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  1. Farnboro John

    Western Scotland birding

    I twitched both the Grey-headed Lapwing and the Stejneger's Scoter last year in a day from Farnborough - well I say in a day, that was the plan... the car stuck a piston through the block on the M6 homeward bound near Shap and getting relayed home took till 0530 the next morning. That, like...
  2. Farnboro John

    Western Scotland birding

    Scope in daysack, tripod on shoulder sling (or use portable chair bag?) Its not difficult. Seawatching without one is. John
  3. Farnboro John

    Western Scotland birding

    Trust me the tripod will be better even in rough conditions. Its shaking will be less frustrating than trying to pan and tilt a scope gripped between or rested on your knees to follow a seabird arcing between wavetops or seaduck disappearing behind them. John
  4. Farnboro John

    Western Scotland birding

    Beavers are perfectly happy eating herbaceous plants in spring/summer/autumn, only really needing branches to get through winter. They will bring those some distance to store them below water level. Wide distributions of any animal will have lacunae in them but animals will traverse those...
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