Monday 8 March 2021

"Tit for Tat": Benacre Broad hide badly vandalised

On Saturday 6th March a rather disappointing exercise walk to Covehithe Broad, despite being very early having got onto the beach immediately after dog walkers with 5 dogs unsurprisingly the LT Duck had disappeared. However, there was 1 male Goldeneye and 2 females at the south west corner of the Broad. Also disapppointingly, the boat wreck had been covered by cloth so despite bringing the right lens I couldn't get any pics. There were 2 fine male Scaup along the extreme north east tip of the Broad, they weren't photogenic though and they swam out to the middle of the Broad. Even worse, It was also very disappointing and upsetting to see the beloved Benacre hide had been badly vandalised by mindless idiot/s & the door had been kicked in and thrown down and was resting by the supporting legs by the beach and south west section had been kicked in with several planks splinted and showing the inside of the hide. This could and should be repaired and then the whole hide moved around 300 yards inland to save it being claimed by the sea, why isn't something done to save our beloved and much loved hide?

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