• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Recent content by meles

  1. M

    Ultrasonic calls

    Yes, I'd just finished a lesser horseshoe colony count when I went on to the lake. This was far too low frequency for either UK species, and sounded quite different. It wasn't a bat, or cricket, and wasn't a man-made sound. I'm pretty certain it would be some rodent, but I don't know the...
  2. M

    Ultrasonic calls

    While out watching bats by a lake in Gloucestershire last night, I picked up some loud squealing calls on the detector, peaking at about 30kHz. Nothing audible in the normal hearing range, though.They sounded like a pig squealing, or a rabbit in distress. Both wild boar and rabbits are common...
  3. M

    Borneo jungle birding

    I found some pictures of the Danum Valley boardwalk. Looks like it includes two vertical ladders, so I think that pretty much rules out the tripod! I had already come to that conclusion anyway, having read the replies - thanks everyone.
  4. M

    Borneo jungle birding

    I am going to Borneo next month, visiting Sepilok, Kinabatangan River and Danum Valley. I have previously visited several jungles and tend to find that a scope and tripod are of little value, as they are difficult to carry on treks, and the vegetation means you only get views of birds/mammals at...
  5. M

    Flashlight recommendations

    Just bought a Led Lenser P5.2, which I tested last night in the wood against my existing Led Lenser P7. With the single AA alkaline in the P5.2, it was brighter and with an equivalent range to the P7, although I always use the P7 with rechargeables, so it would probably have equalled it for...
  6. M

    Spotlighting filters

    I have a LED Lenser P7 which I use for spotlighting mammals at night. I use a home-made red filter when I am worried about disturbing them, but the light output is dramatically reduced by this (maybe this is why is doesn't disturb them!). I noticed LED Lenser now do a filter kit, in which they...
  7. M

    Bad year for grass snakes?

    Where I work, it is normal at this time of year for me to see at least 2 or 3 grass snakes every day when walking round the grounds. In good years I have often had 6 or 7 a day. But my most recent sighting was October last year - nothing at all this year. Has anyone else noticed a similar drop...
  8. M

    Woodpecker holes?

    Yesterday, in a South Wales oak/ash woodland, I came across a tree with hundreds of small holes about 1cm wide in the bark, all the same size and evenly spaced, and resembling shallow pits rather than insect exit holes. They started below head height and went up at least 20 feet. The closest...
  9. M

    Thylacine

    I remember being impressed and saddened as a child seeing a stuffed thylacine in the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. Also, the Natural History museum in London used to have one. I assume both are still on show as nobody is going to throw out a presumably extinct animal.
  10. M

    Pine marten - Ireland

    Having been to Scotland I know various B&Bs etc encourage pine martens to visit, allowing good photo opportunities for guests. There are also hides available to view them on some estates. I am visiting Ireland in June and wondered if anyone knows of such opportunities there? From past experience...
  11. M

    Bat detectors

    These detectors aren't expensive. The Baton is only about £70 and produces OK sonograms using the free Batscan software supplied. As detailed above, you'll need a recording device, though. A few years ago, when I was starting out, you wouldn't have got a Frequency Division detector for less than...
  12. M

    Oregon in September

    My wife and I will be in Klamath Falls for three days from Sept 17th. We are visiting from England and are not very experienced with American species. We plan to visit Crater Lake and Lava Beds (not specifically for birdwatching) whilst there, and I am aware there are a large number of birding...
  13. M

    Recording from bat detector

    Does anyone have experience of recording from a frequency division bat detector (eg. Batbox baton)? I need to acquire a recording device and the Zoom H2 or Roland R05 both look like good options. Anybody used these, or similar, for this purpose? I understand the Zoom can switch on and off in...
  14. M

    Bat found, did we do the right thing?

    Hope you didn't put the bat in an open box outside before dusk, otherwise the reason it disappeared might be that something came along and ate it! It may well have been a baby bat, which would probably have been unable to fly when you found it (I didn't see any flying before 6th July). It would...
  15. M

    cat brought in a mouse...

    Wood mouse probably, yellow-necked mouse possibly if you are in range for that, but looks too dark for that.
See more
Back
Top