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  1. Pris Ris Scott

    Greenshank or Wood Sandpiper

    at otmoor on Saturday, I was watching a distant wader which I took to be a greenshank the supercillium was noticeably strong on this bird, which stuck out, and I wasn't really seeing an upturn to the bill, but as I say, this was a distant bird... and I maintained my belief it was a green shank...
  2. Pris Ris Scott

    North Europe location - no car

    i have 50ish quids worth to use up with national express coaches i fancy turning this into a birding long weekend somewhere on the continent now by definition, becuase ill be on a coach, i wont have a car, so im restricted to birding sites that fall within public transport of a major coach...
  3. Pris Ris Scott

    strange call at RSPB Otmoor

    sorry for the vaguest ID question you'll read all day, but here goes ;) I was at otmoor in oxfordshire on sunday morning (8.30am) and I heard a couple of times the strangest call coming from an unknown source - presumably hidden behind/in reeds in the flooded field before you get to the first...
  4. Pris Ris Scott

    Ouse Fen - access question

    Hey ill be visiting the camb fens this weekend, i would like to catch up with the smews in the Needingworth pits, which are part of Ouse Fen RSPB site. however i see that the hide over on that side of the reserve (east of the great ouse) is a 6 mile round trip form the parking (west of the...
  5. Pris Ris Scott

    Juv. G.Scuap or Juv. Tufted

    seen yesterday at College Lake, near Tring in Buckinghamshire this bird was on its own, staying away from the other (including tufted) ducks... im having real trouble telling if this is a juv scaup or a juv tuftie, and after putting it up on twitter yesterday I received mixed answers from...
  6. Pris Ris Scott

    Dippers in Peak District

    Hey I found an old thread (which I couldnt bump as its too old) on here from 2010 that said that the river that runs through Monsal Head is a great place for Dippers in the Peak Dist. I was wondering if anyone can confirm this as still being true and/or add any good spots for dippers elsewhere...
  7. Pris Ris Scott

    Day trip Birding from Amsterdam

    im off to Amsterdam for a long weekend, later in the year, and will have a full day that I can use to go Birding my question is what decent birding sites are suitable for a day visit? I don't mind an early start but will want to be back in town early evening. one place i've read about is the...
  8. Pris Ris Scott

    21 lifers on a tour of southern France

    ive only been actively birding for 4 years or so, and whilst i am impressed with how my knowledge and ability grows and grows, I am aware that I am painfully lacking certain areas… mainly gulls, terns and warbler types. im useless at identifying that lot unaided, and that’s in the UK let alone...
  9. Pris Ris Scott

    Baader planetarium repairs dept.

    Absoloutly gutted, I bought the baader hyperion click zoom lens for my scope, as a present for myself just prior to the trip to southern france. On the first day! A gust of wind took my scope over and my new lens took the brunt of the fall. Now there is a visible piece of debris floating...
  10. Pris Ris Scott

    Green woodpecker mystery

    i would like to share one of the strangest things that i have ever come across. in a woodland near Amersham in Buckinghamshire, i found a decomposed green woodpecker head dangling from a branch of a tree, attached by its fully extended tongue. i imagine the body had dropped off and/or been...
  11. Pris Ris Scott

    Ross's goose, bucks, england

    So a Ross's goose has been at college lake, near tring, Buckinghamshire all day today. Not every day you'll see one of those in the uk. If it's still there tomorrow, I recommend anyone in the area heads over, as it's a fantastic looking bird, very clean white and a gorgeous bill colour. Plenty...
  12. Pris Ris Scott

    Camargue, france - short trip advice

    Hi i hope this is in the right section, only recently discovered this forum, which im loving but im still getting to grips with plethora of different areas to post in as part of a french driving holiday coming up in a couple of weeks, we are visiting the Carmague and i will have 2 full days...
  13. Pris Ris Scott

    Replacement lens cap for Opticron Bins

    It's a long shot I know, but I dropped and lost one of the Lens caps for my Optcron 'Vista EX 10 x 50 bins No sign of any on ebay and beyond, so I'm wondering if any one here could put in the a direction to find a replacement I have not yet contacted opticron directly, but as these were on...
  14. Pris Ris Scott

    Weston Turville resevoir

    this resevoir is managed by the BBOWT and presumably the yachting club that is based on the noth bank. there is one bird hide on it (red pin "A" on map), but plenty of good spots along the edges which are supposed to be for fishermen. according to other regulars this place does seem to have a...
  15. Pris Ris Scott

    Little Marlow Gravel Pits

    a really great place - not affiliated with any conservation group, so no visitor centre or parking provided or anything, its just a filled in gravel quarry. completely reclaimed by nature, thus its a genuinely peacefull and serene place to be. if your just casual its a nice enough walk around...
  16. Pris Ris Scott

    Hello from Buckinghamshire

    Hi everyone im 32 and been activily birding for 3 years, after accidentally finding myself getting interested maybe 5 years ago i live in Princes Risborough, buckinghamshire, with the chilterns in front of me and the aylesbury vale behind me. despite this, i find that my main patches are over...
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