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  1. Andy Ledger

    Request for Cetti's and Grasshopper Warbler in S Engand

    I have Cetti's on my local patch at Motney Hill, Rainham - but they are a devil to see. They are a real 'bring a chair and a flask' job.
  2. Andy Ledger

    Cliffe Pools, 16/6/12

    Having taken something of an enforced break from regular birding, I'm back in the game. Having reacquainted myself with my local patch, I found myself with a few hours to kill while my son did a GCSE revision session at Hundred of Hoo school last Saturday. It seemed the ideal opportunity to nip...
  3. Andy Ledger

    Nor Marsh/Motney Hill

    You've SEEN a Motney Cetti's? Lucky so-and-so! I've only ever heard one down there! The last time I was down there was a few weeks ago, and it was fairly quiet, but still a nice change from being at work. Cliffe has improved a bit, I think, in terms of 'ned' pollution. I saw a Barn Owl there a...
  4. Andy Ledger

    Motney Hill

    Been out of the frame for a bit recently. Motney is getting plagued with oiks on bikes, which is a real shame. If anyone gets down there and has problems with off-road bikers, report it to the Police. There's a PC running an operation to combat the problem in the Medway area. Can't remember his...
  5. Andy Ledger

    Best place in the S.E

    I had great views of a Hobby at Stodmarsh the last time I was there, and the Swifts were so low, and flew so close to my head, I could hear their wings slicing through the air. Highly recommended.
  6. Andy Ledger

    RSPB vale farm (loch leven)

    That hill's a lung-buster, isn't it? And steep enough on the way down to make you watch where you put your feet, too. If you're in that neck of the woods again, the rocks at Silversands beach at Aberdour are always worth a couple of hours.
  7. Andy Ledger

    Red Kite over Rainham

    Funny you should mention that; yes, they were.
  8. Andy Ledger

    Red Kite over Rainham

    Not, Rainham in Essex, btw, Rainham in Kent. I was sitting in the garden yesterday, relaxing after a day at work (Sunday - not a common occurrence these days) when herself said "Is that a Kestrel?" All I could see was a Collared Dove on the TV aerial of the house next door, so I shifted my...
  9. Andy Ledger

    It might not make a summer...

    But when I looked out of the office window and saw a Swallow this morning, it made my day!
  10. Andy Ledger

    I am a "stupido"

    Stick with it - it'll get easier! Welcome to BF.
  11. Andy Ledger

    Dungerness or Elmley

    Yeah, that'd be good - I'd lost track of the thread 'cos I haven't been around the last few days, but I need an excuse to get out and about. PM me when you know what dates you might be available?
  12. Andy Ledger

    Stolen Leica Trinovids

    The scumbags will probably have sold them to feed their crack/smack habit by now.
  13. Andy Ledger

    BIRD LOVERS...please read.

    Hmm, I'd been thinking of buying a pair of Redwing boots - I shan't now.
  14. Andy Ledger

    Dungerness or Elmley

    Seawatching from North Foreland can be quite bracing, and there's the chance of Little Owl in the vicinity of Quex Park - I saw one very close to the road the other week, early afternoon. I nearly crashed the car.
  15. Andy Ledger

    How obsessed are you with birds?

    30 - and I'm happy with that. The lottery win would buy a pair of Leicas for those 'just in case' moments at work!
  16. Andy Ledger

    Has anyone actually seen waxwings?

    It's not that far to travel!
  17. Andy Ledger

    Has anyone actually seen waxwings?

    I've just seen about 100 near the old TVS studios in Maidstone. I didn't know about them, but I had a phone call from someone who was on their way to work, and saw the birders and thought I might be interested.
  18. Andy Ledger

    What level of birdwatcher are you?

    Jake's scale is OK, but even that doesn't allow for variations of lifestyle/opportunity. Adhering strictly to his definitions, I'm a 5+ (once or twice a month) but when the window opens, I'm out more often than that, and if you include escaping the office at lunchtime to look for birds, it's...
  19. Andy Ledger

    Liger?? Wierd

    You'd think with tigers becoming rarer, they'd be more interested in getting tigers to breed with tigers.
  20. Andy Ledger

    Mote Park, Maidstone 06/12/2004

    It's not often that I work a 2-10 shift, so it seemed rude not to make use of this gift of weekday daylight. I've been after this year's Nuthatch for a while, and Mote Park, with it's big ol' trees, seemed a good bet. I was quite pleased with the male Sparrowhawk, but the bird I was after did...
  21. Andy Ledger

    Waxwings

    I saw 9 today! The Mrs commented that a newspaper had trotted out the 'Waxwing invasion means bad weather' story, so out of interest I rang Birdline SE (at about 11.30 last night) and there'd been some at New Hythe GP's (close to where I live). They were still there at 2.30 the next day, and...
  22. Andy Ledger

    Birders film titles - revisited

    I think we've all seen 'The Cruel Seawatch' in our time! Well done!
  23. Andy Ledger

    Product placement

    Pinched from somewehere on the net : "the name of James Bond, Fleming explains ... "Oh, that's easy, I think of the first couple of names in my house at school and change their Christian names. In my case the first names were James Aitken and Harry Bond. So you could have Harry Aitken and...
  24. Andy Ledger

    Opticron Flat Compact Binos

    I bought a pair of these the other week, and although they took a little getting used to, I've found that the image is more than acceptable. I had an old pair of Minolta 7x50s as my 'office' bins, which have been made redundant by this lovely little pocket glass.
  25. Andy Ledger

    Sunday 7/11/04 - Walland Marsh, Kent

    I had the opportunity for a couple of hours' birding, and it wasn't a bad afternoon, so a quick check on Birdline SE told me that there were Bewick's Swans and a couple of tundra Bean Geese down at Walland Marsh. I loaded the car up with scope, bins and sprog, and off we went. The location was...
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