Did they say “By doing it during the summer holidays the nesting should have finished.” —– Well I have just been told that 1 pair of the Dabchicks have started to nest and its half way through August – it will be well into SEPTEMBER before any eggs hatch, so if boats do come on the Slea then the baby Dabchicks will not hatch as the they will either be destroyed by a rower and/or the adults will abandon the eggs. This is the proof that “By doing it during the summer holidays the nesting should have finished.” is COMPLETELY WRONG but it probably will not make any difference as the people who authorise and run the boats will probably never know 
August 20th 2008 and these baby Dabchicks were still in the nest which as you can see is just weeds ontop of the water, would they survive rowing boats ?
