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  1. wilder

    Sad News Regarding 9 (98) From Rutland

    This is really sad news. I spent many hours waiting for and watching the ospreys at Rutland Water when I lived near there. :(
  2. wilder

    Hoopoe?

    I did wonder about cockatiel myself, but I think the tail was too long, and it seemed bigger. Could have been, though, as I didn't get to see it for long.
  3. wilder

    Hoopoe?

    Huuum, I am beginning to wonder if it was a non native escapee. Not a great spotted cuckoo for sure, because we could see its crest sticking out over the back of its head, but I don't recall seeing a large decurved bill, and it definitely has a longer tail than Hoopoe pictures show. Also, it...
  4. wilder

    Hoopoe?

    Hi everyone, I live in central France and today I saw what I think may have been a hoopoe. I only caught a silhouette of it, sitting on a telephone wire, but the bird had a definite crest and a long tail. Does anyone know if any other birds in our area have these characteristics? If not...
  5. Young Great Spotted Woodpecker

    Young Great Spotted Woodpecker

    This young woodpecker was in the walnut tree opposite our house this afternoon. Lovely!
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  6. wilder

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    Oh well, here goes..........
  7. wilder

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    Surely this thread should be closed now? I thought the give away was only on until March 30th?
  8. wilder

    Nikon P300 for Digiscoping

    Thank you so much ianreid and birdspotter for your very in-depth replies. I now know that I can make a temporary adapter while saving for the FSB-8, but can get the camera in the meantime. :)
  9. wilder

    Nikon P300 for Digiscoping

    So, Birdspotter, did you decide not to get the FSB-8 adaptor? Did you find that your home made one worked sufficiently well in the end? If so, please can you let me know how you made it (eg. what length and diameter the tubes are, and how you fixed/painted them)? I ask because I would...
  10. wilder

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    Had home made sausages, home made black pudding, home made bread and one of our duck's eggs for lunch, washed down with a glass of home made cider!
  11. wilder

    The Cranes are going back for the summer

    First Black Redstart spotted in the garden here today, too. Cranes not seen for a few days now, but then it has been cold and wet with a few flakes of snow thrown in for good measure, so perhaps they have decided to stay where they are for the time being. :) Can't blame the ones SAARLAND...
  12. Kingfisher

    Kingfisher

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  13. Little Grebe and chick

    Little Grebe and chick

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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. Tree Creeper

    Tree Creeper

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  15. wilder

    The Cranes are going back for the summer

    Already! The last lot only flew south at the beginning of January and yet they have been flying north again for about a week now. The numbers seem to increase each day, and yesterday there were literally hundreds flying over our house. One skein took over 10 minutes to fly past. What a...
  16. wilder

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    Trying again (but then some folk would say I'm always trying!)
  17. wilder

    P300 for digiscoping

    Thank you all so much. I had already read through the thread you mentioned, and it was really interesting, but didn't answer the two questions I asked, which you have! :t: So all I have to do now is find the money for all this. Anyone want to buy any home-made jam or cakes???? :-O
  18. wilder

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    Or perhaps me?
  19. wilder

    Zen-Ray Binoculars Giveaways. Ultimate Prize: two pairs of PRIME HD binoculars

    Oh.... me, me, me, ME! (Please?)
  20. wilder

    P300 for digiscoping

    Hi, I wasn't sure whether to put this thread here, or under digiscoping, so plumped for here! I am thinking of getting a Nikon P300 with the Nikon FSB-8 digiscoping adaptor to fit it to a Nikon DS eyepiece. However, I notice on the Nikon website it says that vignetting is experienced at all...
  21. wilder

    Crane Migration, Limousin, France

    After a lull of a few weeks, Cranes have been flying over us again for the last two days. Nowhere near as many as previously, but still quite a few. Shouldn't they all have reached their winter grounds by now?
  22. wilder

    Crane Migration, Limousin, France

    Thank you to everyone who replied. I now know a lot more about the cranes that fly over us. Trooper - The website is excellent! Chris
  23. wilder

    Nikon P300 for Digiscoping

    Oooh, that looks good! Does it have a name so that I can look up where to get one? Another question..... looking on the Nikon site it seems to say that even using the adaptor with a Nikon DS eyepiece there is heavy vignetting at the wide setting, vignetting at the middle setting and some...
  24. wilder

    Camera recommendations, please.

    I have read the thread on the P300 and posted a question. As long as the view through the screen is good, with little or no reflection problems, then it looks as if it would be ideal for me. Thank you so much for your reply.
  25. wilder

    Nikon P300 for Digiscoping

    Just a quick question from someone who wears varifocals (eyes seem to be fading rapidly these days!) I have always tended to use the viewfinder on my cameras rather than the screen, because nine times out of ten the screen doesn't seem as clear to me, and also because of reflection on the...
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