Alastair Rae
London birder
Having a quick look around. Looks like a good site. Not sure about all the smilies, though!
I was referred here by an article on uk.rec.birdwatching. Having been reading that newsgroup since it started up, I'm sick of the way it has been hijacked by abusive people with axes to grind.
I guess that's the likely fate of any fully open forum. Moderated sites must be the way to go.
About me - my partner Ann & I have been birding for about 20 years. Bitten by the travel bug, we've just come back from a trip to Ethiopia. Africa is just the biz.
At home, we've been concentrating mostly on botany. But I've just got a new scope + digital camera so more birding in '03.
I was referred here by an article on uk.rec.birdwatching. Having been reading that newsgroup since it started up, I'm sick of the way it has been hijacked by abusive people with axes to grind.
I guess that's the likely fate of any fully open forum. Moderated sites must be the way to go.
About me - my partner Ann & I have been birding for about 20 years. Bitten by the travel bug, we've just come back from a trip to Ethiopia. Africa is just the biz.
At home, we've been concentrating mostly on botany. But I've just got a new scope + digital camera so more birding in '03.