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    Flycatcher - UK?

    Saw this when out on the North Downs (South East UK) today. I'm really not too sure what it is. My instincts tell me it may be a flycatcher of one kind or another, but I'm really not sure and more than happy to be corrected. The terrain was downland - grass, heath, pasture - that kind of thing...
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    Objective Lens Covers

    Hopefully someone can help. I need a replacement objective lens cover. Ideally hinged or tethered. Including the casing, it needs to go over a diameter of 95mm (80mm objective lens plus the thickness of the casing). The official replacement costs £48! So I'm hopeful someone, somewhere, does a...
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    Chiff Chaff or Whitethroat - South east UK

    Cheers, all. Appreciated.
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    Chiff Chaff or Whitethroat - South east UK

    Whilst out for a stroll today I managed to get a picture of a bird in some nearby bushes (pic attached). I'm pretty sure it's some kind of warbler. I can't decide if it's a chiff chaff or whitethroat. Or maybe something else? There were two or three of them. They kept hoping about, starting...
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    Bird ID - South East UK

    Ah, yes - so it is. Shame. I was rather hoping it would be something more exotic. Cheers though.
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    Bird ID - South East UK

    Just saw the attached in the garden (as timed and dated by this post). I'm in the UK - Kent. It was about the same size as a song thrush, sitting on the fence, and looking at the fish in the neighbour's pond. I've had a look through some books and I'm not sure - maybe a pipit of some kind? But...
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    British Reptiles 2018

    That is an early riser. I suspect that's the adder equivalent of having to get up early in the morning for a wee before going back to bed for a bit. I had been thinking of checking one or two local spots myself but decided not since it was a bit too early. Think I'll give it until March...
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    Which Backpack

    Isn't putting a scope, especially a big one like that, in a pack a bit of a faff? I've never seen anyone do that, and for all the reasons you highlight. Why not just sling it over your shoulder like everyone else does? Alternatively, don't the Hawke scopes come with a stay-on case with a...
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    Goldcrest on feeders

    We're quite lucky in that we have goldcrests nesting in the spruce trees at the bottom of the garden. We often see them flitting back and forth. We also have the bird table and feeders sited beneath the spruce trees. But I can honestly say I have never seen them feeding at the table! I've often...
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    Bird Photography or plain old birding!!

    Blimey. Stop the navel gazing and analysis and just enjoy your time. If you want to go birding then go birding. If you fancy taking some pictures then take some pictures. If you fancy going to watch cricket then do that. Or whatever else. It's your hobby and freetime. Do what you are in the mood...
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    Will More Megapixels Help Me Here?

    What does higher resolution do? Well, for the everyday user, not a great deal. If you are going to blow your pictures up so they can be posted on a billboard or the side of a bus then it may have use. But if all you are going to do is look at them on a computer screen then, truth be told, once...
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    Will More Megapixels Help Me Here?

    Only if it's a quality lens.
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    Will More Megapixels Help Me Here?

    To take better pictures you don't need more megapixels, you need a better lens. It's the lens that dictates the quality of the image not the number of megapixels.
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    Compact Scope Recommendations

    I have a small Praktica spotting scope set up in the study, pointed at the feeders, that I take an odd peek through if something interesting comes by whilst sitting there doing my work. It's one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Praktica-B00513-Waterproof-15-45x60-Spotting/dp/B0039483QC Yeah...
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    Birding with a 12 power (or even a 15)

    I'm another one who regularly uses a pair of 12x bins. They're easily my most often used ones. That said, most of my viewing will be on coastal areas or over large fields, so that extra power is needed. When in woodland or 'closer' terrain I use a 10x. I'm lucky in that I am able to hold the...
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