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ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Recent content by IanC_UK

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    Anybody here ever seen a shrike?

    Saw several species in Bulgaria recently :) Woodchat and Red Backed Shrikes
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    Skye Eagles

    10, 12, 2pm and 4pm, they had 2 boats running when i was up there a week and a half ago. They seemed to be running on the half hour as well, but may have just been testing the water with that one, did 4 trips, 1 at 2pm and then the first 3 trips the next day, the birds came down and fed every...
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    Rutland Ospreys 2010

    Took these during my last watch on Wednesday morning :)
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    Rutland Ospreys 2010

    Sorry, been in Bulgaria for a week lol No more has been seen or heard of the 2 missing males, especially suspicious as one had a mate and nest ! Highly likely they have been shot, or killed in some other way. Not good news, there will always be imbeciles out there i guess :(
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    Halcyon River Diaries (BBC1)

    add me to the list of watchers :)
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    Rutland Ospreys 2010

    Taken yesterday, Osprey 5R
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    Rutland Ospreys 2010

    Website back up and running, volunteered for the osprey watch so should see a lot more of them :)
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    South Lincolnshire Patching

    I saw the RS there for at least 5 days, was me that reported them to the RSPB :)
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    South Lincolnshire Patching

    Saw this Kite (probably the same one as they arent that common in Spalding area yet) at Deeping lakes, flew over quite high up.
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    South Lincolnshire Patching

    Oooh just found this bit of the forum :) Talking of Spalding Ticks, anybody else spot the Ruddy Shelduck on the Welland Bank ?
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    Hide Etiquette

    Have had very similar experiences, i usually see what the reaction is when i open the door, if they look round and smile or say hello, ill speak back, if they dont even bother to look round i just attack them with a machete (thats a joke by the way ;)) If they dont turn around or acknowledge me...
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    Rutland Ospreys 2010

    Only saw one yesterday, from waderscrape and shallowwater hides, on Tuesday, i saw 2. Just before i arrived Tuesday, the visitor centre had 4 in view though, apparently.
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    Rutland Ospreys 2010

    Thanks :) i wasnt particularly hopeful of getting anything yesterday, considering the date lol but he put on a major show for us and caught 2 fish, although the first he dropped from a perch and a cormorant stole it ! D'oh ! We can only hope he does find a mate, would be fantastic to have so...
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    Rutland Ospreys 2010

    Specially for Ann :) But anybody else can look too :) Osprey 5R from Rutland :)
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    100-400mm truth or myth

    would have to say myth, with any mass produced item, there are bound to be lenses produced that arent 100% sharp, due to tolerancing issues during manufacture, but as postcardcv says, a lot of it is people not understanding general things about using them. Its a fairly heavy lens, and with...
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