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  1. J

    Heard in SW Turkey

    Looking for some help with a bird I heard call three times in flight outside of Didim, Turkey. Couldn'T see the bird and it went through quickly. Call a loud di-syllabic Ke-wier. Short Ke (as in Ah, Buh, Ke (A B C) wier= rising fluty (almost di-syllabic). Ta John
  2. J

    Egyptian Moth

    Any chance of a name. Found in Alexandria. Ta
  3. J

    Birds spread bush Fires!!

    Any-one see this in the Times today. May not be true but a great story. Apparently there are multiple reports of birds in Australia picking up embers/burning twigs and dropping them onto areas that are not on fire. It is thought that this is deliberate as the same species; black kite and brown...
  4. J

    Heading North from Lagos

    In Lagos and sailing west than north starting tomorrow. Hope to eventually end up in Baiona. Nice mornings birding north of town this morning. Nothing unusual but a nice selection of Mediterranean birds.
  5. J

    Turkish snake

    Hi all, bit of a punt I know but I wonder if some-one could help me ID a snake that we saw in our garden in SW Turkey. It was about 2 foot long, very thin it had a light to mid green head and a lighter green/yelowish body. I only saw it very briefly as it slithered/snaked very quickly across...
  6. J

    Acer (c:)

    Good evening, can any-one help me understand my C drive. It shows that 108gb are used with just under 3 gb free. When I open the drive to have a look at it the various folders only total 1.1gb and a few bits and pieces of other data. The little graphic of the c drive on the my computer page has...
  7. J

    why won't adobe reader work

    I can't get this to run on my old desktop XP service pack 2. It keeps telling me it is installed but then won't open anything. Ideas??
  8. J

    Neat Grey and white bird on Beach Cancun

    Nice looking grey and white passerine on beach at Cancun. Same sort of proportions as the grackles i.e. long tail, long bodied, perky. Feeding around sun beds. Sort of wheatear like, sort of shrikish, neat bird. Any suggestions re name of species John
  9. J

    Terns cancun

    Hi, I'm out in Cancun at present. Only got 8x30's with me. Got a few terns each day offshore. Royal, Least, Sandwich, Roseate?? Does this make sense? haven't got a field guide of any description with me either for ID or distribution John
  10. J

    Quidditch

    Out in Cancun at present for our 25th wedding anniversary. The frigate birds when they chase one another are the closest thing I've ever seen to Quidditch. Absolutely fabulous flying ability. Instead of a golden snitch the prize is a silver fish. The second chase this afternoon ended when...
  11. J

    Raptors and More Alentejo.

    I went into the Alentejo guided by Simon Waites. Absolutely magnificent days birding. He picked me up at 6:30 and dropped me back in Lagos at 8:45 so I certainly got a full day in. I asked Simon to concentrate on raptors/bustards/sand grouse but along the way we saw a whole range of other...
  12. J

    Bouncing white offshore bird

    Strange question I know and I don't expect a definitive answer but I was seawatching this morning (bright sun behind me). I watched a bird offshore for some time. It glowed white, size very difficult to estimate as I wasn't sure how far away it was but it wasn't big. It had a very distinctive...
  13. J

    wireless adaptor

    Hi all, I have an old but perfectly fine HP Igo without wireless. I'd like an wireless adaptor that would allow it to connect with a sky wireless router. Don't need the computer to do anything fancy just update, run I player etc. Any advice appreciated John
  14. J

    Last Self Found

    I was just about to leave my office today at St Cadocs Hospital Caerleon when I glanced up to see a Hoopoe like shape land in the tree opposite. The sensible part of my brain said "no its a jay, walk out of the office and go to the meeting" the not so sensible part of my brain said "no have a...
  15. J

    Cambridge Sciences

    Who are these people? Perhaps erroneously I've just bought an Android tablet off Amazon on the strength of the reviews, the specs (they sounded good) and that it looked pretty. I can't find any info with respect to the company. They don't seem to have a website. Any info appreciated. John
  16. J

    Cold Weather movements

    Any body got anything happening. I got out of the car this morning and two calling green sands flew low overhead. In an urban area. There also seemed to be lots of common gulls about, more cormarants than usual overhead around newport and an increase in Lapwing numbers on the usk at Caerleon
  17. J

    More Unusual Lists

    I keep a seen in or from Psychiatric hospitals in South Wales list. New addition this week 10 overflying Whoopers (St Cadocs Hospital Caerleon) other species on the list Black Redstart, Hobby, Med Gull and Pallas's warbler. Anyone keep a similar "quirky" list.
  18. J

    How do I find a firecrest???

    I have been trying for many years to find a firecrest in Gwent. They are all over the country at the moment. It seems that any one who pops out for a few minutes in pembrokeshire comes across 1-2. I've seen quite a few and even self-found a couple on Portland over the years (last one about 20...
  19. J

    Two days in Pembs

    Spent a couple of days walking/birding in Pembrokeshire. This is a really stunning part of the world. 1st Day started at Dale and walked St Ann's Headland. Six miles, so good walk but not too long. Best sightings a few Chough. We were hoping for a newly arrived Yank wader but unfortunately for...
  20. J

    playing DVD

    Has any one got any advice on improving picture quality on DVD playback. I have an Aspire 6935g laptop (almost full HD screen with HDMI output). Connected this to good quality HI Def Tv and watched "new" Star Trek movie using Windows media player. Picture quality pretty good but odd lines...
  21. J

    can you take me to a task bar

    Good evening My daughters task bar has gone missing. when the laptop starts Her wallpaper comes up but no icons, taskbar or start button. If I press cont/alt/delete, then left click on file, then new task (run), then browse, then start menu (right click on this) then open all the missing...
  22. J

    Computer for TV

    Evening all, can you get a computer to permanently connect to a TV. One with Blue Ray/Full HD DVD capability, DVD recording, good quality graphics for games, internet connection and a big hard drive for storage/downloading films etc. Not a tower type but a flat one shaped like a sky HD box...
  23. J

    missing drivers and utilities

    My daughters Amilo Pro V2055 crashed big time recently. I seem to have restored it so far but have got stuck on the last step which is Install the drivers and programmes as described below. after the installation you must install the other drivers and programmes again. To do this use the...
  24. J

    How can I speed up my aging laptop????

    I have a well used and fairly battered few years old Samsung NP28. System info on control panel gives 1.6 Ghz 592 mhz, 224 MB of Ram. Task manager shows PF usage 407 MB (much higher than has been usual) and CPU usage that fluctuates but is usually low. I only want this for internet use...
  25. J

    Kloop kleep in Turkey

    A couple of times I heard a very distinct (somewhat wader like) Klooop..... Kleep. Once by night when this/these birds were flying around (quite quickly it sounded from the movement of the calls in the dark), and once, one evening waiting for a dolmus in bright sunlight the same noise coming...
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