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  1. mcapper

    What makes a good hide?

    So, you all seem to me like the sort of people who visit hides a lot... So what in your opinion makes a good hide? What design features work best to make the birder experience that bit better? What views and aspects work best to give the best spectacle and the birding experience that bit...
  2. mcapper

    Austria - Absam (including Swarovski Factory) and Innsbruck Area - March 2009

    Just spent a few days in Austria with work and got the chance to see some birds (it's a tough life!). We stayed at the Hotel Bogner in Absam, home of Swarovski Optic. Very pleasant hotel and the balcony views were superb. Part of the trip involved a look round the Swarovski Factory. I have to...
  3. mcapper

    Malham Peregrines

    Peregrine Watch at Malham is running again this year. Doesn't seem to get mentioned on here but it is a cracking site - wonderful views of the peregrines as well as Little Owl and other stuff like Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher. Details here...
  4. mcapper

    Hen Harriers - Good News

    RSPB media release Reporting on joint working by the RSPB, Forestry Commission, National Wildlife Crime Unit and Northumbria Police For immediate use: 21 June 2007 NORTHUMBERLAND NEST WATCH SUCCESS… …AS RARE HARRIER CHICKS HATCH OUT With the extra hours of daylight of this week’s Summer...
  5. mcapper

    Manchester Peregrines - New project showing live footage in Exchange Square

    Today saw the launch of a new project in Manchester to show live pictures of a pair of breeding peregrines on the BBC Big Screen in Exchange Square. The project is a partnership between the BBC, Manchester City Council and the RSPB. Live pictures will be shown on Wednesdays, Fridays and...
  6. mcapper

    Canon 100-400 Focussing points

    Recently got a new Canon 100-400 and have been very pleased. However, have now noticed the last couple of times that I used it that it keeps choosing a focus point right over on the right of the frame, no matter where I point it. With the kit lens on the camera, this doesn't happen. I tried it...
  7. mcapper

    Hen Harriers in this Peak District

    Hen Harriers in the Peak District Good news from the Peak District. I have had the pleasure of being involved with keeping a watch on this pair, although as I am starting a new job in a week (with the RSPB, hooray!), I will not be able to be involved as much as I'll be working in a different...
  8. mcapper

    Bird of Prey Photos

    Hi everyone, I've been heavily involved in an initiative called Peak Nestwatch which looks to protect and showcase birds of prey in the Peak District. The current co-ordinator of the initiative is going to be doing a talk on the work of the initiative and Peak District birds of prey to a local...
  9. mcapper

    How to do Scotland in 19 hours....

    Just had a rather successful trip to Scotland. My other half had to go to London Monday to Wednesday so a friend and I hatched a cunning plan to go to Scotland birding. It was rather intensive as you will see but we got all the species we were after, bar one... Monday Left the Sheffield area...
  10. mcapper

    Peak District Raptors

    Of interest.. http://www.rspb.org.uk/england/northwest/conservation/peakmalpractice/index.asp New report from RSPB on the situation with Raptors in the NE Peak District. People wondering why the area has been less good for Goshawk in recent years might want to read the report.
  11. mcapper

    Mull - Wow!

    Last week I went to Mull for the first time. What a place! It was a holiday for me and my non-birding partner but I had three species I particularly wanted to see. I had never seen Otter or White Tailed Eagle before and had only had two all too brief views of Golden Eagle. We therefore...
  12. mcapper

    Peak District Raptors - Mon 6th March, 7.30pm. BBC Look North

    This Monday, BBC Look North's Inside Out programme will carry a piece on the disappearing raptors of the Peak District. 7.30 pm but only available to Look North viewers.
  13. mcapper

    Storing Digital Photos

    How does every-one store their digital photos? I've recently got a digital SLR and even more recently started shooting in RAW. The result - RAW conversion software and big big tiff files on the computer. My computer is creaking a little and going a bit slower than I would like. So, firstly I...
  14. mcapper

    Ptarmigan, Cairngorm and railway access

    Does anyone know when the Cairngorm railway stops allowing access to the top of the mountain? I've heard that in winter one can get onto the mountain but in the summer you can't. But when is the change over? I'm hoping to visit at the end of April and want to see my first Ptarmigan. If it is...
  15. mcapper

    350D and 100-400 lens focussing

    Hi All I have the EOS 350d and would like at some point to get the 100-400 IS lens. One thing I would like this for is flight shots so locking onto a subject in autofocus and tracking it would be important. However, I heard somewhere that the 350D won't do that with the 100-400 lens. Does...
  16. mcapper

    Lincs East Coast

    Had an all too rare day off on Friday and went to the Lincs East Coast. First stop was at Covenham Reservoir where on peering over the reservoir wall we looked down on a Red Necked Grebe. Nice start. The main target though was Grey Phalerope - a new bird for my mate Jason. We headed along the...
  17. mcapper

    Hawfinches

    How many Hawfinches have people had this year passing through? There have been about 5 or 6 seen in Sheffield from visible migration watch points. This is unprecendented. One guy has vismigged the same site for 25 years and had only had one before this year. Hawfinch has just about gone as a...
  18. mcapper

    Bird Clubs - your views.....

    I wondered what views members had on local bird clubs. I'm on the committee of mine (Sheffield Bird Study Group) and we have been making a big effort to increase membership and respond to what people want. Are you all members of yours? Do they offer what you need? Are they outdated? Many...
  19. mcapper

    Trip to Singapore - Request for info

    Evening all, I am going to Singapore for 8 days with my partner at the end of Feb 2004 and, whilst not a birding holiday, will be fitting in time for a few birding trips during the course of the trip (there is only so much shopping a man can take ;) ). What I wanted to know is any site and...
  20. mcapper

    Peak District Birder...

    Hi Have put a few posts on the forum in recent times (mostly cos I'm about to try and join the merry (or more likely frustrated ;) ) band of digiscopers and wanted some advice). But, I failed to say Hi! So here goes. Based in the north of the Peak District. Been a birder as long as I can...
  21. mcapper

    Coolpix 5000

    Recent posts suggest that people are using the Coolpix 5000 for digiscoping. Is this any good and would it attach to a Diascope with a standard adaptor? I am having 'discussions' with my partner about 'my' choice of the 4500. We want a digital camera for both general and digiscoping use. She...
  22. mcapper

    Zeiss 85 Diascope and Coolpix 4500

    Hi all This is my first post to any of the forums. Have been reading with interest what is on the forums concerning Zeiss Diascopes and digiscoping. Sounds like I got a good scope but maybe not the very best for digiscoping. Still having tried all those on the market when I got it, I have to...
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