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  1. hollis_f

    Need lightweight bins

    Thanks for all the excellent advice. A pair of Nikon M7s is winging their way to me.
  2. hollis_f

    Need lightweight bins

    I’d rather not spend to much. I’m hoping to be able to go back to the Swarovskis after a few years.
  3. hollis_f

    Need lightweight bins

    I've been away from birding for five years due to ill health. I've been building my stamina up and I can now manage a reasonable walk - 3 or 4 km. But not with my binoculars around my neck. I still have my Swarovski 8.5 x 42 EL binoculars, but they're just too heavy. I get severe pain in my...
  4. hollis_f

    Spider ID

    Thanks, that sure looks like the right genus. And the location (under a bin by the side of the house) strongly suggests A. similis.
  5. hollis_f

    Spider ID

    I'm the official spider-removal-operative for our household. Normally I have no problem grabbing them and dumping them outside. But this one just exuded evil. Any clues as to its ID? It was about 15mm long. Thanks
  6. hollis_f

    Interpretation of Frequency Division sonograms.

    D'oh! Cheers Peter, that's just what I have done. Oh well. Perhaps I'll get a chance to play with it over the weekend.
  7. hollis_f

    Interpretation of Frequency Division sonograms.

    Hi All, I went out last night on a Bat Walk at WWT Arundel. I was using my new Ciel CDB-305 detector in FD mode, recording the output and running it through BatScan. No Problem. The problem I'm having is interpreting the sonograms. I've not been able to find example images to compare my own...
  8. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Hmmm, Vicks is petroleum based, so may not be too pleasant on feathers. The active ingredients are Camphor, Menthol and Eucalyptol. All are quite cheaply available from Amazon. I may have to buy all three and try them on my feeders, which are enormously popular with the local squirrels.
  9. hollis_f

    ID help please

    Many thanks.
  10. hollis_f

    ID help please

    I'm terrible at moth/butterfly ID, but I do notice them and I do recognise something new when I see it. This was in the kitchen sink this morning and I don't recall ever seeing something similar before. Any suggestions as to what it may be?
  11. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Sudden influx of baby Goldfinches, Greenfinches and Sparrows. I reckon these must be second broods. The Sparrows obviously aren't finished yet as I've seen two collecting nesting materials today.
  12. hollis_f

    Excess Nyger seed.

    In a fit of stupidity I ordered 25kg of niger seed (hey, it was cheap). However, at the current rate it'll take about 10 years for the Goldfinches to eat it all and I suspect it may go mouldy before then (although it's stored in a big plastic dustbin). Anybody got any ideas what I could do with...
  13. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    I've read about the intelligence of corvids and yesterday I got to see it in action. We've had a Carrion Crow visit the feeders on and off for a month or two. It can't actually get anything from the feeders, but sometimes goes after the stuff on the floor. Yesterday it perched on top of the...
  14. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Our GSWs (at least 2 female and one male) love the insect-flavoured suet grains. At least three visits a day.
  15. hollis_f

    Birdguides - Birds of Nortern Europe ITunes App

    Ah, you'll be using one of them new-fangled Retina-type displays with all them billions of smeggypickles. Back when I wrote what I writ we considered ourselves lucky to have loads of killerpickles - we dreamed of smeggypickles. Yes, you're correct, the images do look a bit meh on the new hi-res...
  16. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Normally my Long-Tailed Tits disappear at this time of year, only to reappear in July with their cute little ones. However, I've still got one single LTT who visits the insect-flavoured suet pellets a few times a day before flying back to the dense hawthorn hegde at the back of the garden. I...
  17. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    We've been quite excited by the Redpolls visiting our feeders for the first time this year. But it seems like we're just part of a nationwide trend - BTO LINK.
  18. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Another first for the year - a male Blackcap noshing on the suet balls.
  19. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    D'oh! That'll learn me to trust my ageing memory. Actually, I was biased mainly by the fact that I expect Chiffchaffs to arrive before WWs - and I'm still waiting for my first Chiffchaff.
  20. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Chiffchaff still there today. I reckon it's decided that mealworms are its bestest tasting thing ever.
  21. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    For the last week or so I've been thinking that its about time I heard a Chiffchaff. It's evening, as I was closing the curtains, what came onto the feeder, not 4 foot away, a Chiffchaff! Still haven't heard one though.
  22. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    It all depends on your garden. Barn Owl is a near-daily sighting from/in ours.
  23. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    There must be some other activity, apart from the Robin, because the horsehair (placed in a peanut-feeder) has been disappearing quite rapidly.
  24. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Could have been a pair and a threesome that just happened along at the same time. LTTs frequently get some help from one of last year's brood. My good news is that something (quite possibly a Robin) has built a nest in the Robin nestbox that, brimming with optimism, I stuck up about 3 feet from...
  25. hollis_f

    Very busy at the bird feeder today!

    Goldfinches gearing up for spring? Over the winter the goldfinches have always seemed very polite - waiting their turn for a port on the nyger feeder to become free. But over the last week they've been getting much more aggressive, driving away the other goldies - even when every other port is...
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