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  1. Dave Sherry

    Common or Barrow's female Goldeneye

    Saw this yesterday (Sat 17th January) at RSPB Conwy. Immediately thought it was a female goldeneye. Today I've got home and looked it up and now I'm confused. Can anyone confirm that this is indeed a female goldeneye, or is it a female Barrow's?? Sorry about the quality of the photo, this is a...
  2. Dave Sherry

    Caterpillar on a reed - ID??

    Hello, I wonder if anyone out there can assist me with an ID for this little beauty? It was on a reed a few days ago in the reed beds at Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire (hope that helps). Cheers, Dave.
  3. Dave Sherry

    Sand Martins in Preston.

    I have just arrived home after a quick look at Brockhole Quarry, a small series of pits next to the M6 motorway at Preston. It was very cold and windy but to my surprise there was loads to see. Skylark, tufties, cormorants, whooper swans, oystercatchers, pheasant, plus a lot more (I must...
  4. Dave Sherry

    Do mallards breed with other species?

    I keep seeing mallard on the pond in my local park and there are a number of them that seem to have lost a lot of colour and developed a white sort of half-breast just above the water-line. They have those distinctive curly feathers on their tails and the three or four all seem to look alike and...
  5. Dave Sherry

    Zoom or Wide Angle???

    I have a 20-60x zoom on my Optolyth 80, and have been very pleased with it ... but the other day I had a look through someone else's scope that had a 30x wide angle lens on it. The difference was amazing. I had to look twice, and not at the birds, just the general view. The field of view was...
  6. Dave Sherry

    Anyone know of good sites in Normandy?

    I didn't know where to put this as it is not a vacation report (but it might turn into one eventually!). I am going on holiday to Normandy this August. Does anyone know of any good birding sites there? Thanks, Dave :t:
  7. Dave Sherry

    Who needs a garden?

    I am rapidly reaching the conclusion that 'I do', is the answer to my own question. I live in a terraced house which is quite a long way from the nearest tree - never mind a hedge! Apart from swifts/swallows/house martins/seagulls (which are all up on high), it is rare that I ever see a bird...
  8. Dave Sherry

    Ospreys and chicks at Loch of Lowes

    Hello All, My wife and I went to a friends wedding this weekend at Dunkeld, just north of Perth in Scotland. When we had a spare couple of hours we journeyed the two miles to the Loch of Lowes visitor centre. We were amazed and delighted to see a pair of Ospreys with three chicks in the...
  9. Dave Sherry

    Well here goes.

    Hello All, After a great day at Leighton Moss, I went to a nearby hide (Allen Hide) and saw the Avocets with their young and plenty of other interesting birds. I thought I'd try out my scope and camera/attachment and I felt like I was fumbling my way through after reading plenty of advice to...
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