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  1. TomSmith

    Kiel?

    I will be spending a week in Kiel for work in October. I might have some mornings or late afternoons off; or I might even get a whole day one weekend. Does anyone have any information on birding in or around the city?
  2. TomSmith

    Sierra Nevada in summer

    Hello, I've got a few days planned in the Sierra Nevada in July with my family. No opportunities for proper birding, but plenty of time to spend on the terrace with binoculars (and a beer...). What birds should I expect to see that I won't know from England? What will might I see if I get...
  3. TomSmith

    "Good-enough" cheap binoculars

    Hi all, I'm looking for a pair of binoculars for my girlfriend to take on holiday - we're going to Thailand and she wants a pair to take round national parks etc. Given that she's not really a birder (yet...) she's understandably not keen to spend lots of money, so we're looking at a budget of...
  4. TomSmith

    Garden bird of prey, Kent

    What do people think about this BoP? Seen in my girlfriend's mother's garden in Tunbridge Wells this week. Sorry for the abysmal photos - they're all I was sent!
  5. TomSmith

    Fascinating article about tool use in rooks

    Apparently they can do it, but don't usually bother. Article here.
  6. TomSmith

    Romania bird ID

    My girlfriend is working in Romania & sent me this by email: My best guess is Siskin. Any other ideas?
  7. TomSmith

    "The loneliness of the Chinese birdwatcher" - The Economist, 20/12/08

    The Christmas issue of the Economist has a quite interesting 4 page article on birds & birding in China. My favourite line (robin-strokers, look away now): "The Li men jostle to sell me supper, all of it live: white-breasted waterhens, little egrets, a black-crowned night heron and a...
  8. TomSmith

    What will I see in Swaledale in September?

    I'll be spending a week in mid September walking in & around Swaledale. What sort of birds can I expect to see, and where should I look for them? In particular, is there any chance of black grouse? Thanks, Tom
  9. TomSmith

    Feeders at a great height

    My sister will be moving into a new flat soon, and I was thinking of buying her a seedfeeder to hang outside her window. But her flat is in the attic, on the fourth floor of a town house at the top of a very steep hill (Bristol residents may be able to guess where it is...!). Will any birds...
  10. TomSmith

    Indian birds field guide for a beginner

    My girlfriend is going to Delhi for three months in the summer and has asked me to get her a field guide to Indian birds. She's a birdwatching novice and the only guides I've been able to find seem a bit intimidating - she wants something more "like an I-Spy book". Does anybody have any...
  11. TomSmith

    Hare? (Cambridgeshire, England)

    I saw a large rabbit-like animal this evening which I think was probably a hare. It was fairly far off but I did have binoculars with me. It was quite large and rusty-brown coloured (the sun was on it) - my first impression was that it was a fox. There was some white around the underparts; the...
  12. TomSmith

    Cornwall next week

    I posted this in the rather quiet Cornwall Birding thread the other day but didn't get any answers, so thought I'd try it here instead:
  13. TomSmith

    Upware Washes with a new telescope

    Out yesterday with play with my new £25 Aldi spotting scope (thanks to Karl ("Corvus Corax") for picking one up for me) to Upware Washes, north of Cambridge (thanks to Carlos for the suggestion). I've never had a telescope before or used one seriously, and I must say, it really does make a...
  14. TomSmith

    A tricky question

    I'm sure I'm not the only person who isn't quite sure about this: How do you pronounce "scaup"? Is it "scope"? "scorp"? "scowp"? ...
  15. TomSmith

    Hide etiquette

    I missed a water rail at Fowlmere today because I was talking to the RSPB warden in the hide (it would have been a lifer...). Sage advice from the warden: "Ordinary people think birders in hides are really rude because they never look at your face when they're talking to you" - because, of...
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