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    I've got a Canon R7 and need to update my lenses

    I've got a Canon R7 and need to upgrade my old lenses (Canon EF 100-400mk1 and tamron 18-240). I'm off to the Brazilian Pantanal later this year and am not sure whether to get an EF 100-400 mk11, which has a minimum aperture of f5.6 or the rf 100-500 which reduces to f7.1. I also need a standard...
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    Brown capped duck uk

    I am in S.Devon and yesterday came across a medium size duck that has orange legs, a yellow bill, greyish body with a two tone brown head. Its distinctive marking is that it has a dark brown cap that runs from the top of the bill, through the eye line and then halfway down the neck where it it...
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    Whitethroat?

    Can anyone help identify this bird? It was in the hedgerow and I'm assuming its either a whitethroat or lesser whitethroat but I have recorded the birds in this area for years and it will be the first time one will have visited the area of Devon for at least 6 years. It appeared to be taking...
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    Posible flock of linnets or twite in South Devon, England

    I was walking in my normal patch in South Devon and heard a great deal of noise coming from a tree. On inspection approx 90 small birds, about the size of sparrows, were making the noise and they would suddenly take off and forage in a field filled with stubble of last years sweetcorn crop. On...
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    Grey Russia

    Just returned from a week in Moscow and St Petersberg. In fairness this was not a birding hol but I took the binos wherever I went hoping to see somethign different but have to say there was a dirth of birds and all I did see, I have seen in Britain. In the cities the main birds were hooded...
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    leucitic mallard ?

    On the River Teign today in Devon I came across a group of mallard ducks and with them was a pure white duck with an orange bill that had a dark mark on it just as the top bill reached the face. It was a similar size and shape to the mallards but the top of its head appeared to be more rounded...
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    Birds in Peru

    I'm off to Peru later this year and am looking for a field guide that is comprehensive enough to make identifiactions but light enough to carry around with me. Helm's new "birds of northern south america" vol2 looks to have the info but does anyone know it's weight or have alternative...
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    Canon s3is - so far so good

    For years I've been frustrated that I either had to carry the weight of my SLR with its lenses, which has given me some great photos but meant I missed out on the spur of the moment shots, or a smaller camera that I could carry in my pocket but didn't give the me quality or sufficent zoom power...
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    Tawny Owls

    I was in the Churchyard at 08.00hrs this morning and was able to watch an adult Tawny Owl, perched in a nearby conifer tree, looking over a youngster as it flapped it's wings and tried to fly to another branch in the tree.It eventually succeeded although it still had down coming through its...
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    Lesser spotted woodpecker

    I was in Yarner Wood, Devon, today watching the pied flycatchers when a lesser spotted woodpecker flew into view and started drumming. I then bumped into the ranger who told me that there are at least 3 pairs in the wood at the moment. We also saw had a good view of a wood warbler and I found...
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    Birds in Scotland

    Does anyone know if a updated version of "Birds in Scotland" by valerie thom is being prepared at the moment. Poyser have just published "Birds in England" but i gather the former is now out of print. I found it fascinating reading whilst visting Scotland earlier this year, albeit somewhat out...
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    A perfect day

    I was walking with my dog before work this morning down by the river Dart i South Devon and in less than 50 yards came across a dipper, grey heron cormorant, little grebe, kingfisher, a pair of goosander and - a pair of otters playing in the river! The sun was highlighting the blues and ochre...
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    Does anybody know of a book of inspirational photos of British Birds?

    Three years ago I was in birding in South Africa and stopped on night at a farm in Kwazulu-natal. The owner was really friendly and took me around the farm, showing me some marvellous birds and then over a meal lent me a book, larger than A4 in size, that had wonderful photos of all the birds in...
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    38W or 50W for ed 78?

    I feel it's time to get my first scope as I've started to look at sea birds a bit more this year and after reading through some of the threads it seems that the ED 78 at Warehouse is a good buy - I'm not sure whaether to plump for the 38 W or 50W lens. Any thoughts? :h?:
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    Hello everyone - any chance of some urgent advice on compacts?

    Hi everyone, I first became interested in birds out in South Africa a couple of years ago and then followed it up when I got home. Now I am out every day with the bins and my dog, walking by the side of the river, watching and listing birds - it gives you a new perspective on life! My wife...
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