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  1. Prestdj

    easter weekend seahouses northumberland 29th-31st march

    booked springhill farm campsite back in october for new year but that altered due to weather, so rearranged for easter the site accomodates all sorts of accomodation caravans, motorhomes,campervans,tents, glamping pods and self accomondation and is clean and tidy with some very nice...
  2. Prestdj

    at last the shell guide british birds

    a book ive been wanting for a long time, i know its old 1983 but when i started birding this was proberly the best and my newly bought copy was £9.95 in 1988 which at the time was a third of my weekly wage!
  3. Prestdj

    raptor west yorkshire 13/08/2017

    photos are poor due to using a canon 20d. it flew over the garden heading south west midafternoon. just going through my photos im thinking honey buzzard but i may be wrong
  4. Prestdj

    vanguard 82a spotting scope my review

    a chance find back in june 2023.......i paid just under £200 boxed with all accesories plus a vanguard tripod which was too small but took that apart and its now 3 hiking poles! first impressions well built and solid feel, being magnesium alloy compact compared to my hawke endurance 85 ed...
  5. Prestdj

    mytholmroyd 2024

    again same as last year! listing from the house on foot the weather has been awful and odd over the holidays, but the last birds of 2023 were apx 120 pink footed geese heading west which looked confused in the hill fog. so 1st january the usual early morning calls robin, blackbird...
  6. Prestdj

    historical id- pipit spurn yorkshire 13/08/95

    any ideas? yep rubbish drawing
  7. Prestdj

    Hawker Id West Yorkshire 15/08/2023

    Not my strong point I presume common hawker Thanks
  8. Prestdj

    whimbrel or curlew? uk

    cuckmere haven east sussex uk 04/05/2023 1 of 2 birds that i watched coming in off the sea, and refound 1 on the scrape, i think it is a whimbrel given the dark brown cap but being cautious as a few of us locally got caught out by a well marked curlew last year many thanks
  9. Prestdj

    marsh harrier age

    marsh harrier male photo taken at St Aidens RSPB 19th march 2023 07.53am would this be a 1st year bird given the single grey feather in the tail? looked on google but not much help photo wise many thanks
  10. Prestdj

    gull halifax west yorkshire 14/02/23

    taken through the kitchen window this morning just before 8am.........3rd year yellow legged gull or just a herring gull many thanks i stuggle with gulls darrell
  11. Prestdj

    prestdj green year list in mytholmroyd 2023

    decided to do a green birding list around my partner/ex wife village of mytholmroyd in west yorkshire, nice place with the river calder and rochdale canal along with a water works, lots of woodland and moorland within walking distance. some nice habitat so far ive seen (not in order) 1...
  12. Prestdj

    best birds seen whilst working

    due to me working all over as a joiner i spend most of my time outside, today i heard a lapland bunting calling as i was cutting a worktop! which is quite good for west yorkshire so having been working for 34 years i thought what have seen while working? lapland bunting snow bunting osprey...
  13. Prestdj

    meopta meostar 8x42

    i bought these off ebay for £350 used condition, which i would say was good price given the optics.......they came with carry case and both sets of lense covers but the 42mm covers are a bit loose so trying to source a new set. but they also came with no strap just the ends of a op-tech strap...
  14. Prestdj

    carl zeiss 8x30w age

    i would like to know the date of these please 6186939 did some searching but the website for dating carl zeiss is not working any help would be much appreciated but they are a beautiful binocular very light and small with a great field of veiw though, i do need to give them a clean,optics...
  15. Prestdj

    gull hayling island hampshire 30/08/2022

    saw this by the ferry crossing at just after 6 am in the morning, to me looked unusual but could be just a herring gull any thoughts thanks
  16. Prestdj

    i need new binoculars

    so after 31 years my old and well used plus loved Bausch and Lomb elites 8x42 have had there day, i still love them just feel they need updating with more a more modern, i do feel sad having to upgrade them as the view is stunning so natural but there tired and shabby, as im 50 now a new lighter...
  17. Prestdj

    day flying bat north yorkshire 03/07/2022

    today we saw a bat flying for a good length of time at Aysgarth Falls North Yorkshire poor photo as i only had a 40mm lens with me what bat species is it thanks
  18. Prestdj

    swift audubon mk2

    just bought a pair of swift audubon mk2 so they have some fungus are they worth repairing? and who could do it in the uk ?
  19. Prestdj

    dumfries and galloway 2nd - 5th june 2022

    so this weekend back to beautiful scotland i spent many happy holidays here back in the late 70's at Twynholm so its all ways nice to be around here set off thursday morning........booked 3 nights at Newton campsite next to the A75 1 common tern 2 ravens ,red kite, buzzard and over a 100...
  20. Prestdj

    wader st aidens rspb 02/05/2022

    seen this morning 02/05/2022 at st aidens rspb reserve west yorkshire seen with 2 greenshank over the main lake,never heard it call and only saw the underparts photos are straight from the camera so not cropped or adjusted im thinking ruff but looks very small compared to the greenshank...
  21. Prestdj

    Scotland 22/04/2022 - 29/04/2022 campervan trip

    a bit of sightseeing and birding a mixed trip we are still 20 years old in our heads so off we set friday 22nd from Hebden Bridge at 8am and north we headed after a few stops for brews we crossed the border yeah bonnie scotland headed to Falkirk for the Kelpies........colette loved them and...
  22. Prestdj

    gull redcar tarn west yorkshire uk 16 april 2022

    found this which is confusing me any ideas......thanks
  23. Prestdj

    marsh harrier blacktoft sands rspb 15/04/2022

    curious about the age of this bird..........i presume a young male?
  24. Prestdj

    redcar tarn poss caspian gull 19/02/2022

    im thinking a 3rd winter bird many thanks
  25. Prestdj

    scotland april 2022 campervan trip

    embarassingly after nearly 40 years of birding ive never done scotland well apart from dumfries and galloway and shetlands its going to be a semi birding trip, my partner is not a birdwatcher but enjoys wildlife and the outdoors we are going the 21-29th april thinking up the east coast to...
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