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  1. davebenj

    Nottinghamshire Birding

    ...or... If it's a Saturday or Sunday, I may be able to give you a lift. I live in Worksop. When are you planning on going? Thinks.. Saturday would be better - the trains are rubbish on a Sunday.
  2. davebenj

    Barn Owl population

    After years of only seeing barn owls occasionally, recently I've been seeing them everywhere. Has the English population increased significantly in recent times?
  3. davebenj

    BF 200 Club

    I can but try! We're staying in Wells from 8th -15th February. Hopefully the WC Sparrow will still be there and the crowds will have gone dwindled somewhat... Have you still got my mobile number?
  4. davebenj

    BF 200 Club

    You're still the only person on BF to have ticked me! :-) If you want to add me to your 2008 year list, check your PM's... (We'll be in Norfolk for a week in the near future) Dave
  5. davebenj

    Ivory-billed Woodpecker (formerly updates)

    Elvis taking photos of it... ;-)
  6. davebenj

    Hello from Worksop

    Not far away then. Have you been birding long?
  7. davebenj

    Hello from Worksop

    Oooh! Which bit of Worksop? I'm on the edge of Kilton. Dave
  8. davebenj

    HE2's 2007 Birding Forays

    Its just male jewellery Helen...
  9. davebenj

    HE2's 2007 Birding Forays

    No, they didn't - Unfortunately... No, there wasn't - Believe me, I looked! I didn't like the Leica. Sod-all difference optically but the focussing was a bit too fiddly for my taste. One knob for "coarse" focus and another adjacent for "fine" focus. Try using those in mid-winter with gloves...
  10. davebenj

    HE2's 2007 Birding Forays

    'salright Helen, I believe you. We went to Titchwell today and saw the Curlew Sandruff for ourselves. And the Spoonbill. Expensive day though - trashed my (already battered) Piccolo telescope first time I tried to use it - it simply lept, lemming-like, from the top of my tripod and splattered...
  11. davebenj

    HE2's 2007 Birding Forays

    According to Bird Guides, last week, there was one of them up on Shetland somewhere. Some sort of Plover aren't they?
  12. davebenj

    HE2's 2007 Birding Forays

    Nah. That's not a smew. That's a Pale Tufted Siberian Merganser that is. Either that or a lump of polystyrene...
  13. davebenj

    HE2's 2007 Birding Forays

    You've got a death wish haven't you? You'd better PM Helen some (very good quality) chocolate quickly - whilst your soft and squashy bits are still soft and squashy... ;)
  14. davebenj

    RSPB Bempton Cliffs

    We went to Bempton yesterday (15th April). Gannet (everywhere) Razorbill (everywhere) Guillemot (everywhere) Kittiwake (everywhere) Fulmar (to east of visitor centre - none west) Shag (one or two flying north) Puffin (only one or two and tricky to fnd) I wouldn't have thought that photographing...
  15. davebenj

    HE2's 2007 Birding Forays

  16. davebenj

    Easter 2007

    I'd seen the oystercatcher the previous wednesday - it's a "notable" bird for Nottinghamshire. Pleased to here the kingfishers have nested on PM. I'd spent an hour or watching them checking out the various pipes a couple of weeks ago. The BNG must have liked us - it surfaced right in front of...
  17. davebenj

    Easter 2007

    It's ok Helen - it was in winter plumage...
  18. davebenj

    Hiya All From Sunny Rotherham

    060 : Its for a telescope with a 60mm diameter object lens (the big lens at the front) 27XW : 27 times magnification and Wide Angle (not the same as wide angle on a camera0. Someone who knows will be along shortly to explain the digiscoping thing. Personally, I'd be looking for a zoom...
  19. davebenj

    Easter 2007

    Blacktoft Sands & Potteric Carr : Easter 2007 We had a couple of trips out over the weekend. First was a quick Friday evening trip just up the road to Welbeck for a Red Throated Diver (rare in Notts) and a couple of Mandarin drakes (something that I'd like to see on my 2007 year list). We got...
  20. davebenj

    HE2's 2007 Birding Forays

    Erm. Have a look on Birdguides. There was something stupid there, apparently... <run, ducks and hides> (please don't mention divers) Dave
  21. davebenj

    Nottinghamshire Birding

    Possibly. No brown wings on these though. A quick google found some variations on green pheasant that appear green all over. There's quite a bit of rough shooting in north Notts, so I'd guess they've got something to do with that.
  22. davebenj

    Nottinghamshire Birding

    Welbeck Watchpoint : 02-03-07 Usual culprits: Buzzard x6 (may have been more, but we can only be certain of 6) Goosander x2 Chaffinch Cormorant Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit Black Headed Gull Herring Gull Great Crested Grebe (several pairs displaying) Greylag Goose Canada Goose Mallard Carrion...
  23. davebenj

    Free Anti-Virus Software

    AVG 7.5 The free version. Installed fine and updates itself properly without any fuss. I'd recommend that you go back to square one and start the download from scratch again. HTH
  24. davebenj

    Who would you most like to go out with for a days birding

    HE2, because I could impress her by finding a Smew because she thinks that they don't exist. And even if I didn't find one, she wouldn't be disappointed for the same reason. <runs, ducks and hides>
  25. davebenj

    Nottinghamshire Birding

    We had to drive up and down the road two or three times before the fishermen packed up and bu99ered off. Its about 4 miles from where I live, so I'd expect we'll be there quite a bit over the next few weeks. Especially on Fridays. Look out for a pale blue Honda Accord with a 51 registration. ;)
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