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  1. Neil Hagley

    Moult and Ageing of European Passerines

  2. Neil Hagley

    Moult and Ageing of European Passerines

    Can't believe I started this thread in 2007! Svennson 5th edition finally completed. On sale in some countries apparently & available for UK pre-order £19.99.
  3. Neil Hagley

    Tascam DR-05x

    Excellent, thanks for taking the time Jib.
  4. Neil Hagley

    Settings for Tascam DR-05 noc migging + USB power

    Having experimented with a USB microphone direct in to Audacity I've just taken delivery of a DR-05x & QTX SG300 shotgun. Can anyone help please with basic settings e.g 24 bit WAV, file size, any low frequency cut off etc? Is the QTX best in switch position 1 or 2? Finally can I power the Tascam...
  5. Neil Hagley

    Tascam DR-05x

    Jib - please could you share the basic settings you use for this combo? Sorry for additional Q's but presumably you select OFF for mic power as the QTX has it's own phantom power? Do you just use AA's for the DR05X and if so how long do they run? Does the recorder split files to the micro SD or...
  6. Neil Hagley

    QTX 300 or 350 shotgun

    Has anyone experience of the 350 for nocmigging? It's longer than the 300 so presumably tighter polar pattern? Thanks
  7. Neil Hagley

    Mist net poles

    I've had one private reply, for which I'm grateful and gives me encouragement to persevere with bamboo (gloss painted black every few years). At one of our 'group' sites we actually use 3.6m x 20mm corrugated aluminium poles given to us years ago, they are superb and of course durable.
  8. Neil Hagley

    Mist net poles

    I've been doing some 'gardening' at my sewerage works scrub site and find a number of my time served 12 ft bamboo poles have had it. What are folks using for full sized poles these days? Any suggested sources? thanks Neil
  9. Neil Hagley

    nikon fieldscope ed82 a

    I've had the ED82 A for about 10 years and I also have Swaorvski ATS 80 with zoom on permanent loan .... I prefer the Nikon every time. The zoom at 75x is a little 'dark' and 'tunnel' but the image is pin sharp. If Nikon had manufactured a WA zoom this scope would be near untouchable in the 80mm...
  10. Neil Hagley

    Cryptic Wood White - still on the wing?

    Answering my own question, yes. Saw one quite fresh looking CWW at Belfast Harbour this afternoon.
  11. Neil Hagley

    Cryptic Wood White - still on the wing?

    I'm in Belfast for the day on Thursday and weather permitting I'd like to see CWW if possible. I appreciate it's getting late and I've missed the peak, but does anyone know if they are still flying and if so any locations with directions in Belfast City please? I have been told of Harbour...
  12. Neil Hagley

    Song - coastal north Norfolk

    I've been on site for an hour again this morning, no sound so far. Thanks for the replies and having listened to recording of Icky that's a match to my ear including what I referred to as 'parakeet' phrases. I ring lots of c Whitethroats & other Sylvias & accros - hadn't considered a hippo, well...
  13. Neil Hagley

    Song - coastal north Norfolk

    I was checking roadside pools for waders this morning and picked up a scratchy song I simply did not recognize. The problem was that it was a 'thin' song from a hedgeline about 40 metres away on private land. I captured what I could on the mobile but the recording (attached) is very quiet as I...
  14. Neil Hagley

    Pocket super zoom for record shots

    Thanks Brian, that's the kind of candid advice I was after, cheers.
  15. Neil Hagley

    Pocket super zoom for record shots

    129 views but no replies! Does that mean pocket superzooms are incapable of capturing birds in flight overhead?
  16. Neil Hagley

    Pocket super zoom for record shots

    I have a DSLR with zoom lenses etc, so I know that will be better than anything in the pocket/bridge category. I am however a field birder and tend to travel light with my lovely Leica binoculars and that's it, but I would love to have a pocket camera to take record shots with (I'm thinking...
  17. Neil Hagley

    Dartford Warbler - Cannock Chase

    As a Staffordshire born birder now living in Leics I am always interested in the avifauna of my home county and was saddened to read this in the West Midland Bird Club newsletter no 482 The annual counts during 2005-14 document the arrival and ultimate loss of this species as a county breeding...
  18. Neil Hagley

    Mist nets

    People who use these to catch birds will know exactly what they are. What worries me is anyone buying them in all innocence to protect fruit trees etc thinking they will just stop birds. Without training most mortals will not be able to extract anything that gets in to a mist net without...
  19. Neil Hagley

    Mass Bird Migration in the Baltic Sea

    Amazing video linked from the BTO newsletter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MZ7Abmz8rM&feature=youtu.be
  20. Neil Hagley

    Monarch Southampton

    One in Rutland 11th July 2013 - traced back to a wedding in Leicester a few days earier https://rutlandbutterflies.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/monarch-at-ketton/
  21. Neil Hagley

    Large Blue...Daneway Banks...

    Hi Colin I went on Tuesday and saw 9. I also heard people talking about someone with a net. I'm obviously naive but I had no idea that's still going on. I guess the best protection at the banks is a regular procession of folks with cameras and if you see anyone with a net grab it and sling it in...
  22. Neil Hagley

    Rosefinch or House Finch Tunbridge Wells

    Growing some nice adult type tail feathers.
  23. Neil Hagley

    Glossy Ibis

    For all those like me who couldn't get to RW for the one and only Glossy Ibis so far one was reported just north of the county boundary today over Chilwell at 11:00. This is only 3 miles from Sawley Marina. Keep checking those flood meadows and livestock fields!
  24. Neil Hagley

    Leicestershire and Rutland Birding/Local Patches

    Is the photo posted anywhere?
  25. Neil Hagley

    Leicestershire and Rutland Birding/Local Patches

    Thanks Dave. I've been checking old elm stands for WLH in south Leics with no luck so I'll have a go tomorrow. Cheers Neil
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