Long- tailed Duck swam right and I followed it until it again disappeared as if like magic! Again stopping off at the Broadland site for the Cranes, I saw 2 adult Cranes feeding in the field to the left of the barn, where I had a quick look and left them feeding. I then went to Ranworth Broad, parked up at the NWT Centre car park and walked out to the Broad, some parts of the wooden boardwalk were water logged. Looking on both Ranworth and Malthouse Broads, there was no sign whatsoever of the dodgy hybrid Fudge duck. Masses of Wigeon that flew probably at least 1000 Wigeon and 400 Teal. Gunshot from surrounding areas regularly spooked the Ducks that flew around and then settled on the Braod again. Walking back just before I joined the road, both a female Siskin and a Lesser Redpoll singletons seen in Alder trees. I could heard the chuttering of at least 2 Nuthatches but initially I couldn't see them walking round to Dead End Farm, a male Great- spotted Woodpecker was posing nicely in a tree in a sunlit spot, as I got the camera out gunfire rang out and it was off. A Song Thrush flew up into the top of the tree then away. Finally a Nuthatch flew into the big tree and started feeding along the big middle vertical branch. So some nice woodland birds seen very pleasant viewing them despite gunshot going off at least 10X. Back at the regular Broad land site, it was again very disappointing to see not one but 2 sets of Toggers (again with no bins but cameras with 400mm lens down both tracks, both left and right of the barn. Not surprisingly the 2 Cranes were not in the field to the left. To the right of the barn, despite the Toggers being half way down the path, there was initially an impressive flock of 11 Cranes including 1 immature bird. The Toggers walked further down, flushing 3 adult Cranes flying away and the rest walking to the north east corner of the field furthest away from the Toggers. I have again taken pictures of the offenders. This selfish behaviour must stop as the Cranes are being constantly disturbed and they are disturbing a schedule 1 protected bird. A look around the Ludham airfield loop, very disappointing failed to reveal any wild Swans or any birds of note, save for a group of 5 Egyptian Geese.