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  1. Nigel G

    Eagle - SW Saudi Arabia

    Grateful if someone could Id this eagle for a friend of mine currently working in Saudi Arabia. Taken at about 50m on the carcass of a lamb.
  2. Nigel G

    2 waders for ID confirmation please.

    After a cracking wader afternoon at Keyhaven including Little Stint, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper, Knot, Snipe, Curlew and Grey Plover I'm left with these 2. They were both single birds and the first one spent most its time skulking in the reeds in an un-dunlin like manner. However despite looking...
  3. Nigel G

    Pure Hard Graft

    For my 1000th post a short review of a birding day not so notable for the birds seen today but hopefully for some in a couple of months time. A team of six of us joined one of the Dorset Wildlife Trust staff for an annual effort to repair and improve some of the tern nesting islands in Brownsea...
  4. Nigel G

    Sea Duck ?

    Seen on its own this afternoon in Chesil Cove. Swam continously in a large rectangle from almost the beach to about 200 yds offshore. Not seen to dive but when raised up to wing stretch showed a pale belly with a distinct demarcation to the darker breast. I've been through Scooters, Scaup and...
  5. Nigel G

    The Best Insurance I can Find

    Back in mid-Dec I asked for recommendations for insurance companies and out of 300+ views I only got one response. I assume therefore that you're not that impressed with the people you use and so I opted to do my own reaseach both on the net, in the High St and through a broker. My...
  6. Nigel G

    Hand-holding Long Lenses

    I have been following various threads on Image Stablisation (or OS/VR etc) versus non IS lenses and the oft repeated advice is that good long lens technique is still the basis for good pics. So what is good technique ? Clearly one is almost always going to do better with a tripod but if, for...
  7. Nigel G

    Insurance - Who do you use ?

    My birding equipment is currently covered as non-specified items under my Home Contents - Personal Possessions with Lloyds TSB. As it is due for renewal next month, and following similar threads on BF, I checked the small print on the policy document to see what would happen if I lost the lot...
  8. Nigel G

    Wader Confirmation

    Whilst twitching the Baird's Sandpiper at Keyhaven this morning I arrived at the reported lagoon and almost immediately a little sandpiper type bird flew in an landed in front of me. This is easy I thinks and proceed to get bins and scope on it followed by a couple of quick pics just before it...
  9. Nigel G

    New Photographer

    I finally persauded my 10 year old son, Chris, that an afternoon out with Dad might not be that boring - providing he got sole control of the camera. We headed for Badbury Rings which is always good for Dragons and possibly a few late butterflies. We added the x2 converter to my CP4500 so he...
  10. Nigel G

    Skimmer or Chaser

    After much study of Smallshire's book I am still not certain as to what this is. It was found basking on the edge of bracken in Pine woodland on Brownsea Island, Dorset. It was broad in the body which initially pushed me towards Chaser and probably 4 Spot because there is noticable body taper...
  11. Nigel G

    ID Help Please

    I think this looks more butterfly than moth but despite diligently studying my books I can't do it. In size it is about the same as a Small Heath. I saw 2 of them on the wing at about 4pm this afternoon. The habitat was grassy clearings among scrub/decidious woodland on the Dorset-Hampshire...
  12. Nigel G

    Flycatcher ? ID Help Please

    Can you help with this one please. The general behaviour was flycatcher-ish in that it perched on prominent branches and flicked its tail but in 20mins I only saw it feed off the ground. It seems to heavily marked for Spotted Fly and the legs look a bit long to me - unless its a juvenile which...
  13. Nigel G

    Gull ID

    Is this anything more interesting than a leuchistic Black head gull please?? Gull pic
  14. Nigel G

    Hobby Spectacular

    Made a break for Shapwick NNR on the Somerset Levels this afternoon. I've never been before but a report over last weekend of lots of Hobbys provided the lure. I'd tried for them at Beaulieu Rd Station in the New Forest recently but without success so perhaps second time lucky. The reserve...
  15. Nigel G

    2nd Albino this week

    This could get habit forming - on Saturday it was a White Mistle Thrush and then today on the way home from work this chap was sitting on the grass verge beside the road. At first glance I thought it was a bantam hen but was curious enough to turn round and do a slower driver by. As it was...
  16. Nigel G

    White Mistle Thrush ??

    Is this a White Mistle Thrush ?? I last saw this bird on my local patch over a year ago in a field of mixed thrushes. As I didnt see it again after Mar 04 I called it as a Fieldfare and assumed it had migrated and not returned. However, my local fieldfares disappeared about 3 weeks ago so...
  17. Nigel G

    Sika at the Bird Table

    Caught this unusual visiter to the bird table at RSPB Arne in Dorset this morning. He seemed quite happy with the mix put out for the tits and finches. Does anyone else have experience of this sort of thing. Nigel
  18. Nigel G

    Hello

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