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    Wolf introduction into UK - Guardian interview with Derek Gow

    Wolves are thriving again across western Europe. Is it time to bring them back to the UK?
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    Skomer Guillemots - Guardian article

    ‘We’ve underrated what these birds can do’: the secret life of Skomer’s guillemots
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    Interesting Guardian article concerning Gilbert White & Selborne

    ‘Rude magnificence’ restored: following in the footsteps of pioneering naturalist Gilbert White
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    Zeiss trade-in offer

    I can confirm that I have today received the trade-in payment claimed from Zeiss for the 10 x 30 SFL binoculars which I purchased recently. I traded in a pair of non-functioning damaged porros which I picked up for peanuts in a charity shop. It did take a few weeks to process the claim and...
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    Two interesting Guardian articles

    Back from the brink: how bison, bears and beavers returned to Europe Wolves and brown bears among wildlife making ‘exciting’ comeback in Europe
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    Hen Harrier numbers

    More than 100 hen harriers fledge in England for first time in a century
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    Large Blue Butterfly - The Guardian article

    Large blue butterfly numbers soar in Britain
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    Guardian article concerning bird of prey deaths at Sandringham Estate

    Officials warned of ‘serious wildlife incidents’ at Queen’s Sandringham estate
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    UK Curlew breeding program - Guardian article

    Ready for takeoff: curlews from eggs rescued at airfields set for release
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    Robert Gillmor (bird artist and illustrator) obituary

    I’ve just been catching up on my weekend Guardian reading and came across Robert Gilmore’s obituary. I’d never heard of him before but the examples of his work contained in the article show him to be a wonderful artist: Robert Gillmor obituary
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    Michael Wilson obituary

    I wasn't sure where to post this but here is link to The Guardian obit: Michael Wilson obituary
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    The Guardian - birdwatching article

    ‘Birdwatching is not just a white thing’: the UK collective creating a new generation of twitchers
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    Red list of endangered UK birds

    Yet more sad but unsurprising news concerning declining UK bird populations: Swifts and house martins join UK red list of endangered birds
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    Good value Swarovskis

    My brother who spends quite a lot of time in France mentioned that most French tend to use Leboncoin, a French “for sale” site, rather than Ebay so out of curiosity I did a random search under “Swarovski” which showed quite a few results including: 8 x 30 habichts...
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    UK national parks & Grouse shooting

    Yet another depressing article about the environmental damage caused by Grouse shooting: Britain’s national parks dominated by driven grouse moors, says study
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    Suspicious disappearance of UK Hen Harriers

    Yet more depressing news concerning the probable persecution of birds of prey: Vanished hen harriers prompt RSPB call for local community vigils
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    WW 2 U Boot binocular repair

    For those of you able to view the BBC iplayer you may find this afternoon's edition of “The Repair Shop” of interest. One of the items featured was a pair of WW 2 U boot binoculars acquired at the end of the war by a British Royal Navy officer as "spoils of war" from a captured U Boot...
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    Rare vultures being poisoned by livestock drug

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/11/rare-european-vultures-being-poisoned-by-livestock-drug
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    Interesting article in today’s Guardian - Snared: catching poachers to save Italy’s songbirds

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/08/snared-catching-poachers-to-save-italys-songbirds-aoe
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    No-Name 8 x 30 porro prisms

    Yesterday, when responding to another thread, I made a passing reference to my 50 year old 8 x 30 porro prisms which I still own and which I acquired, I would guess, some time between 1969 - 1971. I was asked whether I could identify them but cannot. For those who may be interested, however, I...
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    Robin Prytherch obituary

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/robin-prytherch-obituary
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    Geese ESP

    One of my regular walks takes me through a valley threaded by several streams with marshy ground frequented by greylag geese and by ducks. Today as I passed one of the marshy areas a number of excitable (i.e. honking) greylags came flying towards me as I approached their territory. I assumed...
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    Binocular hinge

    This may seem a rather trivial question but does anyone know whether opening and closing (if that’s the correct term) binoculars eventually lead to the hinge becoming loose?
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    Treguennec, SW Brittany

    I’m spending two weeks here and today spotted six Bee Eaters near the Chapelle de St Vio. Also nearby some Cattle Egrets keeping a small herd of Water Buffalo (being reared for their milk used to make Mozzarella) company. This is a great birding locality - reed bed nature reserve with bearded...
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    Herring Gulls behaving like Swallows

    A short while ago this evening whilst in the kitchen preparing my evening meal I noticed some 40 - 50 Herring Gulls wheeling overhead in what I at first took to be a rather aimless fashion. After some observation however it appeared that they were in fact feeding on flying insects as they would...
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