These two juvenile Penduline Tits were present in the Broom GP complex from 31st October to 2nd November. They were discovered by Stuart Warren and were at a strictly private part of the complex with no official access. The news of their presence could not be released to a wider audience so county recorder Steve Blain took it upon himself to invite those he felt deserved to be told - a select invitation list of perhaps 20-25 observers. After a lot of arguing and after at least 22 local observers had seen them, I was eventually informed but on the strict proviso that I MUST NOT put the location into the public domain. When I finally got the opportunity, I drove up to the site to check out whether or not news could be released. It certainly couldn't - the site is strictly private, a working pit area and under surveillance by LaFarge. There was no direct access point that did not involve obvious trespass. I was accosted by one of the site maintenance engineers who was monitoring the site. He asked me what I was doing and I showed him the birds and the significance of them. I put to him the possibility of a twitch but he was not for the taking - the dangerous nature of the pit (quicksand) rendering any official access out of the question. The company insurance would not allow it. I had to agree with him.
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