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  1. Muso

    Coul Links Under Threat - Yet Again

    Update can be found here: https://www.rspb.org.uk/helping-nature/what-we-do/influence-government-and-business/casework/coul-links?utm_source=campaigns_update_scotland_feb24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=11&utm_campaign=
  2. Muso

    Coul Links Under Threat - Yet Again

    Can't see any way round the postcode limitation. I can only assume it's because they're trying to get the Scottish Government to act, therefore Scottish residents. Fairly sure that wasn't the case the last time. Because I live in Scotland, my registration just went through, so I didn't know...
  3. Muso

    Coul Links Under Threat - Yet Again

    Thanks Jos - wasn't aware of this. Might be worth trying RSPB directly or the Not Coul website. I'll look into this and see what I can come up with.
  4. Muso

    Coul Links Under Threat - Yet Again

    Hi all Around 2017/18 an American billionaire tried to build a golf course on Coul Links, near Dornoch. The existing Royal Dornoch golf course, which is as exclusive as this one wanted to be, is 2 miles away. Local Councillors gave it the go-ahead, despite this being a triple-protected area...
  5. Muso

    Greetings..

    Welcome Flying Scot. I'm in Glasgow - where are you based? Best Ian
  6. Muso

    Feral Parrots, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria

    But I wouldn't have known that Andy (although I've now learned another little bit). My lack of knowledge in the terminology led me to use "front" in the more general way, eg the front of a building. Also apologies to The_Fern if my first post seemed like an attack - it was more knee-jerk...
  7. Muso

    Feral Parrots, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria

    Spot on BH - didn't see your post as I posted mine...
  8. Muso

    Feral Parrots, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria

    Sorry, just me misusing an established term which I wasn't aware of. By front, I was meaning from the chest area down. Apologies for confusion.
  9. Muso

    Feral Parrots, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria

    Quote: The_Fern - Suggest blue-fronted from Southern cone area based on: blue front (!) One of the reasons I almost give up on this. You are looking at a completely and undoubtably green front and say it's blue, as if that's a duh moment...do you really see that front as blue? Or is it just...
  10. Muso

    Finch? - North London

    Female, I think
  11. Muso

    Help with Dipper behaviour- Dodder river in Ireland

    Not an expert by any means, but observed quite a few dippers over the years, and suspect you would immediately know if this was a territorial thing - dippers take no prisoners...! Here's 2 males having at it on Arran, and the aggression did not stop until one had exited stage left. One pursued...
  12. Muso

    Canary Islands, Plan B in the Era of Omicron

    Jos, this is great! Thanks for recording all this. Although I've been to Fuerteventura several times, my first trip to Tenerife was in December 2021. We'd cancelled / postponed all our overseas trips since Covid began, and the Tenerife holiday was sort of still sitting there, and we were...
  13. Muso

    Highland golf course plan is a possibility at Coul Links in Scotland again

    Hi Murmur, hope all's well. Indeed, such incredibly bad luck with the fires, eh? To quote Ian Fleming: “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action”...
  14. Muso

    Highland golf course plan is a possibility at Coul Links in Scotland again

    Hi Ian, been aware of this. This new attempt has been lodged in the name of defunct organisation Embo Junior Football and Athletic Club. Defunct as in no longer exists... A local councillor seems to be behind it, and of course American billionaire Todd Warnock, who originally tried to get...
  15. Muso

    Sound file, Glasgow Scotland

    Many thanks Richard - just to let you know where I am with this, song thrush was one of the ones I looked up on xenocanto - and didn't recognise...! Although I did think that was closest out of those I searched, but still sounded different to me. Thanks again. Ian
  16. Muso

    Sound file, Glasgow Scotland

    Hi all After years on BF and a lot of members' help, I'm definitely getting better with visual ID, however sound is still largely a mystery to me. My wife recorded this about half an hour ago outside our front door (apologies for loud background hum) as dusk was kicking in. Not sure, but she...
  17. Muso

    Birds fae Torry

    Stunning pics of the Jack Snipe, Andrew. In the first pic, it looks like you are reflected in its eye as you're taking the photo! Love it!
  18. Muso

    External hard drive recommendation

    The important thng is that any data which is not replaceable (nowadays very few pictures are non-digital) is backed up, however you choose to do it. I have one Seagate 4TB and one WD Elements 4TB external drives (deliberately different makes). I update these both at the same time directly from...
  19. Muso

    Montrose Basin..,..Thoughts & Observations ??

    Hi Barney Not sure if this is of interest, but a memorable moment for me of Montrose Basin. I counted 147 curlew in the pic before I spontaneously combusted...! And that was just what the pic captured - left & right of this pic were more curlew. No attempt made to count anything else...
  20. Muso

    Niger seed

    Worth persevering with the niger - took the goldfinches a while to arrive, but regularly get 15-20 around the niger feeder (metal tube with tiny holes). I also get siskin at the niger, though not as often. Definitely worth it! Good luck.
  21. Muso

    Mauritius Weaver

    LOL - never crossed my mind that this wasn't a pair...thanks for the info Rafael, and for being gentle with my ignorance. It seems the more I learn, the less I know...
  22. Muso

    Mauritius Weaver

    Attached pic is pair of Village Weavers taken in Mauritius in 2018. I can see similarities, especially given there will be variances, but seems more yellow in my pic...?
  23. Muso

    Assnyt area

    Sorry, only just saw this post. For Dornoch area, see post 4 in the thread below for my list, and also what's in the area. Most sightings around Loch Fleet, The Mound, Balblair Wood, Embo to Dornoch beach walk. Walk Highlands has some good walks in the area. Lovely place - enjoy...
  24. Muso

    What did I change?

    Hi Delia See if this is any help, although I'm sure you've had a look about for info. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-april-2018-update-how-to-change-camera-and-microphone-privacy-settings/
  25. Muso

    What did I change?

    Delia, would think it would also be in the Start -> Control Panel (maybe System or Device Manager) -> Camera, or maybe within a subset like Imaging or something...?
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